Regional Directors and Vice Directors Handbook
North Central Region
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Director Jennifer Bentley - 2027
2316 Sweet Parkway Road
Decorah, IA 52101-1833
Phone: 563.382.2949
jbentley@iastate.edu
Vice Director
Cade Rensick - 2025
2218 K-State Road North
Salina, KS 67401
Phone: 785.309.5850
crensink@ksu.edu
North East Region
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
Director Andrew Kness - 2027
3525 Conowingo Rd, Suite 600 Street, MD 21154 Phone: 410.638.3255
akness@umd.edu
Vice Director
Tom Butzler - 2027
47 Cooperation Lane Mill Hall, PA 17751
Phone: 570.726.0022
tmb124@psu.edu
Southern Region
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
Director Sherri Sanders - 2026
2400 Old Searcy Landing Road
Searcy, AR 72143
Phone: 501.268.5394
ssanders@uada.edu
Director Jennifer Pelham - 2027
2614 SE Dixie Hwy
Stuart, FL 34996
Phone: 772.419.6964
jenjen15@ufl.edu
Vice Director Lonnie Jenschke - 2026
100 W College
Stephenville, TX 76401
Ph: 254.965.1460
l-jenschke@tamu.edu
Vice Director
Danny Lauderdale - 2027
1806 SW Goldsboro Street
Wilson, NC 27893
Ph: 252.237.0111
dmlauder@ncsu.edu
Western Region
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Director
Aaron Esser - 2026
WSU Extension ANR 205 W. Main
Ritzville, WA 99169-1894
Phone: 509.659.3210
aarons@wsu.edu
Vice Director Betsy Greene - 2026
1117 E. Lowell St - PO Box 210090
Tucson, AZ 85721-0090
Phone: 603.930.6574
betsygreene@arizona.edu