U of I Extension Multi-county Directors Announced (University of Illinois Extension)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 21, 2010

New University of Illinois county directors will begin providing leadership in the multi-county units on November 1

The multi-county unit county directors are:

• Margaret Larson: Jo Daviess/Stephenson/Winnebago
• Vicky Broos: Boone/DeKalb/Ogle
• James Reaves: Lake/McHenry
• Joe Schwamberger: Carroll/Lee/Whiteside
• Sandra Davis: DuPage/Kane/Kendall/
• Willene Buffett:Cook
• Tony Franklin: Henry/Mercer/Stark/Rock Island
• Jill Guynn: Bureau/LaSalle/Marshall/Putnam
• Beth LaPlante: Grundy/Kankakee/Will
• Lisa Fulkerson: Henderson/Knox/McDonough/Warren
• Earl Allen: Fulton/Mason/Peoria/Tazewell
• Cynthia Baer: Livingston/McLean/Woodford
• Ginger Boas: Champaign/Ford/Iroquois /Vermilion
• Aaron Dufelmeier: Calhoun/Cass/Greene/Morgan/Scott
• John Fulton: Logan/Menard/Sangamon
• Doug Harlan: DeWitt/Macon/Piatt
• Denise Kistner: Christian/Jersey/Macoupin/Montgomery
• Jim Looft: Coles/Cumberland/Moultrie/Douglas/Shelby
• Stacy Larson: Clark/Crawford/Edgar
• Rachelle Hollinshead: Clay/Effingham/Fayette/Jasper
• Pam Jacobs: Madison/St. Clair/Monroe
• Joel Brumley: Edwards/Lawrence/Richland/Wabash
• Julie Mumbower: Franklin/Jackson/Perry/Randolph/Williamson
• Jody Johnson: Alexander/Johnson/Massac/Pulaski/Union

U of I Extension Multi-county Directors Announced (University of Illinois Extension)

UI review says Extension might be better off going it alone | News-Gazette.com

Extension to reorganize its operations on-campus as well. 

Extension, which is linked to a nationwide federal program, is now part of the College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences here. The program has an $85 million budget, of which $65 million is allotted to agriculture-related programs.

committee "recommends that the campus consider constituting Extension as a campus-level activity rather than an activity embedded in ACES, because we feel this would open the door to collaborations that would benefit both the campus and the community, and that would make Extension more effective in achieving its goals."

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U of I Extension director says reorganization plan near

detailing how Boone County can become part of a three- to five-county office. He won’t, however, specify which counties will merge.

. Mailand believes core programs, like locally run 4-H and the master gardeners, won’t expand and will stay local.

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