Our Leadership
Executive team
Our executive leadership team provides strategic leadership and oversight of the Division of Extension and Engagement and its component programs and initiatives, including the OSU Extension Service.
Anita Azarenko
Interim Vice Provost, Division of Extension and Engagement
Interim Director, OSU Extension Service
Executive assistant: Jackie Russell
Lindsey Shirley
Associate Provost, Division of Extension and Engagement
Associate Director, OSU Extension Service
Executive Assistant: Kim Tarrant
Director's office
Strategic administrative service teams provide leadership and support for functions and initiatives of the OSU Extension Service, our programs, and our employees.
- Jennifer Alexander: Communications and marketing
- Ana Lu Fonseca: Diversity, equity and inclusion
- Tiffany Gillis: Fiscal operations
- Lucas Turpin: Information technology
- Marcia Dickson: Regional operations
Program leaders
Our program leaders provide strategic leadership and administrative oversight of our educational programming, content and activities around seven major focus areas.
- Marilyn Lesmeister: 4-H Youth Development
- Sam Angima: Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Roberta Riportella: Family and Community Health
- Scott Leavengood: Forestry and Natural Resources
- Jeff Sherman: OSU Open Campus
- Kris Elliott: Outdoor School
- Dave Hansen: Sea Grant
Regional directors
OSU Extension has six administrative regions. Our regional directors provide leadership, vision, and administrative oversight for regional initiatives and programs. Regional directors’ responsibilities include helping to identify regional and local issues and needs; promoting internal and external partnerships and collaboration; ensuring visibility of and access to the full complement of OSU and OSU Extension resources for residents; supervising program faculty; managing budgets; and promoting principles and practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
| Regional Director | Regions | Counties/Areas |
|---|---|---|
| Wiley Thompson | Coastal | Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Lincoln, Tillamook |
| Nicole Strong | Central | Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Hood River, Jefferson, Morrow, Sherman, Warm Springs, Wasco, Wheeler |
| Natalie Kinion | Eastern | Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa |
| Angela Sandino | North Willamette | Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington |
| Jamie Davis | Southern | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake |
| Richard Riggs | Western | Benton, Linn, Lane, Marion, Polk, Yamhill |
Local liaisons
Our local liaisons focus on county and local needs and relationships, working closely with regional directors and others.
| County | Local liaisons |
|---|---|
| Baker | Angela Robb |
| Benton | Carolyn Ashton, Liz McGovern |
| Clackamas | Leah Sundquist |
| Clatsop | Lindsay Davis |
| Columbia | Chip Bubl |
| Coos | Elissa Wells, Shawna Horner |
| Crook | Nicole Strong (regional director) |
| Curry | Frank Burris, Sheryl McDonald |
| Deschutes | Candi Bothum |
| Douglas | Laura Corder |
| Gilliam | Jordan Maley |
| Grant | Natalie Kinion (regional director) |
| Harney | Shana Withee |
| Hood River | Ann Harris |
| Jackson | Richard Roseberg |
| Jefferson | Carol Tollefson |
| Josephine | Cheryl Leitch |
| Klamath | Tracy Tracy |
| Lake | Jeannie Anderson |
| Lane | Jillian Drewes, Denise Ashley |
| Lincoln | Emily Blume |
| Linn | Michele Webster |
| Malheur | Natalie Kinion (regional director) |
| Marion | Mark Chien |
| Morrow | Julie Baker |
| Multnomah | Maureen Hosty |
| Polk | Alisha Atha |
| Sherman | Cindy Brown |
| Tillamook | Lisa Downing |
| Umatilla | Shevon Hatcher |
| Union | Natalie Kinion (regional director) |
| Wallowa | Deb Warnock |
| Warm Springs | Tracy Wilson |
| Wasco | Lynette Black, Kim McCullough |
| Washington | Vicki Campbell |
| Wheeler | Amy Derby |
| Yamhill | Kelli Watcherson |
