People

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Administration

Daniel Robison
- Dean
- Endowed Dean’s Chair
- Director for Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
robisond@iastate.edu
David Acker
- Associate Dean, Global Engagement
- Director, Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
- Raymond and Mary Baker Chair for Global Agriculture
- Professor, Agricultural Education and Studies
- Chair, Iowa State University - Uganda Program
- Board of Directors - American Farm School
dacker@iastate.edu
Carmen Bain
- Associate Dean, Academic Innovation
- Executive Director, ISU Agricultural Endowment
- Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice
cbain@iastate.edu
Theressa Cooper
- Assistant Dean, Collaborative Initiatives
- Director of GWC Summer Research Internship Program
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Agricultural Education and Studies
tncooper@iastate.edu
Jay Harmon
- Associate Dean, Extension Programs and Outreach
- Director, Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension
jharmon@iastate.edu
Kendall Lamkey
- Associate Dean, Facilities and Operations
- Professor, Agronomy
krlamkey@iastate.edu
Ruth MacDonald
- Associate Dean, Personnel and Finance
- Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition
- Associate Director, Experiment Station
ruthmacd@iastate.edu
Howard Tyler
- Assistant Dean, Undergraduate and Graduate Student Services and Success
- Professor, Animal Science
htyler@iastate.edu

Research Farms

Terrie Arnold
- Administrative Specialist
tlarnold@iastate.edu
Tim Goode
- Farms Manager
trgoode@iastate.edu

Global Engagement

Visha Arumugam
- Study Abroad Advisor
arumugam@iastate.edu
Jodi Cornell
- Director
- Exchange Coordinator
jcornell@iastate.edu
Marta Grant
- Study Abroad Advisor
mmgrant@iastate.edu
Melissia Law
- Study Abroad Advisor I
malaw@iastate.edu
Shelley Taylor
- Director
sztaylor@iastate.edu

Communication Services

Whitney Baxter
- Assistant Director of Communications
- Communications Specialist III
wjsager@iastate.edu
Daniel Ossian
- Media Production Specialist III
dnossian@iastate.edu
Madelyn Ostendorf
- Communications Specialist
madelyno@iastate.edu
Ann Robinson

she/her/hers
- Science Writer
- Communications Specialist
ayr@iastate.edu
Julie Stewart
- Communications Specialist
jstewart@iastate.edu
Angie Weeks
- Event Planner
amweeks@iastate.edu
Andrew Zehr
- Director of College Relations
azehr@iastate.edu
Paige Zhorne
- Student Services Coordinator II
pezhorne@iastate.edu

Career Services

Lois Benning
- Career Services Coordinator
lbenning@iastate.edu
Mike Gaul
- Career Services Director
mikegaul@iastate.edu

CARES Pre-Award Team

Kerri Bilsten
- PreAward Coordinator; ANSC
kbilsten@iastate.edu
Henry Corbin
- PreAward Coordinator; AGEDS, GDCB
htcorbin@iastate.edu
Ásrún Kristmundsdóttir
- Director of the CARES PreAward team
- CALS Research Development Lead
ayk@iastate.edu
Michelle Miller
- PreAward Coordinator; AGRON
mlmillr@iastate.edu
Hannah Sappenfield
- PreAward Coordinator; NREM, HORT
Shanna Speer
- PreAward Coordinator; FSHN, CCUR
smspeer@iastate.edu
Lisa Stephany
- PreAward Coordinator; ECON, CARD, SOCCJ
lstephan@iastate.edu
Mandy Voyek
- PreAward Coordinator; PPEM
mvoyek@iastate.edu
Seth Wilmes
- PreAward Coordinator; ABE
swilmes@iastate.edu

Development

Michelle Blair
- Director of Development
mblair@foundation.iastate.edu
Amanda Burger
- Assistant Development Coordinator
aburger@foundation.iastate.edu
Gelin Gil
- Director of Development
ggil@foundation.iastate.edu
Sarah Roelfs
- Executive Director
sroelfs@foundation.iastate.edu
Sam Stalzer
- Assistant Development Coordinator
sstalzer@foundation.iastate.edu
Jamie Stowe
- Director of Development
jstowe@foundation.iastate.edu
Nick Van Berkum
- Director of Development
nvanberkum@foundation.iastate.edu
Michaela Van De Berg
- Senior Development Coordinator
mvandeberg@foundation.iastate.edu

Budget and Finance

Wendy Borja-Diaz
- Accountant
wendyb@iastate.edu
Janet Brodie
- Accountant
jtbrodie@iastate.edu
Jordan Gillespie
- Budget and Finance Director
jbates@iastate.edu
Michele Rogers
- Accountant
msrogers@iastate.edu
Kim Vo
- Accountant
kvo@iastate.edu

Human Resources

Aric Bradley
- HR Generalist II
aricb@iastate.edu
Jeri Derrig
- Staff Recruiting Specialist
jderrig@iastate.edu
Shari Kouski
- HR Generalist II
skouski@iastate.edu
Tiffany Thuney
- HR Partner (interim)
tlthuney@iastate.edu
Kayla Vinar
- HR Partner
kmvinar@iastate.edu

Student Services

Marcy Cheville

she/her/hers
- Business Administrator I
marcyc@iastate.edu
Mary Clancy
- Records Processing Specialist
clancy@iastate.edu
Kaci Conetzkey
- Student Services Specialist
kacic@iastate.edu
Emily Dougill
- Student Services Specialist III
edougill@iastate.edu
Carla Harris
- Graduate Student Services Specialist
- Interdepartmental Graduate Programs Support
- CALS Student Services Graduate Program Support
charris@iastate.edu
Katy Heineman
- Student Services Specialist
katyh@iastate.edu
Carah Mabry

camabry@iastate.edu
Craig McEnany
- Student Services Coordinator
camcenan@iastate.edu
Greer Potadle
- SMART Steps Coordinator
gpotadle@iastate.edu
Jess Shaffer
- Undergraduate Recruitment Coordinator
shaffer3@iastate.edu
Howard Tyler
- Assistant Dean, Undergraduate and Graduate Student Services and Success
- Professor, Animal Science
htyler@iastate.edu
Sarah Wehner

she/her
- Assistant Director for Innovation Programs
swehner@iastate.edu
Breanna Wetzler
- Marketing Specialist
bwetzler@iastate.edu
Jessica Wikstrom
- Student Services Specialist
wikstrom@iastate.edu
Andrew Zehr
- Director of College Relations
azehr@iastate.edu

Administration Support Staff

Alicia Hauser
- Business Administrator
ahauser@iastate.edu
Alison Parker
- Executive Assistant to the Dean
aparker@iastate.edu
Julie Roberts
- Administrative Specialist
jrober@iastate.edu
Allegra Selzer
- Administrative Assistant III
aselzer@iastate.edu

CALS Office of Partnerships

Ray Klein
- Director of College Relations
rklein@iastate.edu