LEADERSHIP
Organizational Structure
Responsibility for the implementation of the five recommendations contained in Cooperative Extension’s National Framework for Health Equity and Well-being has been assigned to the Health Leadership Committee of the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP). ECOP is the representative governing body of the Cooperative Extension System that includes representatives of the nation’s land-grant universities, the Extension Foundation, National 4-H Council, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Contacts
Roger Rennekamp Extension Health Director
Kerry Gabbert Health Associate
Beth Birnstihl Principal Investigator
Sara Elnakib Extension Foundation Fellow
Cooperative Extension’s Health Leadership Committee
Members of the Health Leadership Committee include Extension administrators, program leaders, agency professionals, and national partners. The committee is responsible for national leadership and coordination of the Cooperative Extension System’s national portfolio of programs and initiatives related to health. Its scope of work focuses on work the System can do together as a united body.
Membership Roster
Roger Rennekamp Extension Health Director
Kerry Gabbert Health Associate – Extension Foundation
Barbara Petty University of Idaho
Shelly Nichols-Richardson University of Illinois
Carolyn Williams Prairie View A&M University
David Buys Mississippi State University
LaToya O’Neal University of Florida
Julie Zajac Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Maggie Jones Center for Community Health and Evaluation
Beverly Coberly CEO Extension Foundation
Sheila Fleishhacker USDA-NIFA
Justin Bower Ohio State University
Suzanne Stluka USDA-NIFA
Edwin Lewis USDA-NIFA
Dawn Burton Prairie View A&M University
Brione Lockett Tennessee State University
Katryn Eske North Carolina A&T University
Adam Hughes Cornell University
Jessica Black American Heart Association
Courtney Dodd Texas A&M University
Susan Zepeda Independent Consultant
Cris Meier Utah State University
Trish Olsen SNAP-Ed Program Development Team
Kelly Dalton Executive Director, Board on Human Sciences
Annual Work Plan for 2024
Cooperative Extension’s Health Leadership Committee develops an annual work plan aligned around the five systemwide recommendations advanced in Cooperative Extension’s National Framework for Health Equity and Well-being. See 2024 Work Plan below or download the pdf.
2024 Work Plan – Extension Health Leadership Committee
Cooperative Extension’s Collective for Health Equity and Well-Being
The Collective for Health Equity and Well-Being is an community of Extension personnel and their partners united by their shared commitment to advancing health equity and well-being and implementing the recommendations of the Framework. This online community is open to Extension personnel and their partners who share a commitment to advancing health equity and well-being.
