Past Interns

2017 - 2018 Interns

2017 - 2018 Interns
Intern State Book Project
Dominic Rodriguez Arizona Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence Designing and building out a robust data warehouse
Karen Hanshaw Arizona Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions Expanding Smartscape Programming into other municipalities
Karina Díaz Rios California The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Building Nutrition Education Capacity in a Food Insecure University Campus
Tapan B. Pathak California Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most Helping Extension professionals to help communities address climate change issues
Tracy Trumper Colorado The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People -
Dan Schroder Colorado Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Compile program outcomes over time into a “Community Protection in Summit County’s Wildland Urban Interface” report
Travis Hoesli Colorado How Will You Measure Your Life? -
Kathee Tifft Idaho Influencer; The New Science of Leading Change Home Accessibility Assessment
Roubie Younkin Montana Strengths Based Leadership Create age-appropriate, grab-and-go STEM projects for teachers
Teresa Dean New Mexico - Establish a new-hire protocol including training materials, resources and a cohort group
Patrick Kircher New Mexico The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization Establish a new-hire protocol including training materials, resources and a cohort group
Lynette Ranney Black Oregon Change By Design; How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation Determine what Millennials need to succeed as Extension employees and suggest policy, infrastructure and systems changes
Jamie Davis Oregon - Avoiding the Mid-Career Plateau
Emily Henry Oregon Insight Out: Get ideas out of your head and into the world Develop an online handbook for our Open Campus team
Jamie Doyle Oregon Working Out Loud for a Better Career and Life Evaluate and develop recommendations for incorporating arts into programming
Andree' Walker Bravo Utah Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action Evaluating, demonstrating impacts for and improving programming using the Net Promotor Score
Paul Hill Utah Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration Create a personal innovation kit for Extension professionals
Nicole Martini Washington - Leadership training for Master Gardener Program professionals and volunteers
Laura Ryser Washington Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World Produce an interactive map of all faculty at WSU Extension
Brian Brandt Washington The 4-Hour Workweek Develop and market a chaperoning phone app
Stacy Buchholz Wyoming Leaders Eat Last: Why some teams pull together and others don't Study Wyoming 4-H's structure compared to other states
Glenn Owings Wyoming The Endurance Craft goals for using 35 acres of property to address local educational needs
Mindy Meuli Wyoming - Make Cent$ible Nutrition Program receipe videos

2015 - 2016 Interns

2015 - 2016 Interns
Intern State Book Project
Kathryn Dodge Alaska Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading Inventory and map existing small business support
Kathryn Hahne Arizona - Implement, beta test, improve and submit for EPA WaterSense the "Smartscape: A Training Program for Landscape Professionals" study guide
Elizabeth Sparks Arizona The Upside of Stress Develop a STEM-based curriculum that highlights scientific efforts at the Santa Rita Experimental Range
Trent Teegerstrom Arizona Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Develop a comprehensive funding system for tribal Extension programs
Dorina M. Espinoza California - 4-H outreach with the Latino youth and adults
Betsy Karle California Compelling People: the hidden qualities that make us influential Create and maintain an extension website for the California dairy industry
David J. Lewis California Quiet – The Power of Introverts in a World that can't stop Talking Individual and societal risk perception and how that drives community discussion and policy making
Fadzayi Mashiri California - Collaborative Resources Management
Christopher McDonald California - Build a coalition of partners to eradicate Volutaria
Keith C. Nathaniel California - 4-H volunteer management system to track professional development
Terri Spezzano California - Common nutrition and healthy living evaluation and goals for the region
Jeff Stackhouse California Merchants of Doubt BeefTracker iPhone Application
Connie Cecil Colorado The 12 Traits of the Greats 4-H Youth Leadership Project
Deborah R. Lester Colorado - Planning the future for our fairgrounds
Kim Morrison Colorado - Develop a handbook that outlines an organized filing system for the 4-H program
Glenda Wentworth Colorado The Speed of Trust Family Leadership Training Institute
Ted Radovich Hawaii The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age Develop a mobile-device-based approach for online reporting, product development and information dissemination
Elin Kittelmann Westover Montana The Tipping Point: How The Little Things Can Make a Big Difference provide education and hands-on experience to aid in creating sustainable communities
Jill Tingey Nevada The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book: Everything You Need to Know to Put Your EQ to Work Heart and Shield: A Program to End Family Violence
Laura Bittner New Mexico The Leadership Challenge, 5th edition Revise and update the NMSU New Extension Agent Self Study Guide
Jack Blandford New Mexico - Revising and updating the NMSU New Extension Agent Self Study Guide
Jang Ho Kim Northern Marianas Islands The Leadership Challenge Food Safety Education Extension Project for the Western Pacific islands
Bob Parker Oregon - OSU Eastern Region collaborative needs assessment and program planning
Heidi LeBlanc Utah Daring Greatly SNAP-Ed (Food $ense) Hunger Institute
JayDee Gunnell Utah The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essene of Leadership USU Botanical Garden
Don Llewellyn Washington - Develop a youth “peer-educator” model that engages high school students in hands-on research, teaching, and outreach experiences
Amanda Murphy Washington - Collaboration training program at the Ruckelshaus Center
Kevin Wright Washington - Establishing diversified funding streams for the WSU Extension King County Program
Kimberly Chapman Wyoming - Starting an evaluation process for our leadership institutes
Brittany Johnson Wyoming Nothing to Fear: Lessons in Leadership from FDR Lead a group of educators in developing a new 4-H educator training
David Keto Wyoming - Create the framework and curriculum to build a 4-H Tech Team around the state
Brian Sebade Wyoming Young Men and Fire Initiate conversations and communications between Extension Educators and Experiment Stations

2013 - 2014 Interns

2013 - 2014 Interns
Intern State Book Project
Debbie Blevins Alaska - Work efforts and grants tracking system
Heidi Rader Alaska Good to Great Make Alaskan Growers School available on iTunes University
Patty Merk Arizona Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough-How to Produce Measureable Improvements for Customers and Communities Develop a Community of Practice around the domain of Results-Based Accountability
Sam Sandoval California The Honest Broker Hydrology and Climate Change 101
Milt McGiffen California The Tao of Conversation Bring Extension personnel together to better work together and to communicate digitally
JoLynn Miller California Leading Change Help create and empower middle managers within the 4-H Program
Theresa Becchetti California Leading with Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life Rangeland curriculum for High School students
Carmen Gispert California The truth about Leadership Grape-growing course for Master Gardeners
Jeremy James California Getting to Yes Long-term, coordinated rangeland monitoring
Gisele Jefferson Colorado The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book Absence or presence of pedagogy within successful Extension professional
Mark Platten Colorado Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Mitigate issues related to evacuating pet owners from wildfire
Claire Nakatsuka Hawaii Get Everyone In Your Boat Rowing in the Same Direction Facilitate the implementation of a 4-H shared leadership action plan
Danielle Gunn Idaho Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Beef management for producers modules
Patricia McGlynn Montana Developing the Leader Within You Agri-tourism case studies
Lee Schmelzer Montana The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Bimonthly or quarterly meetings to connect agents, specialists and industry professionals
Leigh Ann Marez New Mexico Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Develop a unique district reporting system
Seth Urbanowitz Nevada Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future Program to address good agricultural practices associated with food safety
Mario Magaña Oregon Leadership From The Inside Out Oregon 4-H Outreach Leadership Institute
Jim Sloan Oregon The World is Flat Design an interactive digital publication on gardening
Margie Memmott Utah Linchpin Implement applications of innovative technology for Extension program promotion and delivery/td>
Sally Upton Utah - Professional development and leadership training opportunities for Extension staff
Megan Brittingham Wyoming - Partner with University of Wyoming Department of Theatre & Dance to provide 4-H program in communication and expressive arts
Robin Schamber Wyoming Character is Destiny-Inspiring Stories every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember Statewide 4-H program needs assessment and improvement plan
Milton Geiger Wyoming Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership Identify areas of mutual interest Between Extension and rural electric associations
Chris Hilgert Wyoming The Elements of Ethics for Professionals Volunteer management for Extension program leaders

2011 - 2012 Interns

2011 - 2012 Interns
Intern State Book Project
Steve Brown Alaska Liquid Leadership Develop a collaborative program to interpret precision soil nutrient models
Amy M. Parrott Arizona The Fred Factor Fresh Produce Safety Program for youth in Yuma County
Brent Strickland Arizona Leading in a Culture of Change 4-H Camp
Yana Valachovic California Getting to Yes Classroom response systems in programming
Khaled Bali California - On-farm water conservation
Shannon Dogan California Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence Develop a framework and resources to integrate 4-H programmatic efforts
Darren Havers California Linchpin: Are You Indispensible? Making Research and Extension Centers more relevant to non-agricultural communities
Sastry Jayanty Colorado Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In Potato consultants and researchers partnership
Trent Hollister Colorado First Things First Facilitation, meditation and planning with a purpose
Robbie LeValley Colorado - Oversight, review and communication when county employees are supervised by university faculty
Jayme Grzebik Hawaii - Master Gardener Program evaluation tool
Ania Wieczorek Hawaii Getting to Yes Hands-on science workshops for students in grades 1 to 6
Carrie Stark Idaho The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Professional development plan for 4-H professionals
Rachel Endecott Montana The Silent Language of Leaders Distance education programming in beef cattle topics
Jeremy Weber Montana How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas -
Mandie Reed Montana The Tipping Point Teen Leadership Camp
Christina M. Turner New Mexico The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership Young women in agriculture leadership workshop
Walter Barker Nevada - Learning and leadership styles for experential learning
Debbie Marcusson Nevada The Leadership Challenge Helping parents address behavior issues with children and youth
Dustin Johnson Oregon The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength Proactive conservation of sagegrouse and protection of ranching operations
Tiffany Woods Oregon How to get People to do Things: The key to Persuading, Leading, Motivating, Selling, Supervising, Influencing and Guiding Others Coordinate news for Oregon State University
Linden Greenhalgh Utah An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing Brainstorming and planning with 4-H professionals
Ashley Garrelts Wyoming Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance Informational packet for new landowners
Tara Kuipers Wyoming The Leader's Voice Generational differences in communities and organizations
Kentz Willis Wyoming Nudge Eat Wyoming local food expos
Rachel D. Mealor Wyoming Crucial Conversations Natural resource programming for women landowners/managers

2009 - 2010 Interns

2009 - 2010 Interns
Intern State Book Project
Kari van Delden Alaska Creating Magic, 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney Leadership Development Training in Remote Communities
Daniel McDonald Arizona Getting to Yes Using technology to create "virtual poster" sessions for Extension faculty to share "translational research"
Fe Moncloa California Leading Change Identify promising practices to generate cost recovery
Gloria Barrett California - Planning for Healthy Communities
John Borba California - Mentoring manual for 4-H staff
Rhonda Follman Colorado Strengths-Based Leadership New Educator professional development program on communication skills
Kurt Jones Colorado 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader's Day Develop an interactive tool to evaluate homeowner alternative energy strategies
Joanne Littlefield Colorado The Brand Bubble Online curriculum for teaching communication methods
Linda J. Cox Hawaii Don’t Take No for an Answer
Hard Won Wisdom		 Economic Success in Hawaii
Carrie Sue Schumacher Montana Leadership Styles of Successful Tribal College Presidents The Role of Tribal Colleges in the U.S.
Martin Twer Montana Good to Great Family Forest Management Education Program (small diameter trees or renewable energy)
Marilyn Ming Nevada People Styles at Work Crisis Communication Program
Nora Luna Nevada Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
Stan Jones New Mexico The Leadership Challenge (4th edition) -
Maxine Day Oregon Beyond Success Grant County community gardens
Tina Dodge Vera Oregon 7 Habits Cultural competency program for food pantries serving Latino populations
Dana Martin Oregon Peoples Styles at Work Develop central Oregon small farm program
Ron Patterson Utah The Introvert Advantage Establish regional 4-H Ambassador program
Colleen Campbell Wyoming Developing the Leader Within You Building stronger youth voices in county programming
Hudson Ray Hill Wyoming The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Sustainable agriculture in western Wyoming
Rachel Novakovich Wyoming Developing the Leaders Around You Consolidate/coordinate youth activities in county to avoid duplication
Barton Stam Wyoming Crucial Conversations Develop an evaluation tool to measure the impacts of a local youth leadership program
Tansey J. Sussex Wyoming Failing Forward Develop workforce preparedness for middle school and high school youth
Amber Wallingford Wyoming The Leadership Pill Develop 4-H Farmers Market
Lindsay Taylor Wyoming - Process for transferring renewable energy information

2007 - 2008 Interns

2007 - 2008 Interns
Intern State Book
Sonja Koukel Florida Academic Leadership: A Practical Guide to Chairing the Department
Aufa'i Ropeti Areta American Samoa Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Times
Cathy L. Martinez Arizona Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Melvina Adolf Arizona Leading from Within, Developing Personal Direction
Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty California Crucial Confrontations
Stephen Vasquez California Good to Great
Leigh Taylor Johnson California Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness through Situational Leadership
Christopher A. Greer California The Nature of Leadership: Reptiles, Mammals, and the Challenge of Becoming a Great Leader
Gary Hall Colorado Practicing Servant Leadership
Holli G. Bowman Colorado Personal Accountability - Powerful and Practical Ideas for You and Your Organization
Wendy Rice Colorado First Things First
Jari Sugano Hawaii The Fifth Discipline - The Art and Science of Learning Organization
Joey Peutz Idaho Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World
Joe Broesder Montana Building the Bridge As You Walk On It, A Guide for Leading Change
Quinn Holzer Montana The Future of Leadership
Amy L. Meier Nevada Crucial Confrontations: Tools for resolving broken promises, violated expectations, and bad behavior
Lynne Beam New Mexico Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Peter Schreder Oregon The Comfort Trap
Donita J. Roseboro Oregon Leading without Power
Janice Smiley Oregon Crucial Confrontations: Tools for resolving broken promises, violated expectations, and bad behavior
Jody A. Gale Utah -
Ellen Serfustini Utah People Styles at Work: Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships Better
Paula Scott Utah The Tipping Point, How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Kelly Kopp Utah Working with Emotional Intelligence
Drew Lenore Betz Washington Leadership the Challenge
Cliff Moore Washington Leading Change: The Argument for Values-Based Leadership
Cole Ehmke Wyoming Managing Up: How to Forge an Effective Relationship with Those Above You
Susan E. Parker Wyoming The Deep Blue Sea. Rethinking the Source of Leadership
Dallas Mount Wyoming Getting to Yes - Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

2005 - 2006 Interns

2005 - 2006 Interns
Intern State
Peter Bierman Alaska
Everett Rhodes Arizona
Jeff Schalau Arizona
Ramiro E. Lobo California
Sharon (Shannon) C. Mueller California
Dorothy E. Smith California
Jim Conley Colorado
Irene Shonle Colorado
Kelvin Sewake Hawaii
Cameron Clark Montana
Janna Kincheloe Montana
Staci Emm Nevada
Juli Hutchins New Mexico
Frank A. Burris Oregon
Amy Davis Oregon
Troy Downing Oregon
Mike Knutz Oregon
Kevin Heaton Utah
James D. Keyes Utah
Allen Young Utah
Dale ZoBell Utah
Arno W. Bergstrom Washington
Karen L. Poulin Washington
Vicki Hayman Wyoming