Mike Gaffney
Acting Director
Washington State University
411 Hulbert Hall, PO Box 646248
Pullman, WA 99164
Phone: 509-3354611
Email: mjgaffney@wsu.edu
Cody Stone
Executivue Director
Montana State University
PO Box 172230 / 220 Culbertson Hall
Bozeman, MT 59717
Phone: 406-994-1750
Email: cstone@montana.edu
Wendy Powers
Associate Vice President
University of California
1111 Franklin Street, 10th Floor, Office 10105
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: 510-987-9033
Email: wendy.powers@ucop.edu
Lyla Houglum
Executive Director
Oregon State University
108E Ballard Extension Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
Tel.: (541) 737-9920
Fax: (541) 737-4423
Email: lyla.houglum@oregonstate.edu
Assistant: Denise Ashley
Phone: (541) 246-3401
Email: denise.ashley@oregonstate.edu
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In 1999, WEDA created the Western Extension Leadership Development (WELD) committee, representing the 13 western states and territories, to investigate and develop a regional leadership training program for Extension faculty. Specific objectives are to have participants:
The Western Region Program Leaders Committee (WRPLC), a committee appointed by WEDA has developed some online resources for new employees that cover many areas central to Extension work such as:
In August 2007, WEDA appointed selected Western Extension employees to serve on the Western Extension Diversity Committee.
This group was formed to help advance the following goals in the WEDA Strategic Plan:
Committee Charge | Final Report
IN 2010 WEDA asked the Diversity Catalyst Team to address diversity and training.
As a result, two diversity curricula were developed that the Diversity Catalyst Team recommended be integrated into a unified training program for Extension faculty and staff that can be delivered using blended teaching strategies (face to face instruction, individual asynchronous distance learning, facilitated small group exercises, and synchronous distance interaction between trainees and content providers).
To be successful, the Diversity Catalyst Team recommended financial commitments from several Extension organizations to purchase the training program once it is successfully designed and pilot tested.
To move towards a new urban Extension model, the Directors tasked the WRPLC to examine urban issues in the West and articulate best practices for urban Extension programming. The Western Urban Extension Think Tank was created and was tasked to:
The Urban Extension Committee was created to address the following issues/questions:
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