2019 – 2020 INTERNS
| Intern | State | Book | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Moore | Arizona | Start a book club for Arizona 4-H professionals | |
| Kimberly Christmann | Arizona | ||
| LaVerne Vinyard | Arizona | The Confidence Gap | Build strong relationships between directors and business officers |
| Morgan Doran | California | Unstoppable Teams | |
| Surendra Dara | California | Conduct workshops on workplace happiness, balance, productivity and relationships. | |
| Aimee Kanode | Colorado | Develop and implement a graduation preparedness curriculum for high schoolers | |
| Barbie Garnett | Colorado | Learning to Lead like Jesus | Create a community agriculture center and food truck |
| Melinda Macpherson | Colorado | Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking | Create an “AgCorps” branch of the existing Colorado 4-H STEM AmeriCorps program |
| Tami Eggers | Colorado | The Servant Leadership Training Course | Develop and implement The Art of Ranching |
| Kathleen Duenas | Guam | The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership | Develop an Extension communication plan |
| LaJoy R. Spears | Guam | Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass | Develop a mentoring program for leadership and nonverbal communication |
| Ariel Agenbroad | Idaho | ||
| Grace Wittman | Idaho | Develop an advanced leadership program for teens in leadership positions | |
| Kari Lewis | Idaho | The Secret: What great leaders know and do | Develop a collection of resources for agricultural Extension agents |
| Bonnie Hopkins | New Mexico | Dare to Lead | Develop the North West New Mexico Local Food Trail |
| Jason Lamb | New Mexico | Study the feasibility of a commercial kitchen for local producers | |
| Alice Phillips | Oregon | Smarter, Faster, Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity | Create a comprehensive onboarding program for Extension faculty and staff |
| Kaci Buhl | Oregon | ||
| Lauren Grand | Oregon | Develop a virtual reality forest-sector careers experience for high schoolers | |
| Elizabeth Davis | Utah | Facilitate the opening of a makerspace | |
| Nell Larson | Utah | Create a traveling exhibits toolkit for small and mid-sized western university museums | |
| Chris Page | Washington | Lead a strategic doing process for the Ruckelshaus Center | |
| Kayla Wells | Washington | The Score Takes Care of Itself; My Philosophy of Leadership | Become a trainer of trainers for the Guiding Good Choices Parenting Curriculum |
| Michael Jensen | Washington | ||
| Rebecca Sero | Washington | Create an onboarding process framework and a content area framework model |
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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 |