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Susan is beginning her 19th year with University Outreach and Extension in Missouri. She serves as a regional specialist in nutrition for the Kansas City metropolitan area. She and her husband Bill enjoy raising five children, two cats and a bearded dragon reptile.

Sherry Nelson is a Human Development Specialist who has worked for University Outreach & Extension in NE Missouri for the past four years. Present responsibilities include work with coalitions to: reduce teen pregnancy, implementation of early Head Start, and ACS Colorectal screening, cancer education and fund raising. Additionally, she works with a teen center, farm crisis issues, provides parenting classes, drug and alcohol use reduction issues, and in the areas of physical and mental health issues. Previous work experiences have included flood disaster counselor, social worker in a maximum-security psychiatric hospital, green house grower, and plant pathologist. She has and extensive collection of earrings and is a native from Montana as is one of her office mates (long story).

Michele Pfundt has completed nine years of service for Cooperative Extension. Positions have included Human Environmental Sciences Specialist, Area Specialized Agent for Youth and Families, and currently 4-H Youth Development Regional Specialist in Camdenton, Missouri. Michele grew up with the Extension philosophy following in her parents footsteps. Currently she develops, implements, and evaluates research-based community programs around adolescent issues. Michele has traveled to over 20 countries and has had many valuable experiences in cultural diversity. One such experience was serving as an international consultant to Lithuania through VOCA (Volunteers for Overseas Cooperative Assistance).

Prior to accepting the position of Human Development Specialists for the University of Missouri Extension Outreach I was a Medical Social Worker in Chicago providing services to a large portion of elderly people. During the past three years I have been working as a Human Development Specialists in the St. Louis area serving Franklin, Jefferson and St. Louis Counties in Missouri. My focus areas are the elderly and parents of adolescence. Presently I am coordinating a fair for the St. Louis area on Grandparents Acting As Parents, (GAPP). There is a growing need across the country on this issue and as a mother of eight children and the grandmother of two, I may yet find myself acting in this role.

Work Experience: I spent four years in the U. S. Air Force as a Jet engine mechanic where I worked on B-52 bombers and K C -135 refueling airplanes. I spent 16 years with Missouri Farmers Association where I was a general manager of retail farm supply stores in Missouri. I have spent the last 12 years with University of Missouri Outreach & Extension as a Business & Industry (B&I) Specialist serving a 16 county area in Southeast Missouri. In addition to my programming responsibilities as a B&I specialist I am working on a couple of special assignments which include; serving as an agri-business counselor and serving as the B&I grant coordinator as we relate to the Missouri Small Business Development Centers.

Personal information: I am married, Pam and I have three children, Tony, Jim and Kelly. I am an outdoor enthusiast and enjoy hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, motorcycling, bicycling, and just being out and about in nature.