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Extension Educator
4-H/Youth Development
Huntington County
354 N Jefferson - Suite 202
Huntington, IN 46750
269-358-4826
Fax: 260-358-4829
laldridg@purdue.edu

I have been employed by Purdue Extension Service for 20 years, serving Huntington County as the 4-H/Youth Extension Educator. I coordinate the county 4-H Youth program, which involves 929 youth in the community club program, 260+ youth in Mini 4-H and over 1500 youth in school enrichment programming. I am actively involved in the community, serving on the community foundation board of directors, the county leadership board and currently coordinating a Youth Leadership Academy for high school sophomores. I have a B.S. in Vocational Home Economics from Purdue University and a Masters degree in Adult Education from Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne. My husband, Duke and I have two children - Ryan, a high school junior and Alicia, an 8th grader.

Assistant Program Leader for
Consumer and Family Science Extension
Purdue Cooperative Extension Service
110 Matthews Hall,
812 West State Street,
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2060
765-494-8252
Fax: 765-496-1947
kdezarn@cfs.purdue.edu

Karen is currently the Assistant Program Leader for Consumer and Family Science Extension at Purdue University. She has been employed 9 years as an extension educator on the county level in a variety of areas: Leadership and Community Development, County Extension Director, Consumer and Family Science, and 4-H/Youth Development. Karen is MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) qualified and is on the newly developed Purdue Leadership Team. She is married with three sons ages 17, 21 and 23. She enjoys needlework of all kinds and meeting new people.

Extension Educator /
Consumer & Family Sciences-Food and Nutrition Specialist
Purdue Cooperative Extension Service
112 W. Jefferson Street, Room 304
Plymouth, Indiana 46563
574-935-8545
Fax: 574-935-8612
karen.richey@ces.purdue.edu

I have been employed by Purdue Extension for the past 11 years, with program responsibilities in Consumer & Family Sciences, and supervisor for the Family Nutrition Program in Marshall County. Currently the Co-Chair for the Food Safety and Quality Program of Work Issue Team for Purdue Extension. A native of Wisconsin, I received my B.S. Degree in Consumer & Family Sciences from Colorado State University and my M.S. Degree in Foods and Nutrition from Indiana State University. My husband, Tom, and I have two sons, Wess, 24 and Shane, 22. Both are graduates of Oklahoma State University. The family operation involves raising and selling purebred Shorthorn and crossbred breeding cattle and club calves.

Johnson County Extension Director,
Extension Educator - Consumer & Family Sciences
Purdue Extension Service
80 S. Jackson Street
Franklin, IN 46131
317-736-3724
Fax: 317-736-3727
linda.souchon@ces.purdue.edu

I have been with Purdue Extension/Johnson County for 14 1/2 years working as an Extension Educator in Consumer and Family Sciences with a Foods and Nutrition specialty. In 2000, I took over the responsibilities of County Extension Director where we have three county support staff and four Purdue staff members. Prior to joining Extension, I taught Family and Consumer Science on the secondary level. Currently, I'm the Purdue Extension/Johnson County office manager, working with and supporting county staff and Extension Staff, securing county funding for office and overall management of the office. As Extension Educator in CFS, I conduct educational programming in Food and Nutrition and Food Safety. I partner with our local health department and provide Food Safety and Sanitation programs to local food service personnel. Twice yearly, we conduct the National ServSafe Training for food service managers. Personally, I live with my husband Bob and two dogs, Figment and Miss Muffet in the northern part of Johnson County. Bob and I have three sons, age 17, 20 and 22.

Cass County Extension Director
Purdue Cooperative Extension Service
200 Court Park
Logansport, Indiana 46947-3149
574-753-7750
Fax: 574-753-7759

Currently the County Extension Director in Cass County, I have been with the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service the past 10 years, with program responsibilities in Agriculture and Natural Resources. Prior to moving to Indiana, I taught Vocational Agriculture in Iowa before switching to a career in Extension, working for the Iowa State University Extension Service for 5 years. I received my B.S. Degree in Ag Education from Northwest Missouri State University and my M.S. Degree in Ag Education from Iowa State University. My current position allows me the opportunity to work with ag producers and various groups and boards. My wife Regina and I have four children, two daughters that attend Purdue University, and a son and a daughter that attend Lewis Cass High School in Walton, IN.

Daviess County Extension Agriculture Educator - ANR
214 N.E. 3rd Street
Washington, Indiana 47501
812-254-8668
Fax: 812-254-7472
robert.yoder@ces.purdue.edu

Bob started with Purdue Cooperative Extension Service in June of 1988 as a 4-H/Youth Eductor in northern Indiana. In March of 1990, he tranferred to Daviess County in southern Indiana and became an Agriculture and Natural Resouce Educator. Daviess County is a very diverse agricultural county with corn, soybean, forages, wheat, popcorn and melons being raised and livestock industry that includes turkeys, swine, dairy cattle, beef and horses. He obtained both his B.S. and M. S. degrees from Purdue University School of Agriculture with a major in Animal Science. He is married to Troy Lynn and they have four children being Rachel, Rebekah, Benjamin, and Andrew with a range of ages from 12 to 21.