2005 Regional
NELD Participant Information
| Kristin Kleeberger | ||
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Commercial
Horticulture Educator Waukesha
County |
I have been with UW-Extension for four years as a commercial horticulture educator. I work primarily with green industry professionals in my county and throughout the state. I also work with fruit and vegetable growers and am a coleader of the states extension horticulture team. |
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| Kandi O'Neil | ||
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4-H
Youth Development Educator |
Kandi has been a 4-H Youth Development Educator for 20 years in Washington County. Program efforts include a strong 4-H community club program and outreach programming. Community club programs include a year long Special Emphasis Program, Friends Helping Friends Program. Outreach efforts include afterschool programs, Friends Helping Friends, Celebrate Families and collaborative efforts. Kandi is married and has two children: Stephen (14) and Christine. (11). Their family enjoys fishing, snowmobiling and spending time together. |
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| Beverly K. Phillips | ||
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State
Nutrition Program Coordinator |
| Bev has served as the state Coordinator for Nutrition Education Programs for limited income audiences since 2002. Prior to that she held positions as the assistant coordinator and as a curriculum specialist. Bev is especially interested in ways in which we can collect information and tell the stories of the work we do in Extension programs. She has 3 nearly grown children and likes to garden. | ||
| Charles A. Prissel | ||
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4-H Youth Development Agent/County Department
Head |
| Chuck has been the Polk County 4-H Youth Development Agent for sixteen years, and in addition is currently serving as part of a two person leadership team as Co-Department Head. Programming areas include: Strengthening 4-H Club Leadership, Youth Voices in Community Action and Governance, and Helping Youth Understand Agricultural Issues. He serves as the educational advisor to the Polk County 4-H program, consisting of over 700 members and 330 adult orientated volunteers. Outreach programs include the Polk County Tobacco Coalition, Teen Court Advisory Board, and the Youth Enrichment Partnership Committee, being co-chair of that coalition. Community service roles related to the profession include serving on the Unity School Community Education Advisory Board. He received a BS degree from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire in Biology and Chemistry, Secondary Education, and a MS in Research Botany. Chuck has served in many leadership roles in the organization including President of WAE4-HYDP and being an active member of the Department of Youth Development and in leadership roles in maters of faculty governance. | ||
| Bill Rizzo | ||
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Community Resource Development Educator Dane County |
Bill has served as the UW-Extension/Cooperative Extension Community Resource Development Educator in Dane County, WI since January 1997. Bill's areas of professional and academic interest include community leadership and development, and organizational change and innovation. His Extension programming focuses on local governments, civic and not-for-profit organizations, and citizens, on topics/issues including organizational development and assessment; participatory decision making; downtown revitalization; strategic planning; community economic analysis; and community planning. Bill received his Bachelors (1974) and Masters Degrees (1983) from Western Illinois University, both in Recreation, and his Ph.D. in Community and Organizational Development from Michigan State University (2001). Bill lives in Madison, WI with his wife, Kirsten Norslien, and their own personal petting zoo consisting of two dogs and three cats. |
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| Ronnie Stricklin | ||
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Director |
Administrative leader for budgeting and management of the Milwaukee County Extension office, and primary liaison with Milwaukee County government and staff. Lead staff in organizational assessment and strategic planning process to identify and address goals. As a county office director, co-manage four county administrative cluster in southeast Wisconsin for the UWEX "Quad Counties" initiative. Tenured faculty member-develop and teach educational programs in community and economic development, leadership development, and organizational development and management. Member, Department of Community Resource Development Standards, Rank and Promotion Committee, 2002-05, and seven-year board member and two-term President of statewide professional association for faculty and colleagues of UWEX, Department of Community Resource Development. |
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