Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H Youth Development
MISSION
- To identify areas of need and provide resources for utilization by Extension Educators when educating their audiences in the areas of disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery. Create research-based fact sheets and courses, as well as evaluate other authored documents that would be helpful for public use.
COMMITTEE’S CHARGE
- Seek out, review, and offer appropriate resources for Extension Educators and public stakeholders pertaining to disaster preparedness and response, specifically in regards to youth, families, and consumers.
- Work with the Professional Development Committee to prepare at least 2 webinars per year.
MEMBERSHIP
Open to all delegates. The committee meets on the third Thursday of every month at 1:30PM Eastern.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
-Include links to items created/achievements
COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Chair
- Plan and conduct monthly committee calls
- Send out communications to committee members and delegates as needed
- Coordinate committee produced webinars in partnership with the EDEN Support Team
- Representative of 4-H/FCS Committee on the EDEN Executive committee
- Attend EDEN Executive committee monthly call (third Thursday, 3 pm Est.)
- Attend EDEN Executive Committee Mid-Winter Board Meeting (February or March in-person)
- Attend EDEN Executive Committee Meeting at Annual Meeting
- Submit monthly and yearly Reports
- Appoint subcommittees and committee working groups as needed
- Attend the Annual Meeting
- Coordinate other projects as needed
- The chair can serve up to 3 consecutive terms
Vice Chair
- The vice-chair shall assume the duties of the chair in the chair’s absence
- Send out communications to committee members and delegate as needed
- Representative of the 4-H/FCS committee on the EDEN Annual Meeting committee
- Attend Annual Meeting committee monthly calls (Fourth Friday, 12:00 pm Est.)
- Name one reviewer to the Annual Meeting review panel
- Determine and coordinate the Annual Meeting post-session workshop in partnership with Purdue staff
- Coordinate other projects as needed
- Attend the Annual Meeting
- Elected to a one-year term
- May be elected as chair-elect if the chair is beginning a third consecutive term or planning to step down at the end of their next term
- If elected as chair-elect, the committee will only hold a vice-chair election in June. The chair-elect will automatically assume the chair at the next Annual Meeting.
Chair

Charles Poliseno
Job Title: 4-H Extension Agent
Office Phone: (813) 744-5519
Email: cpoliseno@ufl.edu
Delegate Type:
Delegate
Institution:
University of Florida
Committee Members
Last Name | First Name | Institution |
---|---|---|
Smith | Angela | Penn State University |
Johnson | Carrie | NDSU Extension |
Jefferson | Gisele | Colorado State University |
Beckley | Sheila | Colorado State University |
Peutz | Joey | University of Idaho |
Turner | Pamela | University of Georgia |
Hyde | Glenda | Oregon State University |
Syers | Wade | Michigan State University |
Fisher | Sandra (Sam) | Virginia Tech |
Fleming | Rita | Tennessee State University |
Cochran | Soni | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Akers | Ryan | Mississippi State University |
Treiber | Lisa | Michigan State University |
Nwadike | Londa | Kansas State University |
Kiss | Elizabeth | Kansas State University |
Caeton | Nathaniel | University of California |
Poliseno | Charles | University of Florida |
Krehbiel | Michelle | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Harries | Kia | University of Minnesota |
Hendrickson | Lori | University of Minnesota |
Sanders | Colleen | University of Minnesota |
Croymans | Sara | University of Minnesota Extension |
Ostrenga Sprague | Stephanie | Michigan State University |
Buck | Julie | University of Idaho |
Griffiths-Smith | Faye | University of Connecticut |
Dixon | Ruth | Oregon State University |
Tannehill | Linda | |
Samuel | Beverly | USDA National Institute of Food & Agriculture |
Pearson | Cathy | Texas A&M AgriLife Extension |
Ooki | Nancy | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
Oatman | Brian | University of California |
McGarry | Joyce | Michigan State University |
Koukel | Sonja | New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension |
Faries | Mark | Texas A&M AgriLife Extension |
Dodd | Courtney | Texas A&M AgriLife Extension |
Davis | Kimberly | Florida A&M University |
Black | Lynette | Oregon State University |
Beck | Tracy | New Mexico State University |
Bearnes | Kim | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Griffith | Rick | New Mexico State University |
Nelson | Sherry | University of Missouri |
Yoder | Mike | North Carolina State University |
Koch | Becky | North Dakota State University |
Williams | Carolyn | Prairie View A&M University |
Lillpop | Abby | Purdue University |