AEBC Co-chairs
Nia Imani Fields Co-chair 4-H Youth Development Specialist University of Maryland Nfields@umd.edu
Katherine E Soule Co-chair Assistant Vice Provost of UC Cooperative Extension University of California 805-781-5940 kesoule@ucanr.edu
Joe Rand (he/him/his) Co-Chair Extension Professor and 4-H Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility at the University of Minnesota joerand@umn.edu
AEBC Champion Group Chairs’ contact information:
- Immigrant and Refugee Youth Co-Chairs:
Mitchell Mason mitchell.mason@maine.edu
Anindita Das anidas@iastate.edu - Youth Involved with the Juvenile Justice System Chair:
JoLynn C. Miller jlmiller@ucanr.edu - LGBTQ + Youth / Community Co-chairs:
Alison White alison.white@wsu.edu
Joe Rand joerand@umn.edu
David Widdison David.Widdison@usu.edu - Mental Health and Wellbeing Co-Chairs:
Kendra Lewis Kendra.Lewis@unh.edu
Anne Laccopucci amiaccopucci@ucdavis.edu
- Youth Experiencing Homelessness Co-Chairs:
Melissa Sheer scheermb@missouri.edu
Kerri Ashurst kgoodman@uky.edu
- Youth in Foster Care Co-Chairs:
Lena D. Mallory lmallory@uky.edu
Candi Propp Dierenfield dierenfieldc@ufl.edu
- Youth Living in Poverty Co-Chairs:
Jen Hargrove hargrove@iastate.edu
Sarah Chvilicek sarahc@unr.edu
- Youth with Disabilities Co-Chairs:
Vanessa Spero Vspero@ufl.edu
Darcy Cole dacole@umn.edu
Racial and Ethnic Youth:
- African American Youth Chair:
Keith Nathaniel kcnathaniel@ucanr.edu - Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Chair:
Nancy Ooki ooki@hawaii.edu -
LatinX Advisory Committee Chair:
Guadalupe Castro guadalupe.castro@ag.tamu.edu
- American Indian/Alaskan Native Youth Co-Chairs:
Josh Farella farella1@arizona.edu
Shaina Nomee snomee@cdatribe-nsn.gov