Charles (Chuck) Hibberd
Director Cooperative Extension Service & Associate Dean of Agriculture
Agricultural Administration Building
615 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2053
Phone: 765-494-8489
Fax: 765-494-5876
Email: hibberd@purdue.edu

The Director of Extension guides the administration and management for Purdue Extension, an organization with nearly a $50 million budget and over 700 staff located on the West Lafayette campus and throughout Indiana. They design and deliver relevant and timely educational programs and research-based knowledge to the over six million citizens of Indiana. The Director represents Extension in meetings with University and College administration and with stakeholders as well as provides the administrative link with Extension's federal partner, CSREES/USDA.

Margaret (Peggy) Titus
Assistant Director: Professional Development
Agricultural Administration Building
615 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2053
Phone: 765-496-6515
Fax: 765-494-5876
Email: mtitus@purdue.edu

Peggy is responsible for coordinating a comprehensive professional development and core competency system for all Extension staff with a focus on the orientation of new Extension educators and County Directors. As EEO and Civil Rights Officer for Purdue Extension she provides oversight for staff development, reporting and coordination of all aspects of civil rights, EEO, and affirmative action with the University Offices of Affirmative Action and Human Resources and the USDA. She also serves as the Point of Contact between the Office of Personnel Management/USDA and all Schedule A Federal employees of Purdue Extension. In addition she works closely with the School of Agriculture Business office and their policies as they relate to CES field extension operations

Dan Stewart
Assistant Director for Organizational Administration
District Director, East District
1200 S. Tillotson Overpass, Suite 7
Muncie, IN 47304
Phone: 765-281-1507 or 281-1508
Fax: 765-281-1527
Email: dstewart@purdue.edu

Dan works with administrative and organizational issues. He is responsible for coordination of the recruiting, interviewing and hiring process for Extension Educators in cooperation with the Purdue Department of Human Resource Services. Responsibilities also include oversight for personnel issues, serving as a resource for District Directors and representing the Director of Extension in discussions with county governments and Extension Boards. Dan also works with budget matters, especially those dealing with county appropriations in support of Extension programs. In addition to responsibilities as Assistant Director for Organizational Administration, Dan serves as District Director for the East District of Purdue Extension.

___________________________
Extension IRB and Reporting Coordinator
Agricultural Administration Building
615 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2053
Phone: 765-494-7795
Fax: 765-494-5876
Email:

Serves as the Extension IRB Coordinator for the Extension Human Subjects Committee. Coordinates the review process for Educator applications, and maintains the database of all Extension Educator approvals. The coordinator prepares all the Federal reports including the Annual report and the Plan of Work Updates sent to Washington D. C. each year in the spring. The County Educational Reviews are carried out by the coordinator. These reviews help counties to understand the requirements for Civil Rights, Volunteer Management, Financial Business Practices, Computer Security, and Human Subjects files. 15-20 are conducted each year on a 5 year rotating basis. The coordinator is available to help educators plan and develop an evaluation effort, including the creation of the data collection instrument, analysis of the data, and refining the evaluation report.

Janet Bechman
Extension Plan of Work and Accountability Coordinator
Agricultural Administration Building
615 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2053
Phone: 765-494-8309
Fax: 765-494-5876
Email: jcb@purdue.edu

Janet Bechman is the Extension Plan of Work and Accountability Coordinator. She provides leadership for the implementation of the Plan of Work, including incorporating the Plan of Work into the System for Accountability and Management (SAM). She is responsible for providing leadership and oversight for the Extension sections of SAM 2 and collaborating with AgIT. She is responsible for staff development for SAM 2 and using information from SAM for reporting programmatic impact to stakeholders. Janet is responsible for instructing staff on Logic Model program development and evaluation. She is also the coordinator of the CED Assessment Center.

Sam Cordes
ECD Program Leader and Assistant Director
Burton Morgan Building
1201 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057
Phone: 765-494-7273
Fax: 765-494-9870
Email: smcordes@purdue.edu

Sam Cordes is responsible for Extension's Economic and Community Development Program.  He works with county-based Extension personnel, campus faculty and staff, and external partners to support educational programs and activities that help to create strong and vibrant communities and neighborhoods. Five areas of emphasis are: Entrepreneurship, Planning and Visioning, Leadership and Civic Engagement, Learning Centers/Workforce Development, and Public Issues Education. Cordes also serves as Co-Director of the Center for Regional Development.

Karen DeZarn
Assistant CFS Program Leader
Matthews Hall
812 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2060
Phone: 765-494-8252
Fax: 765-496-1168
Email: kdezarn@purdue.edu

As assistant CFS Program Leader, Karen assists the CFS Program leader in providing overall leadership to the campus and county CFS staff. Some of the duties of the Assistant CFS Program leader are: complete orientation sessions for new county CFS educators; advise the Indiana Extension Homemaker Association; serve as chair to the annual Home and Family Conference, Family Impact Seminar, and the Inspiring Families and Building Communities annual award.

Thomas Jordan
ANR Program Leader and Assistant Director
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Lilly Hall of Life Sciences
Purdue University
915 West State Street
West Lafayette, In 47907-2054
Phone: 765-494-7891
Fax: 765-494-5876
Email: tjordan@purdue.edu

As the Assistant Director, Tom is responsible for state-wide leadership for the Agricultural and Natural Resources Extension program for the State of Indiana. As Program Leader, he works with the county and campus based Extension staff and other organizations and agencies to deliver quality agriculture and natural resource education programs that positively impact the economics of Indiana as well as the lives and livelihood of all the citizens of the state.

________________________
Assistant ANR Program Leader
Smith Hall
901 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2089
Phone: 765-494-9572
Fax: 765-494-0535
Email:

Assists the ANR Program Leader in providing overall leadership to the campus and county ANR staff. The Assistant ANR Program Leader represents Purdue Extension at the regional level by coordinating the NCR Extension programs in IPM, SARE, and Small Farms. The Assistant ANR Program Leader acts as the contact person to coordinate field days at the Purdue Agricultural Centers and provides leadership to the SARE and Small Farms work teams to deliver educational programs throughout the state, and helps these teams identify research areas that support these Extension programs. In addition, the Assistant Program Leader helps the ANR Program Leader coordinate the overall campus and field staff extension programs and activities of the Agricultural and Natural Resources Program.

Responsibilities of District Directors:
Purdue Extension divides the state into five geographic regions, each with a director that serves as the administrative head for the region. District directors are the official representatives between the university and county Extension boards, local government bodies, and public and private organizations. They work in partnership with the county Extension board of directors and the county Extension director.
District Directors:
• Provide leadership for the recruitment, selection and retention of county personnel.
• Participate in program development and evaluation.
• Administers district human and fiscal resources.
• Support external relations.

Janet Allen
Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service
Southwest District Office
4367 N. Purdue Road
Vincennes, IN 47591-7580
Phone: 812-886-9582
Fax: 812-886-6693
Email: jallen1@purdue.edu

Rick Chase
Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service
Central District Office
460 N Morton Street, Suite A
Franklin, IN 46131-1388

Phone: 317-736-7842
Fax: 317-738-4962
Email: rchase@purdue.edu

Natalie Fowler
Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service
Southeast District Office
228 Second Street
Aurora, IN 47001-1302
Phone: 812-926-9133
Fax: 812-926-9135
Email: nfowler@purdue.edu

Mike Manning
Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service
Northwest District Office
37 South Ohio Street
PO Box 391
Remington, IN 47977-0391
Phone: 219-261-3336
Fax: 219-261-3338
Email: mmanning@purdue.edu

Dan Stewart
Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service
East District Office
1200 S. Tillotson Overpass, Suite 7
Muncie, IN 47304
Phone: 765-281-1507 or 281-1508
Fax: 765-281-1527
Email: dstewart@purdue.edu

Sharon Williams
Manager of Employee Relations and Senior Consultant
Freehafer Hall of Administrative Services
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: 765-494-7398
Fax: 765-496-3739
Email: ssw@purdue.edu

Sharon provides objective, confidential counsel to Extension employees and supervisors regarding the employee/employer relationship. Sharon works to gain a mutually acceptable resolution at the lowest level to disagreements between employees and supervisors. She recommends the use of effective human resource managerial practices such as setting expectations for supervisors and employees, proper training, performance feedback, rewards and recognition and progressive discipline. Sharon can help answer and interpret questions about University policy and laws such as the university’s grievance procedures, the university’s policy and complaint process for harassment and discrimination, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). She works with Peggy Titus to conduct training for EEO counselors, supervisors and educators. Sharon is available to help all Extension employees with human resource related questions or concerns.

Michelle Reynolds
Directors’ Business Manager
Agricultural Administration Building
615 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2053
Phone: 765-494-8513
Fax: 765-496-1104
Email: reynoldsml@purdue.edu

Michelle is the link between Cooperative Extension Administration and other areas of business services including but not limited to human resources, travel, accounting, disbursements and budget and fiscal planning. Michelle develops financial data reports to support long range financial planning forecasts for Associate Dean Petritz and his administrative team and recommends course of action. She budgets and manages CES reserves, discretionary funds and interdepartmental funds and accounts. She directs and approves all Administrative sponsored research budget proposals. Michelle is available to help Extension with financial questions or concern.

Jane Richardson
Business Manager Field Extension
Agricultural Administration Building
615 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2053
Phone: 765-494-8501
Fax: 765-496-1104
Email: janerichardson@purdue.edu

Jane coordinates and supervises the management, finances and business services for Field Extension. She provides proper interpretation of University, Federal and sponsoring agency policies and procedures. The business manager works with Peggy Titus in developing orientations for new educators and participates in financial camps held throughout the state. She conducts audits of counties’ Education Funds and verifies a separation of duties is implemented in each office. With input from District Directors and the Director of CES, the business manager calculates raises for educators and analyzes the salary table throughout the state.

Sabina Calhoun
Extension Program Resource Development Officer
Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service
Central District Office
100 International Dr Suite B
Franklin, IN 46131-9641
Phone: 317-736-7842
Fax: 317-738-4962
Email: scalhoun@purdue.edu

Stacy Rogers
Associate Extension Program Resource Development Officer
Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service
White County Office
12 N 25 E
Reynolds, IN 47980-8091
Phone: 219-984-5115
Fax: 219-984-5147
Email: rogers11@purdue.edu