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Kansas 4-H Tip Sheet

July 15, 2021

4-H Youth Development Employment Opportunities

Submitted by Aliah Mestrovich Seay

Dr. Dan Devlin, Western Region Extension Director; Bob Weaber, Eastern Region Extension Director; and Wade Weber, 4-H Youth Development Department Head are hiring three strategic youth development specialist positions with subject matter expertise as well as state and regional responsibilities.  

A search committee was appointed by the above-mentioned hiring managers and has begun a national search for three specialist positions in the content areas of STEM, Healthy Living, and Agricultural Sciences.

Search Committee members:

Chair:  Aliah Mestrovich Seay, 4-H Youth Development Specialist for Community Vitality

Campus:
Cheryl Boyer, Associate Professor, Extension Specialist, Nursery Crop Production & Marketing
Lorenza Lockett, Associate Professor of Social Work
Jonathan Ulmer, Professor of Agricultural Education
Lindsey Mueting, County Extension 4-H Youth Development Agent
Sue Sing Lim, Kansas Snap-ED Impact Specialist

West:
JoEllyn Argabright, Northeast Area Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Specialist
Patsy Maddy, 4-H Youth Development Agent
Karen Nelson, 4-H Youth Development Agent & District Director
Amy Sollock, Extension Specialist, Southwest Area
Bertha Mendoza, Area Agent, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education, Family Nutrition Program

East:
Corinne Patterson, County Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
Kaitlyn Peine, County Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
Sharolyn Flaming Jackson, Extension Specialist, Family and Consumer Science
Beth Hinshaw, Extension Specialist, Southeast Area

To learn more about these three positions please visit the following links:

STEM Position: https://careers.k-state.edu/cw/en-us/job/511079/extension-specialist-4h-youth-development-science-technology-engineering-math-stem-and-natural-resources

Healthy Living NW position: https://careers.k-state.edu/cw/en-us/job/511078/extension-specialist

Agricultural Sciences: https://careers.k-state.edu/cw/en-us/job/511086/instructorextension-specialist-4h-youth-development-agricultural-sciences

Screening begins immediately and continues until a sustainable candidate is found. For best consideration, apply by July 28. For questions about these positions please contact Aliah Mestrovich Seay at aliah@ksu.edu.