The Extension Department of Youth Development offers out-of-school time research and evaluation for youth work professionals. Policy makers, youth program staff and all youth development stakeholders come to us for the latest on important issues in the field. We also run the Minnesota 4-H program. Check out our youth work classes!
The Extension Department of Family, Health and Wellbeing offers research-backed advice to families and those who serve them.
Family, Health and Wellbeing contacts
Transgender youth questions:
Cari Michaels, Extension educator
[email protected]
Teen development questions:
Jodi Dworkin, Extension specialist
[email protected]
Communication and screen time questions:
Jodi Dworkin, Extension specialist
[email protected]
Overindulgence in parenting questions:
Parents Forever questions:
If you have questions about the following programs, use this contact form and we will get back to you:
- Partnering for School Success — CYFAR project
- Education: Our Best Legacy
- Effective Family Engagement Workshop
- Parenting for School Success: A Guide for Parents
- Positive Discipline: A Guide for Parents
- Other Partnering for School Success resources
- Open Doors with Higher Education
- School Success website
Youth Development contacts
Jennifer Skuza, associate dean and state 4-H director
[email protected], 612-624-7798
Becky Harrington, director of operations and systems
[email protected], 612-624-7974
Jan Derdowski, program leader, youth development
[email protected], 218-341-6231
Nancy Hegland, program leader, youth development
[email protected], 651-480-7709
Kristen Hurley, program leader, youth development
[email protected], 507-258-8779
Leah Larson, program leader, youth development
[email protected], 612-624-7752
Kari Robideau, program leader, youth development
[email protected], 218-236-2013
Anne Stevenson, Extension educator
[email protected], 763-767-3883
Aysha Baltaci, assistant Extension professor and 4-H healthy living statewide specialist
[email protected].
Betsy Olson Minnaert, Extension educator
[email protected], 763-767-3847
Brian McNeill, associate Extension professor and state program director, 4-H STEM and agri science
[email protected], 320-589-1711
Carrie Ann Olson, Extension educator
[email protected], 1-320-589-1711
Jacquie Lonning, state program director, citizenship & leadership
[email protected], 612-624-2116
Karyn Santl, Extension educator
[email protected], 218-463-0293
Kate Walker, Extension professor and specialist, youth work practice
[email protected]
Jeremy Freeman, 4-H volunteer systems director
[email protected], 218-828-2386
Jessica Russo, Extension educator
[email protected], 1-612-624-7625
Joseph Rand, Extension educator
[email protected], 320-203-6064
Karen Beranek, Extension educator
[email protected], 507-337-2818
Kathryn Sharpe, Extension educator
[email protected], 612-624-7562
Nicole Pokorney, Extension educator
[email protected], 507-536-6304
Patrick Jirik, Extension educator
[email protected], 507-536-6303
Renee Kostick, Extension educator
[email protected], 218-232-5174
Sharon Davis, animal science director and Extension educator
[email protected], 507-369-6896
Todd Mehrkens, academic technologist
[email protected], 612-624-8191