Meet Our Team
Meet our team
Kristi Backe
Curriculum & Professional Development Coordinator, Outdoor School
Programs: Outdoor School
Department/Unit: E&E/Extension Administration
Spirit Brooks
Director of Outdoor School
Programs: Outdoor School
Department/Unit: E&E/Extension Administration
Cathryn Haas
4-H Program Leader
Programs: 4-H Youth Development
Department/Unit: 4-H Youth Development
Celeste Janssen
4-H Positive Youth Development Research Coordinator
Expertise: Parenting , Youth education resources
Programs: 4-H Youth Development
Department/Unit: 4-H Youth Development , OSU Portland Center
Mark Kindred
Constituent Relations Management Leader
Department/Unit: Extension Computing Technology Unit
Lee Ann Mikkelson
Oregon Natural Resources Education Program Director
Expertise: Environmental education (PreK-12)
Programs: Oregon Environmental Literacy Program , Oregon Natural Resources Education Program (PreK-12)
Department/Unit: Forestry and Natural Resources Extension
Belisario Nigenda Pérez
YEA CN Program Manager
Expertise: Business management , Business marketing , Youth education resources
Department/Unit: E&E/Extension Administration
Ashton Robertson
4-H External Communications Coordinator
Expertise: Business marketing
Programs: 4-H Youth Development
Department/Unit: 4-H Youth Development
Rebecca Symons
Administrative Assistant to the Associate Director of Extension and the Associate Vice Provost for Engagement
Department/Unit: E&E/Extension Administration
Jason O'Brien
Oregon Naturalist Program Coordinator
Expertise: Community science , Climate change , Wildlife
Programs: Oregon Naturalist
Department/Unit: Forestry and Natural Resources Extension
Kristopher Elliott
Interim Vice Provost for Extension and Engagement, Interim Director of OSU Extension
Department/Unit: E&E/Extension Administration