Team Directory

Areas of Focus

Penn State Extension, Program Units and Teams:

• Animal Systems
  • Dairy
  • Poultry
  • Equine
  • Livestock
• Energy, Entrepreneurship, Economic and Community Development
  • Energy
  • New and Beginning Farming
  • Ag Business, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development
  • Leadership and Community Development

Areas of Focus

Penn State Extension, Program Unit:

• Horticulture

Jon oversees the marketing strategy (strategy, creative), marketing technology (CRM, web, event management), digital learning (credit and non-credit), and customer service teams, where he focuses on ensuring the strategic development and implementation of integrated marketing and business solutions for the three main mission areas of the college – teaching, research, and extension.

Areas of Focus

• Berkey Creamery

Areas of Focus

Penn State Extension, Program Units:

• Agronomy and Natural Resources
• Horticulture

Wendel is focused on managing and supporting the Penn State College of Agriculture's e-commerce websites. He is also responsible for collecting performance data for website behavior, e-commerce, and marketing campaigns for the college.

Amanda Kirsten is the proofreader/copyeditor with Creative Services in Ag Communications and Marketing. She proofreads the layouts and copyedits the manuscripts produced by Creative Services.

Areas of Focus

Penn State Extension, Program Units:

• Animal Systems
• Energy, Entrepreneurship, and Community Development

Areas of Focus

Penn State Extension, Program Units:

• Food, Families, and Health
• Food Safety and Quality

Kate leads the web team in providing digital solutions that meet the strategic goals of the college. Together, we develop and support extensive websites for Penn State Extension, Berkey Creamery, nine academic departments, and the college at large.  

Kelly is a user experience specialist focused on improving usability for the college's digital assets, including websites for the college, Extension and Creamery. 

Areas of Focus

Penn State Extension, Program Unit:

• Agronomy and Natural Resources

Morgan is an event management specialist working with Extension educators from across the state and managing statewide Extension events.

Areas of Focus

• Pennsylvania 4-H

Alan Schaffranek became the director of alumni relations at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences in January 2019 and oversees the coordination of events, programs, and initiatives that connect more than 31,000 alumni to faculty and staff. 

Tim is a web developer for the College of Agricultural Sciences, and is focused on supporting and enhancing the software that drives the college's websites.

Karly is Team Marketing Coordinator focused on executing the marketing plan and providing day-to-day marketing support for the following Penn State Extension program teams.

Food, Family, and Health Unit

• Health and Wellness Team
• Vector-borne Disease Team
• Family Well-being Team

Food Safety & Quality Unit

• Industrial Food Safety Team
• Food Safety Modernization Act Team
• Retail, Food Service & Consumer Food Safety Team

Mary is a member of the Webservices team. She oversees training for Plone, provides web support, and works on web projects.

Brandon manages the Salesforce/CRM software team and is responsible for maintaining the technical and functional aspects of Penn State Extension's CRM applications (Salesforce.com and 4HOnline) which includes requirements assessment, project management, design, development, integration, testing, documentation, and maintenance.

Areas of Focus

Penn State Extension, Program Unit:

• Horticulture