Sample Staff

  • Jill Connin

    4-H Online Data Systems Coordinator
    I have been serving as the 4-H Online Data Systems Coordinator since 2026. Previous to this role, I served as the 4-H Program Coordinator in Schoolcraft County. I earned a bachelor's degree in Entrepreneurship from Northern Michigan University along with a master's degree in Family and Community Services from Michigan State University. Outside of work I am a church pianist, serve on several community boards and enjoy traveling with my family to national parks.
    conninji@msu.edu

  • Autumn Converse Williams

    Extension Educator - 4-H Livestock and Veterinary Science
    conver20@msu.edu
    (517) 432-1626

  • Christina Curell

    Cover Crop and Soil Health Educator
    Cover Crop and Soil Health
    curellc@msu.edu
    231-745-2732

  • Francine Czerniawski

    Specialist - Poultry Outreach
    czerni10@msu.edu
    517-432-5402

  • Chelsea Dickens

    Digital Communications Manager
    Chelsea is responsible for developing strategic digital content and managing social media for MSU Extension. Before this position, she provided communications support to our 14 districts' directors across the state and their support staff. Before coming to MSU Extension, Chelsea spent five years as a television journalist and radio personality across several states, serving a very broad demographic of audiences with the information they needed to live, work and play safely and happily in their communities. Chelsea is a graduate of Michigan State University with a B.A. in Media and Information with a minor in sustainability. Her Master's is from Emerson College in Journalism.
    dickensc@msu.edu

  • Chris DiFonzo

    Professor & Field Crops Entomologist
    Integrated pest management in field crops
    difonzo@msu.edu
    517-353-5328

  • Ruth Dorando Marcy

    Foundations of Gardening Program Assistant
    marcyrut@msu.edu

  • Deanna East, Ed.D.

    Associate Director
    eastd@msu.edu

  • Erick Elgin

    Water Resource Educator
    Lake conservation, aquatic plants, long-term lake monitoring, natural shoreline restoration, watershed best management practices, aquatic invasive species, citizen science, and water quality
    elgineri@msu.edu
    231-928-1053

  • Anna Ellis

    Forestry and Natural Resources Extension Educator
    ellisan9@msu.edu