NETC Board

Year in parentheses is when the term expires. VP Elect will move to VP, and VP will move to President.

Board Members

President:
Robin Ertz (2024), Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

Vice President:
Karen Watts DiCicco (2025), University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

Vice President Elect:
Jonas Bowersock (2026), Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Auburn University and Alabama A&M University)

Treasurer:
Diana Morian (2026), University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

Secretary:
Ben Whetstone (2024), University of Georgia Extension

Communications Manager:
Dale Moore (2025), Mississippi State University Extension

NETC Representatives

The 1890 Land-Grant Universities (historically black colleges and universities):
Joshua Rieger (2026), Prairie View A&M University

The 1994 Land-Grant Universities (Native American tribal colleges and universities):
Open

North Central Region:
Christine Rybak (2026), University of Wisconsin-Madison

North East Region:
Eric Peck (2026), Cornell Cooperative Extension

Southern Region:
John Hartley (2024), Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Auburn University and Alabama A&M University)

Western Region:
Terry Boharsik (2026), Utah State University Extension

Conference Representatives

Future Conferences

  • Coming soon!

Past Conferences


The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities lists institutions in each region. Find Extension in your state using USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) map. To ask the board a question, please email us.