ESP recognizes Cooperative Extension employees
N.C. Cooperative Extension employees were recognized during the annual meeting of Epsilon Sigma Phi’s Xi Chapter held in December. ESP is a professional development society for Cooperative Extension employees.
Those receiving awards are listed by award title, name and position:
- Early Career Award, Kyleen Burgess, area information management Extension agent, based in Hertford
- Mid-Career Award, Dr. Lucy Bradley, urban horticulture Extension specialist, Horticultural Science Department
- Visionary Leadership Award, Dr. Lisa Guion, professor and diversity coordinator for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Distinguished Service Award, Christine Barrier, Cabarrus County Extension administrative assistant
- Meritorious Support Award, Diane Lynch, Wayne County Extension secretary
- Meritorious Support Award, Rick Seagroves, crop science research specialist, Weed Control Lab, Crop Science Department
- Friend of Extension Award, JoAnna Foegeding, research analyst, Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences Department
- Bernadette Watts Professional Development Scholarship winner, Christine Smith, Wayne County family and consumer sciences Extension agent
- State Team Award, Northeast Ag Expo and Precision Ag Field Day team
Team members: Al Wood, Pasquotank County; Tommy Grandy, Currituck County; Lewis Smith, Perquimans County; Dr. Ron Heiniger, Crop Science Department, based in Plymouth; Mark Powell, Camden County; Paul Smith, Gates County; Heather Lifsey, NCDA&CS; Dr. Carl Crozier, Soil Science Department, based in Plymouth
The following county Extension staffs were recognized with County Performance Awards:
- Chatham County Extension
- Gates County Extension
- Wayne County Extension
- Yadkin County Extension
-Written by Natalie Hampton, 919.513.3128 or natalie_hampton@ncsu.edu
