Jones has a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from the Universityof Washington, and Master of Science and a doctoral degree from Virginia Tech in fisheries and wildlife sciences. He has held leadership positions in numerous Extensionassociations, including Chair of the ExtensionCommittee on Organizationand Policy for the Cooperative ExtensionSection and Co-chair of the ECOP4-H Leadership Committee.
Roger Rennekamp, Ph.D.
Extension Health Director, CooperativeExtension/ECOP
Roger Rennekamp serves as ExtensionHealthDirector for the Cooperative Extension System. In that role, he provides leadership to a systemwide initiative to expand the role of Cooperative Extension and the nation’s land grant universities in supporting community-based efforts to build a healthier nation. A specific focus of his work is on catalyzing efforts that address social, environmental, and economic conditions which create healthdisparities across populations.
Immediately prior to this position, Rennekamp served as Director of Ohio State University Extensionwhere he provided administrative leadership to a
statewide network of university faculty and staff chargedwith mobilizing the knowledge resources of the institution for the direct benefit of Ohioans. Prior to coming to Ohio, Roger served as Associate Dean for Outreach and Engagement in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University where he led an effort to build the nation’s first health-focusedExtension programwithin an accredited school of public health. He also led Oregon State’s effort to achieve the Carnegie elective classification for Community Engagement. Earlier inhis career he servedas an Extension Specialist in Programand Staff Development at the University of Kentucky. Roger is a lifelong champion of land grant outreach and community engagement. He is a graduate of the Engagement Academy and has writtenbroadly about outreach and engagement throughout his career. He is a founding fellow of the Academy of Community Engaged Scholarship. Rennekamp earnedhis Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in Extension Education and aMaster of Science degree from Morehead State University. His baccalaureate degree is from the University of Kentucky.
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