Ionia County – Michigan State University Extension

www.msue.msu.edu/ionia

Staff

Michele Stemler – Office Manager

Kevin Gould – Interim County Extension Director & Extension Educator – Livestock

Janice Ransom – Agriculture Secretary/Horticulture Program Assistant Brenda Long – Extension Educator – Family Nutrition Program

Dee Kadwell – Family Nutrition Program Associate

Katie VanderKolk – Extension Educator – 4-H

Christine Dzik – 4-H Program Associate

Johanna Bendt – 4-H Secretary

Ionia County Economic Alliance – 545 Apple Tree Drive – Ionia, MI 48846 (616) 527-8014

Diane Smith – Executive Director & Extension Educator – Community Development 

Kristin Valentine – Business Development Associate

Clarksville Horticulture Station (800) 767-1345 or (616) 693-2193
Phil Schwallier, Director & District Horticulturist (Commercial Fruit)
Amy Irish Brown, Commercial Fruit Pest Management

Other Specialists:
Phil Taylor (Eaton County), Extension Agriculture Agent – Dairy
Jerry May (Gratiot County), Extension Agriculture Agent – Swine

Jim Breinling (Newaygo County), Extension Vegetable Agent

Tom Dudek (Ottawa County), District Extension Horticulturist (Commercial Greenhouse)