Associate Director, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

Department Head, State Program Leader, Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences, NCSU

Major Responsibilities:

• To provide visionary leadership and management for a dynamic, innovative, and diverse statewide 4-H Youth Development Education Program and Family Consumer Science Program with incumbent responsibility of State 4-H and FCS Program Leader. To establish relationships with USDA, National 4-H Council, other state 4-H Program Leaders and FCS Leaders, and Extension Program Leaders at NCSU and NC A&T State University.
• To exercise general administrative, personnel, and budgetary responsibility for the Department and its programs subject to the approval of the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Director of the Cooperative Extension Service.
• To facilitate effective program planning, evaluation, impact assessment, and reporting processes which provide innovative youth and family programs that involve clientele, external stakeholders, unit leaders and NC State faculty and staff.
• To actively participate as a member of the NC Cooperative Extension Council, and Administrative Council for the North Carolina Cooperative Extension and as Head of the Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family and Consumer Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. To plan, implement, and evaluate progressive interdisciplinary Extension programs that address contemporary issues with members of the faculty, department heads, dean and director.
• To provide leadership for and mentoring of the members of the Department including Faculty, EPA Professionals and Support Staff.
• To provide leadership in developing and maintaining effective teamwork among county and state professionals and volunteers.
• To oversee financial management of departmental programs, including development of budgets, managing expenditures, and ensuring fiduciary responsibility.
• To provide administrative leadership for the Youth Development Leadership specialization and the Family and Consumer Science degree program in direct collaboration with administrators in the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Education.
• To serve as an ex-officio, member of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina 4-H Development Fund and Family Consumer Science Board, responsible for establishing program priorities and to facilitate external resource development for the 4-H youth development program.

Education

• Ph.D., Education, NCSU, 2003
• MS, Agricultural Education, NCSU, 1993
• BS, Agricultural Education, NCSU 1986

Experience

• Associate Director, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Department Head, State Program Leader, Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences, NCSU
• Department Head, State Program Leader, Department of 4-H Youth Development, NCSU (July 2005 - June 30, 2006)
• Candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction (January 2004 to August 2004)
• State Agricultural Education Coordinator (January 1996 to January 2004)
• Executive Director (October 1994 - December 1995)
• Team Leader - Teacher Services Team (August 1991 - September 1994)
• Acting Administrator (March 1993 - December 1993) [Employee on loan - National FFA Organization]
• Program Specialist - Membership Development (August 1989 - August 1991)
• National Manager - Leadership Conferences (July 1988 - August 1989)
• Agriculture Teacher (August 1986 - June 1988)

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Marshall Stewart

marshall_stewart@ncsu.edu