Senior Leadership

Jane Schuh, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Director for Research and Graduate  Studies

Contact Dr. Schuh
112 Waters Hall
785-532-6147
jmschuh@ksu.edu

Gregg Hadley, Ph.D.

Assistant Vice President and Director for Extension

As the Assistant Vice President and Director for Extension, Dr. Hadley leads this educational organization dedicated to delivering objective, science-based information to people throughout Kansas. Extension agents and specialists live and work in all 105 counties of the state providing access to face-to-face and online education to help people better address problems and take advantage of opportunities to improve their lives and livelihoods.

Dr. Hadley is responsible for developing and implementing the overall strategy of K-State Research and Extension  and serves as an associate professor of Agricultural Economics. Before coming to K-State, Dr. Hadley was an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls and an extension farm management specialist at the University of Wisconsin – Extension from 2002 to 2011.

Contact Dr. Hadley
123 Umberger Hall
785-532-5820
ghadley@ksu.edu

Nina Lilja, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, International Agricultural Programs

Nina Lilja, Ph.D. Associate Dean Lilja administers and provides leadership and vision for the development and implementation of effective science-based international programs in agriculture. Before joining K-State in 2008, she spent 12 years working for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). She was stationed in West Africa and Latin America, and she has led and evaluated global agricultural research projects aimed at food security and poverty alleviation.

A professor in Agricultural Economics, Associate Dean Lilja served nationally as chair and executive council member of the International Agriculture Section of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.

Contact Dr. Lilja
143 Waters Hall
785-532-5627
nlilja@ksu.edu

Administration

Caroline Kolins

Assistant Director for Agriculture and Extension

144 Waters Hall

785-532-5728

carolinekolins@ksu.edu

Mikey Hughes

Community Affairs Coordinator

103A Waters Hall

785-532-7115

mikeyh@ksu.edu

Dena Bunnel

Associate Director for Research and International Initiatives

110 Waters Hall

785-532-3012

denab@ksu.edu

Susan Metzger, Ph.D.

Director
Strategic Interdisciplinary Program Development

Director
Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment and the Kansas Water Resources Institute
227 Waters Hall
785-532-5728
smetzger@k-state.edu

Geneva Jahnke