Lisa A. Lauxman
Independent Consultant and JYD Publications Committee Member
United States

Dr. Lisa Lauxman retired 10-11-19 as a National Program Leader in the Center for International Programs (CIP) within the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).Previously, Dr. Lauxman served as the Director, 4-H National Headquarters, Division of Youth & 4-H from February 2010 to July 2018. Dr. Lauxman provided national programmatic leadership leveraging the land-grant universities’ resources of Cooperative Extension for international opportunities, emphasizing international positive youth development in agriculture. Her areas of expertise and research interest include positive youth development, non-formal learning, youth voice and advocacy, civic engagement, and youth and adult leadership. Before February 2010, Dr. Lauxman served on an Inter-Personnel Assignment (IPA) to 4-H National Headquarters from the University of Arizona. Dr. Lauxman’s career spans over thirty-nine years in the cooperative extension land-grant system serving in two counties in two different states, at the state level and was active in the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents (NAE4-HA) serving as President. Dr. Lauxman earned her Doctorate in Educational Psychology with a minor in Psychology in Program Evaluation Research Methodology from the University of Arizona as well as an M.A. in Educational Psychology, an M.B.A from Emporia State University, and a B.S. in Home Economics Extension from Kansas State University.

Thomas Archibald
Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education; Virginia Tech
United States

Elizabeth M. Dowling
Tufts University, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development
United States

Cassandra Jessee
International Center for Research on Women
United States