Engagement Council

The UW Engagement Council provides help to coordinate, support, and elevate UW’s statewide community engagement efforts. Top priorities for the Council are to exchange information about CE initiatives and resources; build a network for potential collaboration and partnership; and collectively identify needs and strategies for improving institutional practices. The council includes representatives from each UW academic college/school and other partner units to help champion this work across the institution and state. Each member is invited and appointed by the Director. The current membership is below. 

College(s)/Unit(s) 

Name 

Title(s)/Role(s) 

Office of Community Engagement 

Erin Olsen (Co-Chair) 

Director | Co-chair, Engagement Council 

Office of Community Engagement 

Chicory Bechtel (Co-Chair) 

Associate Director | Co-chair, Engagement Council 

College of Agriculture, Life Sciences & Natural Resources 

Matt Helie 

Associate Director, UW Extension 

College of Arts and Sciences 

Jean Garrison 

Director, Malcolm Wallop Civic Engagement Program | Professor of International Studies/Political Science 

College of Business 

Nicole Choi 

Associate Professor of Finance 

College of Education 

Colby Gull 

Director, Trustees Education Initiative & WY School-University Partnership 

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences 

Cindy Jones 

Assistant Dean for Student Success | Director of K-14 STEM Education Outreach Office 

College of Health Sciences 

Rachel Watson  

Director, Science Initiative Learning Actively Mentoring Program (LAMP) | Senior Academic Professional, Division of Kinesiology and Health/Microbiology Program 

College of Law 

Kipp Coddington 

Director, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Clinic | Director of Externships | Professor of Practice 

Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources and the College of Law 

Temple Stoellinger 

Associate Dean (Haub School) | Wyoming Excellence Chair | Dual Faculty Appointment with College of Law 

Honors College 

Breezy Taggart 

Assistant Dean 

School of Computing 

Raya Hegeman-Davis 

Director of Engagement 

School of Energy Resources 

Christine Reed 

Director of Outreach 

Academic Affairs 

Nevin Aiken 

Special Assistant to the Provost for Experiential Education | Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations, SPPAIS 

Innovation Wyrkshop 

Emily Leinen 

Makerspace Manager, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences 

Jay Kemmerer WORTH Institute 

Hailey Sorg 

WORTH Extension Educator, WORTH/UW Extension 

Native American Education, Research, and Cultural Center(NAERCC) 

Reinette Redbird Tendore 

Director 

Research Development Office and WY EPSCoR/IDeA 

Shawna McBride 

Senior Director 

Science Initiative 

Erin Klauk 

Co-Director, SI Roadshow and Community Engagement | Assistant Lecturer, Department of Geology and Geophysics 

Science Kitchen and WY NASA Space Grant Consortium 

Megan Candelaria 

Director, Science Kitchen and Co-Director of WY NASA Space Grant Consortium  

Student Affairs 

Shelby Kennedy 

Service-Learning Coordinator, Service, Learning, and Community Engagement (SLCE) 

Student Educational Opportunity 

Michael Wade 

Associate Director 

UW at Casper 

Vacant 

 

UW Foundation 

Angela ver Ploeg 

Senior Director of Corporate Engagement, Office of Industry and Strategic Partnerships 

UW Libraries 

Jessica Rardin 

Assistant Librarian, Libraries Education & Research Services