Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu
Contact: Lizabeth Gresham, 373-0713, lizabeth.gresham@ag.tamu.edu
AMARILLO – After two years of serving Potter County as the Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program family and consumer sciences agent, Lizabeth Gresham will take on the same position with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service for the county, according to an AgriLife Extension administrator.
Lizabeth Gresham has been hired to fill the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service position for family and consumer sciences agent for Potter County. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Kay Ledbetter)
Gresham will make the agency change April 1. She will continue working at the AgriLife Extension office for Potter County at 3301 E. 10th Ave. in Amarillo, said Brandon Dukes, AgriLife Extension district administrator in Amarillo.
Beginning in April 2013 with Prairie View A&M, Gresham delivered practical, research-based information to families, entrepreneurs and youth in Potter County. Prairie View, part of the Texas A&M University System, works in partnership with AgriLife Extension.
The transition should be seamless, Dukes said, as she will continue with many of the same programs she’s been working with for the past two years.
“We are excited about Lizabeth’s transition,” he said. “She is an individual who is passionate about nutrition and health, and is tremendously skilled at making health and wellness exciting.
“Lizabeth has great connections in Amarillo, and these connections will allow AgriLife Extension’s footprint to be expanded.”
Prior to 2013, Gresham worked for 13 years as the workforce development program specialist for the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission in Amarillo and served as an AgriLife Extension family and consumer sciences agent in Lubbock County and Fort Bend County.
A native of Odessa, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University and her master’s degree from Prairie View A&M University.
“I am excited that my transition to AgriLife Extension will allow me to continue to work closely with the programs and community relationships that I have built and also allow me to reach out to a larger group of diverse audiences and continue to expand into underserved communities,” Gresham said.
“My focus will continue to encompass nutrition, health and wellness issues, financial stability, parenting and 4-H youth development, as well as other critical issues facing Potter County families,” she said.
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