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Community Connectors

Community Connectors is a monthly series highlighting Ohio State staff members who have shown leadership in partnering with our communities to make an impact. This is the first edition of Community Connectors.


  • Quanetta Batts
    Director of Outreach and Engagement
    University Libraries
  • Terron Banner, PhD
    Manager of Community Learning and Experience / Lecturer
    Urban Arts Space / Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy
  • Charlene Brenner
    Program Director
    The STEAM Factory
  • Jackiethia Butsch

    Senior Outreach Coordinator
    Office of Health Equity

  • Jason Cervenec
    Education & Outreach Director
    Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
  • Jason Cervenec
    Education & Outreach Director
    Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
  • Susan Colbert
    Community Engagement and Expansion Program Director
    College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
    OSU Extension/Franklin County-Community Development
  • Cynthia Daugherty
    Director of Interprofessional Practice and Education Engagement
    Office of Interprofessional Practice and Education
  • Lisa Durham
    Assistant Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement
    College of Social Work
  • Whitney Gherman
    Extension Educator, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Specialist
    College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, OSU Extension
  • Autumn Glover
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  • Scott Hardy, PhD
    Extension Educator
    Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory, School of Environment and Natural Resources
  • AJ Johnson
    Coordinator of Service and Outreach
    Student Activities, Office of Student Life
  • Connor Jones
    Program Coordinator for Buck-I-SERV
    Office of Student Life/Office of Student Activities
  • Tanya Mathew
    Research Specialist, Center for Clinical & Translational Science
    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry
    Chair, Cultural Competency Education, Diversity Council, Wexner Medical Center and Health Science Colleges
  • Tracie McCambridge
    Director of Art & Resilience
    Wexner Center for the Arts
  • Jamie O'Leary
    Associate Director, Policy and External Affairs
    Crane Center for Early Childhood Research & Policy at the College of Education and Human Ecology
  • Ladun Olateru-Olagbegi
    Community Outreach and Engagement Program Assistant
    College of Nursing
  • Courtney Price
    Education & Outreach Specialist
    Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center & Center for Applied Plant Sciences
  • Karima Samadi
    Food and Agriculture Integration Specialist, CFAES Knowledge Exchange
    College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
  • Wayne Schlingman
    Director of the Arne Slettebak Planetarium
    College of Arts and Sciences / Astronomy
  • Haley Shoemaker
    OSU Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator
    OSU Extension, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
  • Kyle Strickland
    Manager of Strategic Partnerships and Community Outreach
    Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity (Office of Academic Affairs)
  • Glennon Sweeney
    Senior Research Associate
    Office of Academic Affairs/The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
  • Dan Thomas
    Program Director
    Office of Diversity and Inclusion
    Todd A. Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male
  • Rebecca Wade-Mdivanian
    Director of Operations
    Learning in Fitness and Education through Sports (LiFEsports) Initiative