Sept. 18, 2007
Extension Names Judy Gully to West Region Leadership Post
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576,s-byrns@tamu.edu
Contact: Dr. Judy Warren, 979-845-7982,jl-warren@tamu.edu
SAN ANGELO – Judy Gully has been named the regional program director
for family and consumer sciences in Texas Cooperative Extension's west
region.
Gully will be based out of the Texas A&M University System Agricultural
Research and Extension Center at San Angelo.
"I am excited about the opportunity to continue the work that Renee
Sanders, former regional program director for the west region has
begun,"Gully said. "The west region consists of 69 counties, and I will be
showcasing the outstanding programming efforts of the family and consumer
sciences agents who serve these counties."
Gully has been an Extension agent since 1994. She earned a bachelor of
science degree in home economics education from Texas State University
in1978 and a master of science degree in family studies from Texas Woman's
University in 2005.
Gully has served the west region for 13 years. She has been the family
and consumer sciences program leader in Taylor County since 2003. Prior to
her move to Taylor County, Gully served as a family and consumer sciences
agent and county coordinator in Nolan and Upton counties.
Before joining Extension, she was a vocational home economics teacher
at McGregor, Aquilla and Wall for more than eight years.
Gully has served in a number of Extension leadership roles including:
agent mentor since 20004, the family and consumer sciences state marketing
committee, state and district Better Living for Texans advisory
committees, and the State Extension Diabetes Response Team which set the
framework for the Do Well Be Well Outcome Program.
Her community service includes work with the Head Start program, the
Aging Texas Well Community Planning Panel, Day Nursery of Abilene,
Sweetwater High School and the Abilene Independent School District.
Gully and her husband Mark will live in San Angelo. The couple have a
grown son, Eric, who works in Abilene. Gully's parents are Norbert and
Lucille Halfmann of Eola.
Gully fills the position formerly held by Sanders who recently retired.
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