CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

HIGHLIGHTS OF MENA HAUTAU’S CAREER:

1968-72: 4-H Member, Sussex County, New Jersey

1973-74: Rotary International Exchange Student, Sweden

1978: 4-H International Youth Exchange Student (IFYE), Hungary. Life Member

1978: Bachelor of Science, Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, major in animal husbandry

1980: Hired as county extension director, Iowa State University, Taylor County

1984: Hired as extension research assistant, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames

1987: Master of Science, Department of Agronomy, major in crop production and physiology, Iowa State University, Ames

1987: Hired as extension agriculturist, Iowa State University Extension Service, Scott County

1992: Promoted to extension field specialist commercial horticulture, Iowa State University Extension Service 1992: Iowa Agricultural Extension Association (IAEA) president

1994: Hired as extension educator - agronomy and agriculture, Penn State Cooperative Extension

2001: Promoted to senior extension educator - agronomy and agriculture, Penn State Cooperative Extension 1994: National member - Pennsylvania Association of County Agricultural Agents 1999-2003: Pennsylvania Association of County Agricultural Agents Board

2011: NACAA Distinguished Service Award 2011: Communication Award, national finalist, website, NACAA

2014: Communication Award, national finalist, program promotional piece, NACAA

SERVICE TO COMMUNITY 1984-2016: Member, American Society of Agronomy 1999-2008: Former Board Member and Life Member, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) 2001-05: Former board of directors member, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Berks County; president, 2002-05 2017-present: Grant Review Committees for Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program