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Wednesday, June 4
 

8:00am EDT

Breakfast
Wednesday June 4, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Archibald

9:00am EDT

Welcome Back
Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:00am - 9:15am EDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:00am - 9:15am EDT
Archibald

9:15am EDT

Fight Till the End: Resilience, Reflection, and the Power of Not Giving Up
Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
This message is personal. In Fight Till the End, Dr. Gardner shares his lived experience growing up as a young boy without a roadmap, navigating pain, identity, and purpose. Through real talk, reflection, and a few laughs along the way, this keynote challenges you to look inward and commit to pushing forward—even when life hits back. This isn’t about perfection. It’s about persistence.
Speakers
avatar for Shawn Gardner, Ph.D.

Shawn Gardner, Ph.D.

Kentucky State University
Dr. Shawn Gardner is a purpose-driven leader whose workhas shifted how systems support fathers and how youth step into leadership. As founder of 2NOT1 andAs a Program Leader at KSU 4-H, he draws on his lived experience to help others reconnect with purpose, reignite their dreams... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
Archibald

10:30am EDT

Networking Break
Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am EDT

11:00am EDT

Engaging Key Stakeholders
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Learn strategies for identifying, communicating with, and mobilizing key stakeholders to support program goals. This session will focus on the importance meaningful relationships from program success and sustainability.  
Speakers
avatar for Misty Blue-Terry, Ph.D.

Misty Blue-Terry, Ph.D.

CYFAR Land Grant University Coordinator, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Misty Blue-Terry is the Assistant Extension Administrator for Youth Families and Communities Cooperative Extension at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T). Before this role, she served as the 4-H specialist for science, technology, engineering, and... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Holly

11:00am EDT

Familias Activas: Inspiring Youth's Personal Best
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
In this presentation, we will outline our experience with the Familias Activas program since its inception. We will also discuss essential subjects that can determine its success, such as the program's goal and why we are undertaking this initiative, our target audience, how we tailored our program to meet their needs, and how the program adapts and evolves.
Speakers
avatar for Patricia Garcia, Ph.D

Patricia Garcia, Ph.D

State Evaluator, Familias Activas Program
H. Patricia Garcia holds a PhD in Health Communication from George Mason University. She works as a data analyst and state evaluator for the Familias Activas Program.
avatar for Ricardo Doig Garcia

Ricardo Doig Garcia

Program Facilitator, Familias Activas Program
Ricardo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Universidad de San Martin de Porres and a master’s degree in Sports Management from Georgetown University. He has 18 years of experience working in the sports industry, ten years of experience in youth development, and... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Walnut

11:00am EDT

Multifaceted Collaborative Approaches to Evaluation
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
The University Of Arizona--Reducing Family Stress Sustainable Community Project uses a two-generation approach and multi-faceted program model to facilitate positive parent-child interactions and the emotional and financial wellbeing of the family. This program runs 4 to 6 8-week sessions a year, serving two Arizona communities with family-centered, intergenerational, and community-engaged programming with an emphasis on: positive parenting of teens, financial literacy/parenting, youth financial education, and community connectedness. The evaluation is led by the Community Research, Evaluation & Development (CRED) team, a UA resource, but supported by the entire CYFAR team. Evaluation of this program includes weekly formative evaluation and quality improvement, baseline and follow up surveys for adult and youth participants focused on topical content (e.g., financial literacy and family communication), as well as the CYFAR common measures. Additionally, we conduct a post-completion follow-up survey to see if the skills and knowledge addressed in the class are having a lingering effect. In this session, we’ll detail how the entire team works together to support evaluation, explain how we use technological tools to facilitate data collection, and highlight some of our findings.
Speakers
avatar for Madeleine deBlois

Madeleine deBlois

University of Arizona
Madeleine deBlois is a Research Scientist with the Community Research, Evaluation, and Development (CRED)Team in the Norton School of Human Ecology at the University of Arizona. She holds a doctorate in SocialEpidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health and an M.S. in Elementary... Read More →
avatar for Daniel McDonald, Ph.D.

Daniel McDonald, Ph.D.

University of Arizona
Dr. Daniel McDonald is the Director of the Take Charge America Institute for Consumer Financial Education andResearch, is an Extension Specialist in Financial Education, and a Distinguished Outreach Professor. Dr.McDonald has worked at the University of Arizona for 24 years, designing... Read More →
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Debbie Curley

University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Pima County
Debbie Curley is an Area Associate Agent at UA Cooperative Extension Pima County. She currently administersthe Family Engagement Program which provides tools for families to maximize child brain development throughgardening and play, manage misbehavior using positive discipline, and... Read More →
avatar for Vicki Hadd–Wissler

Vicki Hadd–Wissler

University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Pima County
Vicki Hadd–Wissler is a Senior Instructional Specialist with the Family Engagement Program at the University ofArizona Cooperative Extension Pima County. As coordinator of the Reducing Family Stress Project, Vickicollaborated with colleagues to design, develop, and implement the... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Poplar

11:00am EDT

Telling your CYFAR Story
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
In this interactive panel, hear about the importance of strong partnerships, consistent communication, and using data to tell your CYFAR story from a wide variety of contexts.  
Speakers
avatar for Kerri Ashurst, Ph.D.

Kerri Ashurst, Ph.D.

CYFAR PDTA Coach, University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service
Kerri Ashurst is a Senior Extension Specialist for Family and Relationship Development in the Family and Consumer Sciences Extension unit at the University of Kentucky. She has worked with various grants focusing on outreach and support to families and has worked with CYFAR for over... Read More →
avatar for Autumn H. Cano-Guin, Ph.D.

Autumn H. Cano-Guin, Ph.D.

CYFAR Coach and Quality Youth Program Specialist, North Carolina State University
Dr. Autumn Cano-Guin is the Quality Youth Program Specialist for North Carolina 4-H Youth Development and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences at North Carolina State University. Autumn, a first-generation college graduate, is passionate... Read More →
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Brian Kowalkowski

Dean of Continuing Education, College of Menominee Nation
Brian Kowalkowski started at the College of Menominee Nation in 2007 as Assistant Director of Education Outreach Extension. Before that, he worked for the Menominee Tribal Government for nine years, first as a land use planner and then as a community resource planner.His current position... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Dogwood

12:00pm EDT

Boxed Lunches
Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT
Archibald
 
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