Upskilling Team
The Upskilling team is an interdisciplinary group of CSU faculty and staff with expertise in advancing workforce innovation and training programs that support individuals no matter where they are located or their backgrounds, ultimately empowering the industries they serve and communities they call home.
Team Members
Content and Hands-on Activity Developers
- Ian Aksland — Research Associate and Graduate Student, Soil and Crop Sciences
- Allan Andales — Faculty, Soil and Crop Sciences
- Tamla Blunt — Emeritus Faculty, Agricultural Biology
- Patrick Byrne — Emeritus Faculty, Soil and Crop Sciences
- Josh Craver – Faculty, Horticulture
- Leo Deiss, Soil and Crop Sciences
- Ellie Ellis, Post Doc, Soil and Crop Sciences
- Jay Ham — Faculty, Soil and Crop Sciences
- Jake Holley – Faculty, SPUR
- Megan Machmuller – Research Scientist, Soil & Crop Sciences Department & Co-Director, IN-RICHES at CSU Agricultural Experiment Station
- Suellen Melzer, Soil and Crop Sciences
- Laura Pottorff — Research Staff, Soil and Crop Sciences
- Gayle Volk — Research Plant Physiologist, USDA, Emeritus
Online Degree Completion Partnerships
- Suellen Melzer – Faculty, Soil & Crop
- Northeast Community College
Student and Instructor Support
- Tamla Blunt — Emeritus Faculty, Agricultural Biology
Education Research and Impact Measures
- James Folkestad — Director – Center for the Analytics of Learning and Teaching
- Kenady Leighton
- Connie Reimers-Hild- Consultant, Wild Innovation
Public Demonstrations/Community Liason
- Dan Goldhamer — Director – Engagement and Extension Programs at CSU Metro Ag Experiment Station
- Chad Miller, CSU Trial Gardens
Community Youth Programs
- Ekar Farm
- Loveland Youth Gardeners
- The Urban Farm
- 100 Elk
- Segrada Botanical Gardens