MEET JEFF FOWLER
by Karen Krivonak Davis
11/9/11
Welcome
to our new District 2 Penn State Extension Director, Jeff Fowler! Jeff
was asked to come on board upon the retirement of George Wilcox on July
1, 2011. In the meantime, restructuring took place dividing the state of
Pennsylvania into 19 districts. District 2 is comprised of Warren,
Forest, Venango and Clarion counties. Jeff then applied and was named
the new District 2 Director.
Jeff started with the Extension in 1988 as 4H and
Livestock educator. For the past 6 years he has been County Extension
Director in Forest County. Jeff has been the Venango County Director for
15 years. He graduated from Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, PA, one of two locations in the Commonwealth where an
agriculture degree may be obtained.
Jeff’s favorite part of his job over 23 years has been
meeting and interacting with people and helping “teach people what they
don’t even know they need yet”. Unlike in the past when December was a
slow time of the year, Jeff says that his job is active all four
seasons. His hours are flexible according to the needs of the week. The
travel doesn’t bother him in the least as he likes to see the
agricultural landscape and misses the times of the past where he could
meet one-on-one more frequently to assist farmers and citizens with
their problems and tell them of innovations.
Jeff comes from a long line of Cooperative Extension
agents. His grandfather, Dad and 2 uncles were agents. Jeff has been
married to Jamie for 23 years. She is an ordained Presbyterian minister
in Oil City. They have a son, Evan, who is a senior in high school
and has been accepted at Penn State University hoping to pursue Turf
Science.
Warren County Future of Ag is pleased to have Jeff as
part of our team.
