As of July 1, 2018, OSU Extension professionals will operate within smaller administrative units, led by area leaders. These smaller units (groups of counties) replace the five previous regions. The area leaders will act as operational guides, performance coaches, and connectors for impacts between counties, across the state, and with university resources. They also will facilitate implementation of the stewardship model in each county. The area leaders will supervise all employees at the local level within their assigned area, with the exception of community nutrition professionals.
These individuals were chosen to be area leaders due to their strong reputation for educational programming and consistently high annual performance, their managerial competencies, their vision for supporting Extension colleagues, and their ability to be excellent stewards of local funding.
| Area 1 | Bruce Clevenger | clevenger.10@osu.edu |
| Area 2 | Holly Ball | ball.2129@osu.edu |
| Area 3 | Mary Beth Albright | albright.75@osu.edu |
| Area 4 | Kyle White | white.2811@osu.edu |
| Area 5 | Nicole Debose | debose.8@osu.edu |
| Area 6 | Lee Beers | beers.66@osu.edu |
| Area 7 | Jason Hedrick | hedrick.10@osu.edu |
| Area 8 | Mark Light | light.42@osu.edu |
| Area 9 | Melinda Hill | hill.14@osu.edu |
| Area 10 | Eric Barrett | barrett.90@osu.edu |
| Area 11 | Kara Colvin | colvin.53@osu.edu |
| Area 12 | Kathy Tutt | tutt.19@osu.edu |
| Area 13 | Rob Leeds | leeds.2@osu.edu |
| Area 14 | Christine Kendle | kendle.4@osu.edu |
| Area 15 | Amanda Bennett | bennett.709@osu.edu |
| Area 16 | Chris Bruynis | bruynis.1@osu.edu |
| Area 17 | Laquore Meadows | meadows.125@osu.edu |
| Area 18 | Shannon Carter | carter.413@osu.edu |
| Area 19 | Pam Montgomery | montgomery.221@osu.edu |
| Area 20 | Amanda Bohlen | bohlen.19@osu.edu |
| Area 21 | Nate Arnett (interim) | arnett.67@osu.edu |
| Area 22 | Kathy Bruynis | bruynis.5@osu.edu |
| Area 23 | Treva Williams | williams.973@osu.edu |
| Area 24 | Michelle Stumbo | stumbo.5@osu.edu |