Extension News — New Nutrition Education Program Staff Members

(L–R) Alaya Greene and Lori Vossler
(L–R) Alaya Greene and Lori Vossler

Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County recently hired two part-time Extension Assistants who will help support the Nutrition Education Program (NEP) in Lancaster County.

• Alaya Greene will focus on teaching healthy living classes to limited-resource adults and youth along with Policy, System and Environment changes to make healthy living more accessible for all. She graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in August with a bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Health Sciences. Alaya previously worked at Performance Nutrition where she helped fuel student-athletes. She also worked with the Food Bank of Lincoln where she assisted in producing and developing programs and activities such as mobile, on-site and child hunger programs.

• Lori Vossler will coordinate and teach the Nutrition School Enrichment Kit program for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades of the Lincoln Public Schools Title I classrooms. She will fill this role while Extension Assistant Courtney Eitzmann focuses time and effort on a 10-month statewide Youth Health Equity grant project. Lori taught in classrooms for 18 years and worked in the Curriculum Department at Lincoln Public Schools for 12 years. She recently retired from LPS but is looking forward to helping Extension.