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John Hewlett
John Hewlett is a Farm/ranch Management
Specialist at the University of Wyoming and Coordinator of the Wyoming
WIRE program, as well as Regional WIRE efforts. He grew up in Washington
State, where he worked eight years (four as foreman) on a large
stocker-cattle/crop operation. John holds a BS degree in Agricultural
Business from Montana State University and a M.S. degree in Agricultural
Economics from Oregon State University. He came to the University of
Wyoming, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics in 1987. Since
then he has been involved in a number of state and regional extension
programs, receiving three Western Agricultural Economics Association
awards for outstanding extension programs, two UW Cooperative Extension
awards for creative excellence, and one American Agricultural Economics
Association award for professional excellence. John's current extension
interests include integrated management, enterprise budgeting, financial
analysis, agricultural recordkeeping, and applications of technology in
agriculture.
Randy Weigel
Dr. Randy Weigel is an associate professor and
extension specialist in the Family and Consumer Sciences department at
the University of Wyoming. He has been at UW since 1987 as faculty and
administrator in the Cooperative Extension Service. He has a BS degree
in psychology from Colorado State University, a M.S. degree in human
development and family life from Kansas State University, and Ph.D. in
professional studies from Iowa State University. Randy has taught the
human resource section of the WIRE course since its inception. Prior to
coming to UW, he worked for Iowa State Extension and taught techniques
for addressing farm stress to Iowa farmers during the farm crisis of the
mid 80s. His current extension and research interests include personal
life planning using the WIRE model, wellness, leadership development,
and human relations in agricultural families.
Others
Other instructors are also involved in the
presentation of WIRE courses as guest lecturers and contributors to
discussions.
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