Spring 2025 53 OSU EXTENSION U P D A T E S BEVERLY HOBBS, PH.D. ’93 Beverly Hobbs, a pioneer in Oregon 4-H Latino outreach and the inclusion of young children, was inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame at the National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals conference in Boise, Idaho. Under her leadership at OSU Extension Service’s 4-H Youth Development program, her team designed, implemented and evaluated programs to attract Latino youth and families that influenced the development of similar programs within Oregon and across the nation. Hobbs was also instrumental in the creation of the 4-H Cloverbuds program (formerly Oregon Adventures) for children ages 5 to 8. lifting lifestyle stories and celebrity interviews, and for highlighting events around town. She got her start as a student writing for The Daily Barometer and reporting live on KBVR News. Learn more at NicoleDeCosta.com. Mike Dill, ’07, the director of advocacy and sustainability at Organically Grown Company, was appointed to a two-year term on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee. Dill also serves as chair of the Oregon Organic Coalition, vice-chair of the Organic Trade Association’s Produce Sector Council and coordinator of the Organic Produce Wholesalers Coalition. Sean Morrow, ’07, has served as a health volunteer with the Peace Corps in The Gambia since 2022. Previously, Morrow served in Ethiopia from 2016 to 2018, as well as in The Gambia from 2019 to 2020. Krysta Smith, ’07, took a new position as senior tax manager with Kernutt Stokes. 2010s Jonathan Gallion, ’12, vice president of artificial intelligence and machine learning for OmniScience, was honored with the College of Science’s Early Career Award. Gallion and his team are making it possible to draw insights from the complex datasets generated by biopharmaceutical clinical trials by leveraging the ny PrintPaks and served on the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology during the Obama and Trump administrations. Read the article at bit.ly/ Shane-Wall. 1990s Kara H. Daley, ’95, attorney at the Cherry Tree Law Firm in Corvallis, published Final Thoughts: A Guide for Those Left Behind, an estate planning workbook, available at Powell’s and Amazon. Mike Hylland, M.S. ’90, recently retired after a 35-year career in geology. He worked as a geologist for the U.S. Forest Service at the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington; as an engineering geologist with GeoEngineers in Redmond, Washington; and then spent 30 years with the Utah Geological Survey in Salt Lake City, retiring as deputy director. Hanna (Lentz) Valva, ’97, was promoted to chief technology officer for Wilshire, a leading global financial services firm. 2000s Luke Betts, ’02, senior safety management consultant for SAIF Corporation, received the American Society of Safety Professionals Broken Top Chapter (Central Oregon) Safety Professional of the Year Award. Nicole DeCosta, ’05, is celebrating 10 years this April as an on-air TV personality for Portland’s CW. She also works for KOIN 6 and is known for her uppower of large language models. Valerie McKellar, ’10, was promoted to director of investment operations and lead of the investment oversight team at SageView Advisory Group. Aida Rahmattalabi, M.S. ’16, a research scientist at SonyAI, was honored as one of 2024’s “100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics” by WAIE. At SonyAI, she focuses on fundamental research on responsible artificial intelligence, creating benchmark datasets and metrics to evaluate algorithms, and applying these insights to operationalize AI ethics. Edwin Wollert, Ph.D. ’17, founded Stone Ring Press (stoneringpress.com) to nurture exceptional new writing talent. Check out his new book with the press, The Philosopher’s Wife, available through Amazon and Barnesand noble.com. 2020s AJ Cooper, the Beavers’ inside linebackers coach, was named to the American Football Coaches Association’s 35 Under 35 list. The nomination comes with an invite to a leadership summit for young coaches. Pat Danner, ’23, was appointed northeast district
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