Cathy Galland is a part-time consultant for Missouri 4-H. She retired from her position as county engagement specialist for Pulaski County and 4-H Youth Development Specialist serving Maries, Miller, Phelps and Pulaski counties in March of 2022. Cathy came to MU Extension in January of 2017 after a 25 year career in public education. Cathy has taught high school English in a traditional classroom, and later in online courses for University of Missouri’s Global High School. She has also taught courses for Lindenwood’s Ed.D. program and has served as a dissertation advisor. Much of her career included work in curriculum and program development and evaluation. Cathy worked with Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and CTB McGraw Hill in development and implementation of Missouri’s public school assessment program (MAP). She also worked as director of curriculum, professional development, and school improvement for Republic School District and as facilitator of operations for Secondary Schools in Springfield. Cathy holds a bachelor’s degree in English, a master’s in education, and a doctorate in educational leadership and policy analysis. Cathy and her husband Mark enjoy spending time with family, especially their 19 grandchildren, at their Lake of the Ozarks home. Her hobbies include gardening, sailing, hiking and reading.

Lupita Fabregas is originally from Mexico, she immigrated to the United States in 2002. She studied her undergraduate degree in agriculture engineering and animal sciences at Monterrey Tech, her master's in dducation from UPAEP and doctoral degree in agricultural education at Oklahoma State University. She worked for a Mexican university for 29 years before she accepted a position at Oklahoma State University's College of Human Sciences in 2013. Before she accepted the position as director of the Missouri 4-H Center for Youth Development, she worked for the University of California in Davis as the 4-H assistant director for diversity and expansion, leading the largest 4-H inclusion and diversity initiative in the United States. During her tenure at the University of California, the 4-H program grew more than 250%. She was the former national leader for the 4-H Latino Advisory Committee and the ESP Latino Affinity Group. She is a very active researcher and has published in diverse peer reviewed journals. She loves public speaking and youth development.