January 9, 2023 – Jamie Boas has accepted the position of County Director for University of Illinois Extension in DeWitt, Macon and Piatt counties.
Boas first joined Illinois Extension in 2007, serving as a 4-H youth development educator for 12 years before becoming county director. Doug Harlan previously directed the three-county unit before recently transitioning to regional assistant director.
“Jamie’s experience as a youth development educator in the unit and an already well-developed network of collaborating partners provides her with an unbelievable springboard for success,” Harlan says.
Boas graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree in Health Studies and from St. Louis University with a master’s degree in public health with an emphasis in behavioral science and health education.
Boas is based in the Piatt County Extension office in Monticello and can be reached at kleissjm@illinois.edu or 217.762.2191.
