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Karen Leavitt Stallman
Program Coordinator
Ag Resource Specialist
kstallman88@siumed.edu
618-713-0759

A double alumna of SIU Carbondale, Karen Stallman earned her Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science in Agriculture Education with a minor in Animal Science.

She worked 20 years with University of Illinois Extension in Randolph County, including a decade as unit leader and earlier as youth development extension adviser. Stallman then served as the Director of the Sustainability Initiative and Vice Provost of the Red Bud Campus at Southwestern Illinois College for 9 years. Stallman served as Director of Continuing Education and Outreach Director at SIU Carbondale for 6 years.

Today Stallman is the Agriculture Resource Specialist for the Farm Family Resource Initiative managed by SIU School of Medicine's Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development. She and her husband farm in Randolph County where they raise corn, soybeans, wheat, and beef cattle.