2001 - 2002
Cabinet Biographies
Jodi Neuhauser, President
Jodi Neuhauser was born and raised in Charlottesville, VA and currently attends the University of Virginia as a first-year student. She has been involved in 4-H for nine years, and this will be her third year on the Virginia State 4-H Cabinet. She previously served as State Secretary and a Northern District Ambassador. However, Jodi has also been involved with 4-H at the National level, representing Virginia at National 4-H Conference and National 4-H Congress. Her national committee work includes positions on the National 4-H Conference Planning Team and the National 4-H Congress Design Team. Jodi also proudly serves on the National 4-H Youth Directionžs Council, which works to promote the youth voice throughout 4-H and the nation. At home, Jodi is an aerobics instructor, works at a local credit union, and enjoys staying active. In high school, she played varsity fast-pitch softball and was the Executive Director of Albemarle High School News. After majoring in English or Media Studies at UVA she plans to work in the communication field or Public Relations, perhaps within the 4-H organization. Her parents are Myron and Susie and she has a younger sister, Whitney.
Andrew Sides, Vice President
Hello Virginia 4-H! My name is Andrew Sides and I reside in Madison County, Virginia. I have spent 10 years in 4-H participating in livestock and shooting sports programs. I also joined the Virginia Chapter of 4-H All Stars this year. I am currently a student at Piedmont Virginia Community College. As Vice President of the Virginia 4-H Cabinet I plan to work hard to "make the best better". I have high hopes for great things in 4-H this year. Specifically, I want to increase the participation of teenage youth in the 4-H program. The answers to many of the problems of this generation are found in the leadership building traditions of 4-H. I believe that we can give this generation a means to make a better world, one community at a time. Please email me at xeverytime@yahoo.com if you have any ideas or comments about 4-H. God Bless! Jeremiah 29:11
Caitlyn McAnulty, Secretary
Hello Virginia 4-H! My name is Caitlyn McAnulty and I am thrilled to be serving as the 2001-2002 State Secretary. This will be my second year on Cabinet (last year I served as a Northwest District Ambassador) and I am getting ready to begin my seventh year as a 4-H member in Rockingham County. This year we are looking forward to another wonderful Cabinet experience and we plan to accomplish a lot. I am hoping that I will meet many of you from across the state during various events this coming year, especially at State Congress in June. I plan to come to as many of your local events as I can so that I can talk to you about the many opportunities that are offered to you. To tell you a little about myself outside of 4-H, I am 16 years old and I am starting my junior year at Fort Defiance High School. I love sports and I play volleyball and softball. I am also an active FFA member. Thanks to all of you for electing me to serve you this year I am very excited! Feel free to contact me any time if you have questions or concerns, or even if you just want to say hello, at sportsplaya36@hotmail.com. I look forward to seeing you all this year!
Zachary Judd, Reporter/Historian
My name is Zachary Judd. I live in Luray Virginia and I am a Senior at
Luray High School. I have been in the 4-H program for nine years showing
livestock at county and state fairs. This is my second year on cabinet and
I have enjoyed every moment of it. This year as reporter historian I plan
to take the office to a new level spreading my duties out and trying to
publicize the cabinet and the work we do. I also hope to do alot of
multimedia things for the cabinet such as an automated scrap book on CD. I
plan to help make this the best year 4-h has had in the state of Virginia.
Nate Salatin, Northwest District Ambassador
Hi fellow 4-H members! My name is Nate Salatin and I am representing the Northwest District on the 4-H cabinet. I am sixteen years old and have had five great years in 4-H. I am a very competitive person in every thing from sports to presentation contests. One of my goals for this year is to increase participation in the competitive areas of 4-H. I am having a great time on the cabinet and I trust through our effort you will too!
Howard Taylor, Northwest District Ambassador
Hello 4-Hers! My name is Howard Taylor. I am one of the three ambassadors of the Northwest District for the 2001-2002 State 4-H Cabinet. I am 17 years old and will be a senior at Turner Ashby High School. This is my first year on cabinet and I have big ideas for this yearžs cabinet. I am looking forward to serving as an ambassador and I hope to make this year better then ever!
Marc Noel, Northwest District Ambassador
Hey guys! I am Marc NoÎl, one of the new Northwest District Ambassadors. I represent Augusta County on the new state cabinet. I am 15 years old and I am a sophomore at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville. I have been in 4-H for 8 years and I have been attending Congress since 1999. I am a member of the Augusta County 4-H Honor Club and I am at your disposal. I will be personally working with the counties of Rockbridge, Botetourt and Roanoke so I hope to get to meet many of you during the next year. I also plan to talk at each of your Share the Fun competitions so look for me!
Ateisa Stradford, Central District Ambassador
Hello everyone, my name is Ateisa Deneen Stradford. I am pleased to serve as your 2001-2002 Central District Ambassador. I am a senior attending Brunswick Senior High School in Lawrenceville, VA. My favorite areas of study in school are English and History. Those subjects are very interesting to me. History especially challenges me to want to learn more and ask more questions. I plan to either attend Virginia Commonwealth University or Virginia Tech University in the fall of 2002. It is truly an honor to serve on Cabinet this year and I will do the best that I can to make the best better. I feel that my fellow cabinet members and I feel the same way and I know that along with them I will fully give 110% to everything that I do. I would like to say to my fellow cabinet members that no matter what you want to do dealing with cabinet this year I know that you, or we, can accomplish it because we are a terrific group and together we will move mountains.
Joyceline Lewis, Central District Ambassador
Hello, my name is Joyceline Lewis, but you can call me Queen. I am 15 yrs. old and a honor student at Brunswick Senior High School going into my junior year. For 7 years and still counting, I have been very active in 4-H and on going activities. When proceeding to college I plan to attend Morgan State in Maryland, and major in Criminal Justice. I'm very talkative, love to dance,
and loves computers. Most of all I have numerous leadership skills. As your Central District Ambassador, I know my responsibility is to promote 4-H in my district and represent Central District the best I can. I am dependable, creative, committed, exciting, and also a very good team
player. I value this position as ambassador, and promise to uphold it to my best.
Mary Glass, Southeast District Ambassador
Hi, my name is Mary Glass and I'm a Southeast District Ambassador. I am from Dinwiddie County and I have been involved in 4-H for nine years. It is an honor for me to be returning to Cabinet for a second term. I love working with the other ambassadors and I think we have a very creative and diverse group of people on Cabinet this year. I believe my role as an ambassador is to get the word out about 4-H and I have many new ideas on how to educate the public about our organization. I hope to work together with my district and fellow ambassadors to make this year at Congress the best ever.
Angie Zahariadis, Southeast District Ambassador
Hi, my name is Angie Zahariadis. Born in Virginia Beach, I just recently moved to Chesapeake. Ižm 16 years old and a senior in high school. I have been involved in 4-H since I was 11 and loved every minute of it. This is my 2nd year on VA 4-H State Cabinet and I love being an ambassador! I hope we all have a great year!
David Rosie, Southeast District Ambassador
Hi Virginia 4-H! This is David Rosie from the Southeast District. I am serving as an ambassador. I am 16 years old from Isle of Wight County and I enjoy swimming, hunting, horseback riding and 4-H of course. I am excited about a great year on cabinet and a great year of 4-H. I have been involved in 4-H for about ten years with a lot of different things, mostly having to do with livestock and judging. I can't wait until Congress and I look forward to seeing all of you there. Feel free to contact me at AFranchhand@hotmail.com.
Jordan Watson, Northeast District Ambassador
Hey, my name is Jordan and I have been in 4-H for seven years. Throughout my years I have learned many things like ecology, biology, diligence, how to control certain situations (leadership skills), information about our wetlands, the importance of volunteers in our society, how to spell POTATO, and that, no matter what your idea is, you shouldn't be afraid to state it. I have used 4-H and its opportunities to better myself so I could hopefully pass on this information throughout the many activities in 4-H. If anybody ever feels the need to email me, my email is YooVeeAyee@yahoo.com.
John Crowder, Northeast District Ambassador
Hello, I am John Crowder. I am the Northeast District Ambassador. The reason I decided to become an ambassador was to practice a role of leadership. I plan to get more agents to push Congress and 4-H in their county and to get more people to go to Congress in 2002 and make it even more of a blast. I live in Mechanicsville, Virginia. I have been in 4-H for 4 years and am presently the treasurer for Boots-n-Buckles 4-H club. I am 15 and I wrestle and play football for Lee-Davis High School. I work at Philbatežs Auto Wrecking, Crowderžs Nursery and West Point Pharmacy.
Derrick Spangler, Southwest District Ambassador
Hi, I am Derrick Spangler from Floyd County, representing the Southwest District as Ambassador. I grew up in Floyd on a family owned dairy farm, Meadow Run Dairy. My mother, Vickie Spangler, my aunt, Penny Webster, and my grandmother, Alma Lou Manning are all VA 4-H All Stars. Using those resources I have shown cattle and sheep. I then assisted in putting together the Floyd County Livestock Club to get more people interested in 4-H through an agricultural standpoint. After getting to know my county agent I went to State 4-H Congress where I gave demonstrations for the first two years. Congress was full of great fun and great opportunities. I met Don Bakely the first year. He was on the 4-H Cabinet and he told about activities that he was involved in through the cabinet. The following year I got to know some of the Cabinet and then in 2000 I ran for my first time for SW District Ambassador. So, from those opportunities I have been to National 4-H Congress and have been tapped into VA 4-H All Stars, both in 1999. This year I will go to all counties in Southwest VA and speak on behalf of the State Cabinet. Hopefully I will have an impact on other teens' lives. Thank you!
Kara Perkins, Southwest District Ambassador
Hi! I'm Kara Perkins, your Southwest District Ambassador. Although I am a freshman at Virginia Tech, my home is Bland County - the land between the tunnels. I am a graduate of Rocky Gap High School and have been very involved in school and community activities for as long as I can remember. While serving my first year on the Cabinet I am looking forward to an exciting and successful year.
Kim Sager, Northern District Ambassador
Hello! My name is Kim Sager and I am a Northern District 4-H Ambassador. I am 15 years old and am a sophomore this year. I am so excited about being on the State Cabinet. I enjoy shooting sports, collecting anything with rabbits, playing on my computer, and participating in my high school marching band as a bass drummer. I have so many hopes and dreams for the upcoming year. I want to have a great experience on State Cabinet and I look forward to the 4-H Centennial!