LoriAnne Barnett

Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
Environmental Sciences
(434) 872-4580
labarnett@vt.edu

As the 4-H Agent overseeing the local program I am responsible for the administration of 4-H Curriculum and Programming for in-school, out-of-school, and other non-formal educational settings in Albemarle County and the city of Charlottesville, Virginia. My background is in environmental education but I provide support to current programs in all ten of the 4-H Curricular areas including Animal Science; Careers and Economic Education; Citizenship; Communications and Expressive Arts; Family Sciences; Foods, Nutrition and Health; Leadership and Personal Development; Natural Resources and Environmental Education; Plants, Soils, and Entomology; and Science, Engineering and Technology.  

Some of my favorite programs offered every year include the Natural Resources Weekend at Holiday Lake 4-H Center, the Public Speaking Program and Contests held each spring, the Beginning of Life Embryology Program, Teen and Adult Leader Trainings, Outdoor Adventure Leader Trainings, Junior 4-H Camp (for youth ages 9-18), 4-H Congress (for youth ages 14-18), The Albemarle County Fair Livestock Show and Sale, C.A.M.P! Local Agriculture and Natural Resources Camp at Camp Albemarle (for rising 5th through 8th graders), and 4-H Achievement Night.  We also offer many other programs throughout the year so please check out our local 4-H Programs page to see what events are coming up! 

Education and Degrees

Master of Arts, Environmental Science and Environmental Education. Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona. June 2007

Post-Baccalaureate/Master’s study in Education – 23 credit hours earned with a Cumulative GPA of 3.75. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 1998-1999

Bachelor of Arts, Geo-Environmental Studies, Concentration: Biology. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, May 1995

Service

Board Member, Camp Albemarle

Board Member, Ivy Creek Foundation - Education Committee Chair

Member Charlottesville Youth Development Network

Chair, 4-H Outdoor Adventure Committee, a sub-committee of the state-wide Virginia Natural Resources Environmental Education Program 

Chair, Albemarle 4-H Livestock Committee

Leader, Albemarle 4-H Teen Program

Member, Virginia Extension Service Association

Member, Virginia Association of Extension 4-H Agents

Member, National Association of Extension 4-H Agents

Member, North American Association for Environmental Education 

Member, Association for Experiential Education