Meet the Team

We’re honored to have been recognized in 2018 with awards from the National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences for the work we do in supporting our communities. Congratulations to our former and current Team Members: Susan Ballabina, Chelsea Stevens, Michelle Allen, Julie Gardner, Joel Redus, Elaine Montemayor-Gonzalez, Danielle Hammond – Kreuger, Rusty Hohlt, Hannah Krebs, Kelli Brown, and Odessa Keenan!

Do you have a question about a Dinner Tonight recipe? An idea for “tips and tricks” you want to see? Email your questions and ideas to dinnertonight@ag.tamu.edu.

Odessa E. Keenan

Odessa E. Keenan, Wellness Initiatives Assistant for the Healthy Texas Program, loves food, traveling, and exploring the outdoors! Read more...

Food plays an integral part of her life and she is always up for trying a new ingredient or recipe. Connecting strangers, friends, and family through food is her passion, on and off the job!

Elaine Montemayor-Gonzalez

Elaine Montemayor-Gonzalez, Extension Program Specialist for the Healthy South Texas Program with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, is a mom and Read more...

a native of South Texas. When not running after her three little ones, Elaine loves to develop recipes and cook for family and friends. After several rewarding years of working in nutrition and diabetes education, Elaine joined AgriLife as a Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent in Jim Wells County and was able to begin a successful Farmers Market with a monthly healthy food demonstration for the public. Her position with AgriLife and her thriving community partnerships led to great expansion of the Market and event partnerships such as community walks, a 5K run and children’s obstacle courses.

Kelli Brown

Kelli Brown, Hood County Family and Community Health County Extension Agent, loves having the opportunity to educate Read more...

others through her role as an Extension Agent. Kelli enjoys providing healthy cooking tips, following fitness bloggers, and spending time with family and friends around the dinner table! She likes helping others connect health to exercise, food and happiness. Her goal is to encourage families to prepare and eat healthy meals together.

Hannah Krebs

Jocelin Villarreal

Odessa E. Keenan

Elaine Montemayor-Gonzalez

Kelli Brown

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