Faculty & Staff

Yakima County Extension Office

WSU Yakima County Extension is located inside the Yakima County Resource Center, behind the Union Gap Mall: 2403 S. 18th. St. Suite 100, Union Gap, WA 98903

Phone: (509) 574-1600
Fax: (509) 574-1601

Office Hours

OPEN Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Federal Holidays – office closed.

Meet the County Extension Faculty & Staff

Tipton Hudson

WSU Yakima County Extension Director, Associate Professor in Rangeland and Livestock Management
hudsont@wsu.edu / (509) 962-7507

Animal Sciences, Irrigated Pasture, Range and Riparian Management Extension Professor
All calls are being forwarded to Tipton Hudson, Kittitas County Office hudsont@wsu.edu / (509) 962-7507, until position is filled.

Alison J. White

Extension Regional Specialist, 4-H Youth Development
alison.white@wsu.edu / (509) 707-8066

As a regional faculty member, Alison works across Yakima and Kittitas counties, focusing on youth development research and organizational systems for 4-H Youth Development programs. Her program and research areas include (1) youth empowerment, (2) diversity, equity, and inclusion, (3) arts-integrated STEM, and (4) organizational change. Read more about Alison’s work here.

Vacant

Extension Program Manager, 4-H Youth Development
(509) 574-1600

Kate Shockey

4-H Program Specialist, WSU Yakima County Extension
yakima.4h@wsu.edu / (509) 574-1600

 

Bonnie Abercrombie

Office Coordinator, WSU Yakima County Extension
bonnie.abercrombie@co.yakima.wa.us / (509) 574-1600

Bonnie grew up in the Lower Valley.  In 1985 she moved to the Soap Lake area. She was currently working for the Grant-Adams WSU Extension office in Ephrata, before moving back to Toppenish. Bonnie is our Office Coordinator. Bonnie has two children, a son and a daughter and one grandson and one granddaughter. Her and her husband live on a small farm in Toppenish and raise cattle and hay.

 

Corina Serban

Little Cherry Disease – ITT Extension Coordinator
WSU Tree Fruit Extension
corina.serban@wsu.edu / (509) 574-1595

Corina Serban is originally from Romania where she earned her Bachelor of Engineering degree in Landscape Architecture in the Horticulture Faculty at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine located in Cluj-Napoca, the oldest and largest institution of higher agricultural science education in Romania.  Read more about Corina’s work here.

 

Bernardita Sallato

Tree Fruit Extension Specialist
b.sallato@wsu.edu / (509) 786-9205

Bernardita Sallato’s areas of expertise are soil and plant nutrition in tree fruit. Her program will be focus on orchard efficiency and horticulture production improvement by managing soil fertility, root growth and water – nutrient uptake.  Read more about Bernardita’s work here.

 

 Holly B. Lacell

Food $ense Coordinator, SNAP-Ed
holly.lacell@wsu.edu / (509) 574-1600

Holly has been with the Yakima Ext. SNAP-Ed program for nearly 7 years. She loves reading, cats, and coffee.

 

 

 

Patty Ratzlaff

Yakima & Kittitas County Master Gardener Program Coordinator
patty.ratzlaff@wsu.edu / (509) 574-1582

Patty joined the WSU Extension team in July of 2022.  She supports the Master Gardener Programs for Yakima and Kittitas Counties in a full-time position.  She has long admired the program and now plans to support Master Gardener Volunteers in reaching their full potential for sharing horticulture and environmental stewardship information in their communities.  Read more about Patty’s work here. 

Master Gardeners Clinic.
gardener@co.yakima.wa.us / (509) 574-1604
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm.