Endowed Dean Wendy Wintersteen

Dr. Wendy Wintersteen is Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University and Director of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station. Dr. Wintersteen is the tenth dean of agriculture in Iowa State’s 153-year history. She also is the holder of the first endowed deanship established at Iowa State University.

Prior to becoming dean in 2006, she served as the college’s senior associate dean and associate director of the Experiment Station.

Her career at Iowa State spans more than 30 years. She has served as professor of entomology; director of Extension to Agriculture and Natural Resources; coordinator of pesticide management and pesticide applicator training programs; and extension associate in entomology and in two extension area offices around the state of Iowa.

Dr. Wintersteen earned a bachelor’s of science degree in agriculture from Kansas State University and her Ph.D. in entomology from Iowa State University.

Dr. Wintersteen represents Iowa State University on many boards of agricultural organizations in Iowa, the Midwest and around the country. Currently she is on the board of trustees of the Farm Foundation. She is a past chair of the Administrative Heads Section of APLU’s Board on Agriculture Assembly. In 2007, she was honored as a Kansas State University Alumni Fellow for professional accomplishments and distinguished service.

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