Glenda Hyde, Associate Professor of Practice, has served Oregon State University Extension Family and Community Health as county faculty in Central Oregon covering the fields of food safety and preservation and nutrition since 2007, and emergency preparedness, safety and accidental injury prevention since 2015. She co-authored the High Speed Hand Washing method in 2008 with COVID-19 updates and adaptations to training guides and posters for adults in the workplace and lesson plans and posters for, early childhood and youth audiences in 2020. She is the co-principal investigator for a NIFA Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive grant, Preparing Oregon for the Cascadia Subduction Zone Event through an online learning system. Glenda is certified to train Oregon State University Extension Master Food Preservers and Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers. She also teaches Stress Less with Mindfulness and the QPR Suicide Prevention programs. Glenda served as the NEAFCS Vice President for Public Affairs and the Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP) Public Issues Leadership Development (PILD) Conference Planning Committee from 2015 to 2017. Glenda was named na Extension Disaster Education Network delegate in 2019 and became the OSU point of contact in 2021.