Erika Lundy-Woolfolk has been the Southwest Iowa Extension Beef Specialist since 2018. Prior to that, she was an Extension Beef Program Specialist located in Ames, Iowa, for three years. She received her B.S. in Animal Science in 2012 and her M.S. in Ruminant Nutrition in 2015, both from Iowa State University. Dr. Lundy-Woolfolk has developed impactful, hands-on programming for the beef industry in Iowa and beyond. She is a regular contributor to state and national beef publications, has authored or co-authored several extension publications and is highly active in applied research relevant to her extension clientele. Examples include cover crop grazing studies across the state and feedlot nutrition research at the ISU Armstrong Research Farm in Southwest Iowa. She has led several Iowa Beef Center team projects and is highly effective in that role. Erika resides in Adair, Iowa, where she manages a commercial and Angus cow-calf operation with her family.