Dr. Whit C. Stewart received his B.S. at Brigham Young University-Idaho (2009), M.S. in Animal Science from Oregon State University (2011), and a Ph.D. in a joint program with Texas A&M AgriLife Research and New Mexico State University (2015). He is an Associate Professor and Extension Sheep Specialist at the University of Wyoming, Laramie. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor and Extension Sheep Specialist at Montana State University, Bozeman (2015-2017). Dr. Stewart’s extension efforts are nationally and internationally recognized. He has organized and facilitated educational programs at Ram Sale Symposiums in MT and WY, and the West Central States Wool Growers meeting, and ram test field days in Laramie. He coordinates the University of Wyoming inter-collegiate wool judging team and helps organize efforts for 4-H and FFA wool judging teams throughout Wyoming and continues to expand these programs. He has been an invited speaker at sheep industry meeting across the U.S. and was chosen to represent the U.S. as an international sheep industry ambassador in New Zealand, Uruguay and Argentina. Dr. Stewart has published over 40 extension publications and has given over 150 talks to more than 4,000 sheep industry stakeholders. He has garnered over $1.8 M in funding to support his research and extension efforts. He has published over 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and 53 proceedings and abstracts and is currently editor for the American Sheep Industry Association’s Sheep and Goat Research Journal.