Katelyn Walley-Stoll

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County has hired Katelyn Walley-Stoll as its new agriculture team leader.

Walley-Stoll brings a decade of experience with Cornell Cooperative Extension to provide oversight, support and innovation of agricultural programming in Chautauqua County. She can be reached by calling 716-664-9502, ext. 202, or emailing kaw249@cornell.edu.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua has been undergoing an internal capacity study which has led to growth and restructuring inside the organization. The position of agriculture team leader will increase capacity and efficiency within CCE Chautauqua while providing outstanding support and guidance to the county’s agricultural community.

Walley-Stoll has a lifetime of agricultural experience and grew up on a dairy farm in eastern New York state. She earned her bachelor’s degree in animal science and agribusiness management from Cornell University and her master’s degree in adult learning from SUNY Empire State College. She has worked with Cornell Cooperative Extension since 2014, first as an agriculture educator for CCE-Chautauqua, and then as the establishing member of the Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program, where she was team leader and the organization’s farm business management specialist.

“We are so grateful and excited to welcome Katelyn Walley-Stoll back to our organization,” said Emily Reynolds, Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua executive director. “Her passion, experience, and dedication to innovation and connection will help us honor a history of agricultural excellence while also meeting the needs of the community for future generations.”

Reynolds also shared that CCE will continue to post and hire vacant and new positions in both the 4-H Youth Development and Agriculture Programs.

Walley-Stoll will oversee agricultural programming in Chautauqua County, working with a team to provide research-based resources to gardeners, homesteaders, farmers, agribusinesses, agricultural stakeholders, and everyone in between. Katelyn looks forward to bringing personalized assistance to farms in Chautauqua County and continuing to connect the agricultural industry to Cornell resources.