MSU Extension Kent County Extension Office

Erin Moore serves as the district director for MSU Extension District 7, which comprises Allegan, Barry, Ottawa and Kent counties. Moore works with local governments, nonprofits, school systems and neighborhood groups to help identify community challenges and propose and implement successful solutions. Before joining Extension in March 2018, Moore worked for three years as a training consultant and senior program specialist with the California Department of Health and managed its strategic planning process for partnership engagement. Prior to her work in California, she spent seven years working in international development, serving countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as sub-Saharan Africa. Moore received a master’s degree in public health focusing on global health strategies from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and her bachelor’s degree in Spanish from the University of Michigan.