Biography

Angela Burkham, Ph.D., serves as the executive associate director for AgriLife Extension. She leads operations ensuring that all the systems, resources and people are in place to achieve the goals of the agency. Burkham provides leadership of the daily operations of the agency and its 1,400 employees. She works collaboratively with the team of associate directors to engage more than 24 million in annual direct teaching contacts and more than 86,000 volunteers providing over 4.2 million hours of service. Burkham also provides leadership to the Office of Data and Accountability and to the Disaster Assessment and Recovery, DAR, unit as the agency engages communities in preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery.

Burkham has 32 years of service as an educator and leader in AgriLife Extension outreach programming. Prior to her current position, Burkham served in a wide variety of roles ranging from a family and community health agent to a regional program leader. Burkham holds a doctorate in agricultural education from Texas A&M and Texas Tech University, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in home economics education from Texas Tech.