Faith Isreal has been actively utilizing her leadership skills from EELI. She is the President-Elect for Extension Senate and an active student within Clemson’s Human Resources CU Grow Professional Development program. She has developed and delivered live and on-demand webinars on the topics of “Food Safety During a Pandemic”, “Food Safety for Donated Foods” and, “Food Safety & Nutrition on a Budget” with over 100 participants and growing. The “Food Safety During a Pandemic” webinar addressed the growing concerns of consumers regarding food. Basic information about coronavirus, recommendations for prevention, food safety, and resources for safe food practices were presented. Faith has been leading within the Food Systems and Safety in-service team meetings by creating a state-wide Food Systems and Safety Program team needs assessment through Qualtrics. The online survey provides the discovery of community’s needs for enhanced programming and resources. Most recently, she delivered a Food Photography and Styling training with her skills to help promote and captivate current and future audiences to utilize the information and resources of Extension through social media. Using relevant imagery through Extension social media outlets allows the audience to gain awareness, establish loyalty, and communicate research-based information to the citizens of South Carolina and beyond in a way that is consistent with Extension branding.
