Posted on August 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM by Emily Saveraid
Allison Steen Whaley and Bryan Whaley have been involved with 4-H since they were ten years old. As a fourth grader, Allison joined the Howard Center Stars 4-H Club at Lime Springs and the Flying Hoofs 4-H Club. She entered exhibits at the county and state fairs in almost every static project area and showed Morgan horses. Her leadership and citizenship projects around her horses led to her being selected as the State Horse Project winner and a delegate to the 1991 National 4-H Congress in Chicago. She was also a member of the Howard County Council and the State 4-H Council. Allison graduated from ISU with a degree in animal science. She has led the 4-H Horse Club and the Wright Warriors 4-H Club for fifteen years. Today, Allison is the secretary of the Wright County Fair Board and superintendent of the horse show.
Bryan was a ten-year member of the Wolf Creek Whirlwinds 4-H Club of Gladbrook. He carried out numerous 4-H projects, including sheep, beef, swine, and static projects. Bryan served on the Tama County Council and the State 4-H Council. Like Allison, he was a delegate to the National 4-H Congress in 1991 as a winner in the sheep project. It was there where they first met. Bryan graduated from Simpson College with a degree in education and later received his master’s in agriculture education from ISU. He started his extension career as a part-time youth program specialist in Wright and Humboldt counties. He later accepted the role as the 4-H Shooting Sports state coordinator. Eventually, he added Webster and Hamilton counties to his YPS duties before leaving that position to become a regional director. He served in this role for over seven years before becoming the director of field operations–north for ISU Extension and Outreach. In December 2023, he was hired as the Chief Executive Officer of the Iowa Cattleman’s Association.
Bryan and Allison are the parents of two children, Shea and Quinn, who have been outstanding 4-H members of the Wright Warriors 4-H Club.
