Terri Quillin, 4-H Center Manager 
Terri is a native of Big Sandy, Tennessee located on the beautiful Kentucky Lake—Tennessee River in Benton County. She is a University of Tennessee-Martin alumni. She earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Natural Resources Management—Wildlife Biology in 1994. Terri came on staff at the Ridley 4-H Center in 1996 as the wildlife instructor for the Outdoor Science Program and the 4-H summer camping program. In 1997, she became the Director for the Outdoor Science Program. In November 2009, she accepted the role of camp manager after the retirement of Boone Morrow. When she is not at camp, she is traveling with her family playing baseball and softball.
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Kathy Morrow, Administrative Specialist
Kathy was born in Oakland, California and grew up and went to school in Nashville, Tennessee. She attended Middle Tennessee State University. Kathy has been a Ridley 4-H Center staff member for 34 years. Today, she manages the 4-H Center office and handles scheduling for rental groups. Her hobbies are reading history, travel, and heirloom sewing for her grandchildren.
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Brian Stewart, "Crazy Critter Guy"—Extension Program Assistant
Brian rarely hears his real name at the 4-H Center. Over the years, the students have given him many nicknames such as the "Crazy Critter Guy," "Creature Teacher," or "Bug Dude." Originally hatched in Pennsylvania, he discovered a love for all things creepy, crawly, slithery, and slimy at an early age. After obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, he spent the next several years exploring various habitats, from the farmland of Ohio to the mountains of North Carolina, and down to the swamps of Florida. In 1998, he married the only lady who could put up with his assortment of live animals and returned to her home state of Tennessee. The Crazy Critter Guy has been a staff member at the Ridley 4-H Center since 1999. His duties include leading the forest ecology class, presenting evening activities that most often include his extensive collection of live reptiles, amphibians, and arachnids, and providing assistance for the Outdoor Education Program Director. During 4-H summer camp, he can usually be found leading a group of adventurous campers on the popular "creek stomping" activity or in the wildlife room surrounded by snakes, spiders, salamanders, turtles, toads, and lots of campers eager to learn.
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Lisa Vassar, Education Director
Lisa is a native of Shelbyville, Kentucky. She attended Georgetown College where she earned her Bachelors Degree in Music Education.  She taught for 10 years in the public school setting both in Kentucky and in Tennessee. Lisa and her family moved to Columbia, Tennessee in 1991 and began working at the Ridley 4-H Center with the Environmental Education Program in 2005 as the earth science instructor. 
As of May 1, 2015 Lisa was appointed as the Director of the Education Program. She is also the Program Assistant for the 4-H summer camping program at the Ridley 4-H Center and designer of the home-school program the Ridley Science Kids & our Fall S.T.E.M. Camp. She received the 2013 Excellence in Environmental Education Award by the TEEA. She loves being outside and exploring all aspects of nature, including the basics of just digging in the dirt. A favorite life theme she follows is... "There will never be a time here on Earth in which I will know everything. Therefore, I should continually be in a state of learning." Lisa is married and the mother of three daughters and has two grandsons.
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Travis Ring, Maintenance Supervisor

Travis was born and raised in Culleoka, TN. He graduated from The University of Tennessee at Martin in 2015 with a B.S. in Agriculture Engineering Technology. Travis joined the Ridley staff in the summer of 2011 and worked each summer through 2015. After graduating he managed the farm operations for a therapeutic horseback riding program for children with disabilities. In 2017 he returned to the Ridley 4-H Center as the head of maintenance. He now resides in Hickman county Tennessee with his wife, who he met while working on summer staff together, their two dogs and two horses. Travis can be found anywhere on the camp property, though rarely inside his office. His hobbies include hunting, fishing, and helping on the family farm.​ Travis Ring​