Dr. Jean Williams-Woodward is an Associate Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. She retired from the University of Georgia in March 2025 after 29 years as an Extension Plant Pathologist. In Georgia, Jean was responsible for providing statewide plant disease diagnosis, management recommendations, and extension programming for ornamental plants in commercial greenhouses, nurseries and landscapes, urban forestry, and Christmas trees. In Wyoming, she provides statewide plant disease information for all crops as the only plant pathologist in the state and is the Director of the Extension Plant Diagnostic Lab.