Cynthia Fisher

Cyndi serves as the state program coordinator for Penn State Extension’s Nutrition Links program. Nutrition Links is federally funded through the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) to provide nutrition education to Pennsylvania residents with limited incomes. Cyndi provides leadership and administrative oversight for nutrition educators statewide, supporting the effective delivery of nutrition education programs across Pennsylvania. She has the fiscal responsibility for over 2.7 million in annual allocations. 

Prior to Cyndi's role as state program coordinator, she served as a supervisor for Penn State Extension Nutrition Links in Bucks, Fayette, Greene, Philadelphia, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties from 2017 to 2023. 

She has also served as a Penn State Extension educator, providing Mental Health First Aid, Communicating with Farmers Under Stress, and Weathering the Storm programming within the Food, Families, and Community Unit from 2019 to 2023. 

Before joining Penn State Extension in 2017, Cyndi worked at Head Start of Fayette County, UPMC Western Psychiatric, and with several school garden and youth training programs, including programs from the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and Grow Pittsburgh.