Purdue Extension - Adams County

Meet Our 2026 Summer Assistants!

✨Amy Hirschy✨

Amy is so excited to be helping out the Extension Staff for a second summer! Amy is an IPFW graduate and has a degree in Early Childhood Education. She owns a private piano studio where she teaches students during the school year. She is a wife to Nathan and a mom to her 3 sons; Corbin, Aaron, Ben, and daughter-in-law, Ava! In November she welcomed her first grandson, Duke, to the Hirschy clan! She loves raising and showing livestock as well as cheering her family on in all of their 4-H and extra-curricular activities. Amy and her husband have served as the 4-H Goat Club leaders for the past 25 years. Amy looks forward to getting to know new families as well as reuniting with familiar faces!

Meet Our 2026 Summer Assistants!

✨Aubrie Krueckeberg✨

Aubrie is the daughter of Todd and Cindy Krueckeberg. She is entering her junior year at Huntington University, where she is majoring in Animal Science with minors in Agribusiness and Chemistry. Her current career goal is to pursue livestock nutrition, either by working directly with producers as a nutritionist or by formulating feed in a laboratory setting.

Aubrie graduated from Heritage Jr./Sr. High School in 2024 and was actively involved in FFA throughout all four years of high school. She also participated in Adams County 4-H for 10 years, where she was involved in Horse and Pony, Junior Leaders, and served as a 4-H Ambassador.

She chose to work in Extension because she missed being involved in the 4-H community and wanted the opportunity to reconnect before eventually becoming an adult volunteer. She was also excited to explore a different side of the agriculture industry and broaden her experiences within the field. As an added bonus, she gets to spend her days working with Missy, Dusty, and Ashlyn.

When she is not at school or working, Aubrie enjoys spending time with her friends, family, and animals. She also loves baking, reading, making coffee and other fun drinks, and spending time outdoors whenever she can.