Cherrie Wilkerson is the County Extension Director for University of Illinois Extension in the Saline/Gallatin/Pope/Hardin Extension Unit. She has a master's degree from University of Oklahoma and a bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

In her role as County Extension Director, Wilkerson oversees Extension programming in four broad areas: nutrition, family and consumer sciences; community and economic development; agriculture and natural resources; and 4-H/youth development.

She is a member of Epsilon Sigma Phi.