Keith Worner received both his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Illinois.

Worner has served as Extension Adviser, Agriculture, in Sangamon and Champaign counties; and as ag/horticulture coordinator in Tazewell County.

Worner has been published in the Illinois Ag Research and Illinois 4-H News. He has served as a school board member, elevator board vice president, chairman of his church board and is a past board member of the Tazewell County Farm Bureau.

His professional affiliations include the University of Illinois Alumni Association; Illinois Extension Advisers Association; Rotary; and Farm Bureau.

Worner has received the Illinois Extension Advisers Association Action Award.