BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Western Rural Development Center (WRDC) is guided by a regional Board of Directors to establish policies and program guidelines that align with regional priorities and are responsive to the evolving needs of the West. Board members are appointed by agInnovation-West and the Western Extension Directors Association (WEDA) organizations.
The Board includes the agInnovation-West Executive Director, the WEDA Executive Director, two members appointed by agInnovation-West and two members appointed by WEDA (one of whom will be from the host institution and will rotate between agInnovation-West and WEDA), and one representative from the 1994 institutions. Board members serve three-year terms, except for the 1994 representative and the agInnovation-West and WEDA directors who serve permanent appointments by virtue of position.
The WRDC is developing a new Technical Advisory Committee.
DIRECTORS
1862 Research Directors
Darrin Boss, Montana State University
Jodie Anderson, University of Alaska Fairbanks
1862 Extension Directors
Barbara Petty, University of Idaho, Chair
Tanisha Franquez Aflague, University of Guam
1994 Representative
Benita Litson, Diné College, Arizona
Western extension Directors Association (WEDA)
Doreen Hauser-Lindstrom, Executive Director
agInnovation-West
Bret Hess, Executive Director, Chair-Elect
EX-OFFICIO LIASIONS
Rodney Vance, USDA-National Institute of Food & Agriculture
Justin Winikoff, USDA-Economic Research Service
WRDC EXECUTIVE STAFF
Paul Lewin, Executive Director
Jim Lindstrom, Associate Director
Angélica Reyes, Executive Assistant