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
agInnovation-West
(Research Directors 1862 Land-Grant Institutions)
Bret Hess, Chair-Elect
Executive Director of agInnovations
Jodie Anderson
Director of the Institute of Agriculture Natural Resource and Extension
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Darrin Boss
Associate Director, MAES & Assistant Dean for Research
Montana State University
Western extension Directors Association (WEDA)
(Extension Directors 1862 Land-grant Institutions)
Doreen Hauser-Lindstrom
Executive Director of WEDA
Tanisha Franquez Aflague
Director of Extension
University of Guam
Barbara Petty, Chair
Director of Extension
University of Idaho
1994 Tribal Land-grant Institutions
Benita Litson
Land Grant Director
Diné College, Arizona
EX-OFFICIO LIASIONS
Rodney Vance
National Program Leader
USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Justin Winikoff
Research Agricultural Economist
USDA-Economic Research Service
WRDC EXECUTIVE STAFF
Paul Lewin Ph.D., Executive Director
Jim Lindstrom, Ed.D., Associate Director
Angélica Reyes, Executive Assistant