Board

The WRDC's Board of Directors are experts in their fields who give generously of their time to advance the mission of the WRDC to create thriving, rural communities.

Cooperative Extension (1862) Representatives
Noelle Cockett (Chair)
Utah State University Cooperative Extension

Charles W. Gay
Utah State University Cooperative Extension

Louis E. Swanson
Colorado State University Cooperative Extension

Vacancy

Agricultural Experiment Station (1862) Representatives
H. Michael Harrington
Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors

Steve Loring
New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station

Michael Kahn
Washington Agricultural Experiment Station

Tribal Colleges and Land Grants (1994)
Benita Litson
Dine College, Arizona

Carrie Schumacher
Fort Peck Community College, Montana

Land-Grant University Faculty
José Garcia Pabon
Washington State University Extension

Partners
Dave Conine
USDA-RD, Utah

Glenda Humiston
USDA-RD, California

Sheldon R. Jones
Farm Foundation

Dina Chacon-Reitzel
New Mexico Beef Council

Edgar Ruiz
Council of State Governments-WEST

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS:

USDA-NIFA Representative
Brent Elrod
National Program Leader

USDA-ERS Representative
Peter Stenberg
Regional Economist

Acronym Key:
USDA - United States Department
of Agriculture
USDA-RD - United States Department
of Agriculture-Rural Development
NIFA - National Institute of Food and Agriculture
ERS - Economic Research Service

Board

The WRDC's Board of Directors are experts in their fields who give generously of their time to advance the mission of the WRDC to create thriving, rural communities.