Southern Region Program Leadership Network (SR-PLN)
Community Development Committee

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Alabama

Joe Sumners
Director
Economic & Community Development Institute
3354 Haley Center
Auburn University, AL  36849
334-844-4704 Fax: 334-844-4709
sumneja@auburn.edu

Celedonio M. Gapasin
CRD Specialist
Alabama Cooperative Extension
PO Box 508
Normal, AL 35762
705-851-5710 Fax: 705-851-5840
cgapasin@acesag.auburn.edu

Rosalie Lane
Ext. Spec. - AL CRD Co-Program Priority Team Leader
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Alabama A&M University
P.O. Box 967
Normal, AL 35762
256-372-4982 Fax: 256-372-5840
rmlane@aces.edu

Ntam Baharanyi
Prof. and Extension Economist
Tuskegee University
Morrison-Mayberry Hall
Tuskegee, AL 36088
334-724-4840 Fax: 334-727-8812
baharany@tuskegee.edu

Henry J. Findlay
Professor and Program Director, Continuing Education Program
Tuskegee University
Kellog Conference Center
Tuskegee, AL 36088
334-724-4316 Fax: 334-724-4199
findlay@tuskegee.edu

 

Arkansas

Tony E. Windham, PLC Representative
Assistant Director, Community and Economic Development
Agricultural Economics & Community Development
Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
2301 South University Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72204
501-671-2196 Fax: 501-671-2046
twindham@uaex.edu

Deborah Tootle
Community and Economic Development
University of Arkansas
2301 S. University Ave, Little Rock 72203
501-671-2228
dtootle@uaex.edu

 

 

Florida

Hank Cothran
Associate in Food & Resources
University of Florida-IFAS
PO Box 110280, 2023 McCarty Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-0240
352-392-1845
Fax: 352-392-34646
hmc@ifas.ufl.edu

Lawrence Carter
Cooperative Extension Programs
Florida A&M University
215 Perry-Paige Agric. Building So.
Tallahassee, FL 32307
850-599-3546 Fax: 850-561-2151
lawrence.carter@famu.edu

Sandra Harris-Thompson
Asst. Project Director, Entrepreneurial Rural Business Development Project (ERBDP)
Florida A & M University
215 Perry Paige
Tallahassee, FL 32307
850-561-2190 Fax: 850-561-2151
sandra.thompson@famu.edu

 

Georgia

John McKissick
Coordinator: Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service
201 Conner Hall
Athens, GA 30602
706-542-1861 Fax: 706-542-4131
jmckissick@agecon.uga.edu



Kentucky


Gae Broadwater, PLC Representative
State Specialist for Comm. and Economic Development
Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Program
400 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40601-2355
502-597-6325 Fax: 502-597-5933
gae.broadwater@kysu.edu

Steve Isaacs
Extension Professor
University of KY
303 CE Barnhart Bldg.
Lexington, KY 40546-0276
859-257-1636 Fax: 859-323-1913
sisaacs@uky.edu



Louisiana


 

 

Mississippi

Vance Watson
Director
Mississippi State University Extension Service
Box 9601
210 Bost Extension Building

Mississippi State, MS 39762
662-325-3036 Fax: 662-325-8407
vwatson@dafvm.msstate.edu

Charles Shepphard
CRD Specialist/Program Leader
Alcorn State University Cooperative Extension
1000 ASU Drive #479
Lorman, MS 39096
601-877-3951 Fax: 601-877-6694
charles@alcorn.edu

 

North Carolina

Keith Baldwin
Program Leader ANR/CRD
NC A&T State University
P.O. Box 21928
Greensboro, NC 27420
336-334-7957 Fax: 336-334-7432
kbaldwin@ncat.edu

Ed Jones
Associate Director, Agricultural Programs & SPL, ANR/CRD
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
North Carolina State University
Box 7602
213 Ricks Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7602
919-515-3252 Fax: 919-515-5950
edwin_jones@ncsu.edu

 

Oklahoma

Marvin Burns
Dean, Research & Ext. Director
Langston University
PO Box 730
Research & Extension Bldg.
Langston, OK 73050

Ross Love
State Program Leader
Oklahoma State University
245 Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078-6023
405-744-6550 Fax: 405-744-5339
rlove@okstate.edu

Mike Woods, Chair
Extension Rural Development Specialist
Oklahoma State University - OCES
514 Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078-6026
405-744-9837
Fax: 405-744-8210
mike.woods@okstate.edu

 

 

Puerto Rico

Ruth Lebron
CRD Program Leader
University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Extension Service
PO Box 9031
Mayaguez, PR 00681
787-832-4040 ext. 3793
Fax: 787-733-2401
rlebron@uprm.edu

 

 

South Carolina

Dave Lamie
CRD Program Leader
Associate Professor, Applied Economics and Statistics
Clemson University

P.O. Box 23205
Columbia, SC 29224-3205
803-788-5700 ext. 36 Fax: 803-736-4418
dlamie@clemson.edu

Louis Whitesides, Vice-Chair
Senior Ext. Director, Adult Leadership & Community Development
South Carolina State University, 1890 Extension
P.O. Box 7066
Orangeburg, SC 29117
803-536-8768
lwhitesides@scsu.edu

 

Tennessee

Michael Wilcox
Assistant Professor
Extension - Agricultural Economics
University of Tennessee
2621 Morgan Circle
227-C Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-3344 Fax: 865-974-0440
mwilcox2@utk.edu

 

Texas

Greg Taylor
Community Economic Development Program Director
7101 TAMU
College Station, TX  77843-7101
979-862-8561 Fax: 979-847-8744
g-taylor4@tamu.edu

Alfred Wade
Associate Administrator
Cooperative Extension Program
Prairie View A&M University
P.O. Box 3059
Prairie View, TX 77446-3059
936-857-2227 Fax: 936-857-2637
ar-wade@tamu.edu

 

Virginia

Brian Calhoun, Secretary
Assisstant Director of Community Initiatives
Virginia Cooperative Extension
115 Hutcheson Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231-6371
Fax: 540-231-7866
dcalhoun@vt.edu

Albert Essel
Associate Administrator, Programs
Virginia State University
P.O. Box 9081
Petersburg, VA 23806
804-524-5871 Fax: 804-524-5049
aessel@vsu.edu

 

West Virginia


Jenny Fertig
CED Program Leader
WV State University Extension
P.O. Box 1000
803 Curtis Square
Institute, WV 25112
304-766-4289 Fax: 304-766-4274
fertigan@wvstateu.edu

 

Advisor


Lawrence Carter
Cooperative Extension Programs
Florida A&M University
215 Perry-Paige Agric. Building So.
Tallahassee, FL 32307
850-599-3546 Fax: 850-561-2151
lawrence.carter@famu.edu

Joe Zublena (05)
Director, County Operations
North Carolina State University
Box 7602 NCSU
106 Ricks Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7602
919-515-2813 Fax: 919-515-3135
joe_zublena@ncsu.edu

SRDC


Bo Beaulieu
Director
Southern Rural Development Center
P.O. Box 9656
Mississippi State, MS 39762
662-325-3207 Fax: 662-325-8915
ljb@srdc.msstate.edu

Alan Barefield, CECP Representative
Associate Director
Southern Rural Development Center
P.O. Box 9656
Mississippi State, MS 39762
662-325-3207 Fax: 662-325-8915
alanb@srdc.msstate.edu

Emily Shaw
Program Manager
Southern Rural Development Center
P.O. Box 9656
Mississippi State, MS 39762
662-325-3207 Fax: 662-325-8915
emilye@srdc.msstate.edu

 

CSREES Liason


Sally Maggard
National Prog. Leader, ECS
USDA, CSREES
1400 Independence Ave.
SW Mailstop 2215
Washington, DC 20250
202-720-0741 Fax: 202-690-2975
smaggard@csrees.usda.gov

 

 

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