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ADEC ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL


NAME POSITION/ADDRESS
ALABAMA
Dr. Walter Hill

Also on
Board of Directors

Biography
Dean, College of Agriculture,
Environmental & Natural Sciences
Tuskegee University
100 Campbell Hall
Tuskegee, AL 36088
Ph: (334) 727-8157
Fax: (334) 727-8493
E-mail: HILLWA@ACD.TUSK.EDU
Assistant Sybil Caldwell
E-mail: scaldwell@acd.tusk.edu
 
Dr. James W. Shuford

 
Dean, School of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Alabama A&M University
P.O. Box 1087
Normal, AL 35762
Ph: (256) 851-5783
Fax: (256) 851-5906
E-mail: AAMJWS01@ASNAAM.AAMU.EDU
ARIZONA
Francesca Shiekh

Also
Principal Contact Officer
Director, Information Services Department
1 Circle Drive
P. O. Box 727
Tsaile, Arizona 86556
Ph: (520) 724-6646
Fax: (520) 724-3327
E-Mail: fshiekh@crystal.ncc.cc.nm.us
 
Dr. Eugene Sander
Vice Provost & Dean
College of Agriculture
University of Arizona
Forbes Building, Room 306
Tucson, AZ 85721
Ph: (520) 621-7621
Fax: (520) 621-7196
E-mail: EGSANDER@AG.ARIZONA.EDU
ARKANSAS

Dr. Jacquelyn McCray

Biography

Dean/Director
School of Agriculture, Fisheries & Human Sciences
University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
1200 N. University Drive
Mail Slot 4990
Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601
Ph: (870) 575-8529
Fax: (870) 543-8033
E-Mail: MCCRAY_J@UAPB.EDU
CALIFORNIA
Dr. W. Reg Gomes

Biography
Vice President, Agriculture & Natural Resources
University of California Systemwide
300 Lakeside Dr., Sixth Floor
Oakland, CA 94612-3560
Ph: (510) 987-0060
Fax: (510) 451-2317
E-mail: WR.GOMES@UCOP.EDU
COLORADO
Dr. Tom Mahr

 
Director Instructional Services
A-71 Clark Bldg.
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1023
Ph: (970) 491-1325 or 5417
Fax: (970)491-6989
E-Mail: tmaher@colostate.edu
DELAWARE
Dr. Kenneth W. Bell
Dean & Director of Research
SEA/CR, 1890 Extension Administrator, CES
School of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Family and Consumer Sciences
Delaware State University
1200 North Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901-2275
Ph: (302) 857-6400
Fax: (302) 857-6402
E-mail: KBELL@DSC.EDU
FLORIDA
Assistant Vice President for Communications
Institute of Food & Ag Sciences
6031 McCarty Hall
P.O. Box 110135
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-0135
Ph: (352) 392-0437
Fax: (352) 392-3595
E-mail: info@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
 
Dr. Bobby Phills

Biography
 
Dean, College of Engineering Sciences,
Technology & Agriculture
Florida A&M University
217 Perry-Paige Bldg.
P.O. Box 338
Tallahassee, FL 32307-4100
Ph: (850) 561-2644
Fax: (850) 561-2794
E-mail: BOBBY.PHILLS@FAMU.EDU
GEORGIA
Dr. Gale Buchanan

Biography

 
Dean and Director
College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
University of Georgia
101 Conner Hall
Athens, GA 30602-7501
Ph: (706) 542-3924
Fax: (706) 542-0803
E-mail: AGDEAN@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
 

Dr. Fred Harrison Jr.

Biography



Dean, College of Agriculture,
Home Economics and Allied Programs
and Extension Administrator/Director
Fort Valley State University
P.O. Box 4061
Fort Valley, GA 31030-4313
Ph: (478) 825-6344
FAX: (478) 825-6988
E-Mail: harrison@mail.fvsu.edu
IDAHO

Dr. Larry Branen

Biography

Vice President for Extensionn and Dean of Agr.
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Idaho
AG SCI 52
Moscow, ID 83844-2331
Phone: (208) 885-6681
Fax: (208) 885-6654
E-Mail: LBRANEN@UIDAHO.EDU
 
Dr. John Hammel

 
Interim Associate Dean & Director of Academic Programs College of Agriculture
University of Idaho
Agriculture Science Room 48
Moscow, ID 83844-2336
Ph: (208) 885-6446
Fax: (208) 885-6654
E-mail: JHAMMEL@UIDAHO.EDU
ILLINOIS
Mr. Ken Spelke
Ken Spelke
Associate Dean for Information Technology and Research
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
213 LIS Building (MC-493)
501 East Daniel Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820

Phone: (217) 244-1179
Fax: (217) 244-3302 (fax)
E-Mail: spelke@uiuc.edu

INDIANA
Dr. Victor Lechtenberg


Dean of Agriculture
Purdue University
1140 Agricultural Administration Bldg.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1140
Ph: (765) 494-8391
Fax: (765) 494-7420
E-mail: VLL@PURDUE.EDU
IOWA
Dr. Eric Hoiberg

Biography
Associate Dean Agriculture Administration
Iowa State University
134 Curtiss Hall
Ames, IA 50011-1050
Ph: (515) 294-6614
Fax: (515) 294-5334
E-mail: HOIBERG@IASTATE.EDU
 

Dr. Stan Johnson

Biography

Vice Provost Cooperative Extension Service
Iowa State University
2150 Beardshear
Ames, IA 50011-2046
Phone: (515) 294-6192
Fax: (515) 294-4715
E-Mail: SRJOHNSO@IASTATE.EDU
KANSAS
Dr. Karen Swisher


Biography
President
Haskell Indian Nations University
155 Indian Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66046
Ph: (785) 749-8497
Fax: (785) 749-8411
E-mail: KSWISHER@ROSS1.CC.HASKELL.EDU
 
Dr. Marc Johnson


Biography
Dean, College of Agriculture & Director, AES & CES
Kansas State University
114 Waters Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-4008
Ph: (785) 532-7137
Fax: (785) 532-6563
E-mail: AGDEAN@KSUVM.KSU.EDU
KENTUCKY

Dr. M. Scott Smith

Biography

 

Dean, College of Agriculture & Director, AES
College of Agriculture
University of Kentucky
Ag. Science Bldg. N, Rm. S-123
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
Ph: (859) 257-4772
Fax: (859) 323-2885
E-mail: MSSMITH@CA.UKY.EDU
 


 
Director, Land Grant Programs
Cooperative Extension Program
400 East Main Street
Kentucky State University
Frankfort, KY 40601
Ph: (502) 597-6310
Fax: (502) 597-6127
E-mail: HBENSON@GWMAIL.KYSU.EDU
LOUISIANA
Dr. Gene Baker

Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology
Agriculural Center
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
Louisiana State University
102-J. Norman Efferson Hall
P.O. Box 25100 Baton Rouge, LA 70894-5100
Ph: (225) 388-6912
Fax: (225) 578-7351
E-mail: GBAKER@AGCTR.LSU.EDU
MARYLAND
Dr. Thomas Fretz

Also on
Board of Directors

Biography
Dean, College of Agriculture & Director, CES/AES
Room 1104 - Symons Hall
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD 20742-5565
Ph: (301) 405-2072
Fax: (301) 314-9146
 
Dr. Carolyn Brooks

Also on
Board of Directors


Dean, School of Agricultural & Natural Resources
2107 G. T. Williams Hall
University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD 21853
Ph: (410) 651-6072
Fax: (410) 651-6300
E-mail: CBBROOKS@MAIL.UMES.EDU
 
Dr. Henry M. Brooks

Administrator, 1890 Extension Programs
2122 Richard A. Henson Center
University of Maryland - Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD 21853
Ph: (410) 651-6206
Fax: (410) 651-6207
E-mail: HMBROOKS@MAIL.UMES.EDU
MICHIGAN
Dr. Jeffrey D. Armstrong

Biography
Dean
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Michigan State University
102 Agriculture Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824-1039
Ph: (517) 355-0232
Fax: (517) 353-9896
E-Mail: armstroj@msu.ed
MINNESOTA
Dr. Thomas Davis

Also on
Program Panel
Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College
2101 14th Street
Cloquet, MN 55720
Ph: (218) 879-0878 or (800) 657-3712
Fax: (218) 879-0728
E-Mail: TOMDAVIS@EZIGAA.FDL.CC.MN.US
 
Dr. Helen M. Klasson


 


 
President
White Earth Tribal and Community College
210 S. Main St.
Mahnomen, MN 56557
Ph: (218) 935-0417
FAX: (218) 935-0423
E-Mail: hklassen@wetcc.org
 
Dr. Charles Muscoplat

Biography
Dean,
College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences
University of Minnesota
1420 Eckles Avenue
277 Coffey Hall
St. Paul, MN 55108
Ph: (612) 624-5387
Fax: (612) 625-1260
E-mail: CMUSCOP@TC.UMN.EDU
 
Dr. David Nelson




 
Assistant Director, Cooperative Extension
University of Minnesota
405 Coffey hall
1420 Eckles Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
Ph: (612) 624-0769
Fax: (612) 625-2207
E-mail: dmn@umn.edu
MISSISSIPPI
Dr. Leroy Davis

Also on Program Panel
Dean, School of Agriculture,
Research, Extension and Applied Sciences
Alcorn State University
1000 ASU Drive #690
Lorman, MS 39096
Ph: (601) 877-6136 (or 6137)
Fax: (601) 877-6256
E-mail: LDAVIS@LORMAN.ALCORN.EDU
 
Dr. J. Charles Lee


Biography
Vice President,
Agriculture, Forestry & Veterinary Medicine
Mississippi State University
201 Boss Center
P.O. Box 9800
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Ph: (662) 325-3006
Fax: (662) 325-1215
E-mail: JCLEE@DAFVM.MSSTATE.EDU
MISSOURI
Dr. Thomas Henderson


Biography
MU Extension, Vice Provost
University of Missouri
108 Whitten Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Ph: (573) 882-7477
FAX: (573-882-1955
E-Mail: hendersont@umsystem.edu
MONTANA
Dr. James Hafer

 
Director, Agriculture Programs
Chief Dull Knife College
1 College Drive
P.O. Box 98
Lame Deer, MT 59043
Ph: (406) 477-6215
Fax: (406) 477-6219
E-mail: hafer@cdkc.edu
NEBRASKA
Dr. John Owens
Vice Chancellor
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska
202 Agriculture Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0708
Ph: (402) 472-2871
Fax: (402) 472-5854
E-mail: JOWENS2@UNL.EDU
 
Dr. Ann M. Downes


 
President
Little Priest Tribal College
P.O. Box 270
Winnebago, NE 68071
Ph: (402) 878-2380
Fax: (402) 878-2355
E-mail: ADOWNES@LPTC.BIA.EDU
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dr. John E. Pike


 
Dean and Director Cooperative Extension
University of New Hampshire
103 TAYLOR HALL
59 College Road
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: (603) 862-1520
Fax: (603) 862-1585
E-mail: john.pike@unh.edu
 
Dr. Andrew Rosenberg


Biography
Dean, College of Life Sciences & Agriculture
& Director, AES
University of New Hampshire
59 College Road, Taylor Hall
Durham, NH 03824
Ph: (603) 862-1450
Fax: (603) 862-4486
E-mail: ANDY.ROSENBERG@UNH.EDU
NEVADA
Dr. David G. Thawley

Biography
Dean, College of Agriculture & Director of NAES
University of Nevada-Reno
Mail Stop 222
Reno, NV 89557-0107
Ph: (775) 784-1610
Fax: (775) 327-2275
E-mail: THAWLEY@AGNT1.AG.UNR.EDU
NEW JERSEY

Dr. Ian Maw

Biography

Interim Executive Dean
Rutgers University
88 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525
Phone: (732) 932-3000
Fax: (732) 932-8880
Email: maw@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU
NEW MEXICO
Dr. Jerry Schickedanz

Biography
Dean & Chief Administrative Officer
College of Agriculture & Home Economics
Box 30003, Campus Box 3AG
New Mexico State University
Las Cruses, NM 88003-8003
Ph: (505) 646-3748
Fax: (505) 646-5975
E-mail: AGDEAN@NMSU.EDU
 
Dr. Richard Tobin
Director of Strategic Planning, Research & Assessment
Institute of American Indian Arts
83 Avan Nu Po Road
Santa Fe, NM 87508
Ph: (505) 424-2306
FAX: (505) 424-0500
E-Mail: rtobin@iaiancad.org
NEW YORK
Dr. Susan A. Henry

Biography
Dean, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Cornell University
260 Roberts Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4203
Ph: (607) 255-2241
Fax: (607) 255-3803
E-mail: SAH42@CORNELL.EDU
NORTH CAROLINA
Dr. Alton Thompson

Biography
Dean, School of Agriculture & Extension Administrator
North Carolina A&T State University
P.O. Box 21928
Room 111, Webb Hall
1601 E. Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27411
Ph: (336) 334-7979
Fax: (336) 334-7580
E-mail: ALTONT@NCAT.EDU
 
Dr. James L. Oblinger

Biography
Dean, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
P.O. Box 7601
112 Patterson
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7601
Ph: (919) 515-2668
Fax: (919) 515-6980
E-mail: CALS_DEAN@NCSU.EDU
OHIO
Dr. Bobby Moser



Biography
Dean, College of Agriculture
and Vice President, Agricultural Administration
The Ohio State University
100 Ag. Admin.
2120 Fyffe Road
Columbus, OH 43210
Ph: (614) 292-6891
Fax: (614) 292-0452
E-mail: MOSER@AGVAX2.AG.OHIO-STATE.EDU
OKLAHOMA
Marvin Burns


Research & Extension Office
Langston University
University of Men Bldg.
101 South St.
Langston, OK 73050
Ph: (405) 466-3836
Fax: (405) 466-3138
 

Dr. Samuel E. Curl

Also on
Board of Directors

Biography

Dean and Director
Division of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
Oklahoma State University
139 Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078-0500
Ph: (405) 744-5398
Fax: (405) 744-5339
E-mail: SECURL@OKWAY.OKSTATE.EDU
OREGON
Dr. Thayne Dutson

Also on
Board of Directors

Biography
Dean, Agricultural Sciences
Oregon State University
138 Strand Agriculture Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-2201
Ph: (541) 737-4251
Fax: (541) 737-3178
E-mail: thayne.dutson@orst.edu
PENNSYLVANIA
Dr. Gary Miller

Also on
Board of Directors


Biography
Associate Vice President for Distance Education
The Pennsylvania State University
211 Mitchell Building
University Park, PA 16802-3600
Ph: (814) 863-3248
Fax: (814) 865-3290
E-mail: GEM7@PSU.EDU
SOUTH CAROLINA
Dr. John Kelly




Vice President for Public Service & Agriculture
Clemson University
130 Lehotsky Hall
Clemson, SC 29634-5201
Ph: (864) 656-3015
Fax: (864) 656-3608
E-mail: JKELLY@CLEMSON.EDU
 
Savonne McNeil

Research Technician
1890 Extension Programs
South Carolina State University
300 College St. NE
Campus P.O. Box 7064
Orangeburg, SC 29117
Ph: (803) 536-7102
FAX: (803) 536-7102
E-Mail: semcneill@scsu.edu
TENNESSEE
Dr. Jack H. Britt

Biography
Vice President for Agriculture
University of Tennessee
P.O. Box 1071
Knoxville, TN 37901
Ph: (865) 974-7342
Fax: (865) 974-8781
E-mail: JACK-BRITT@UTK.EDU
 
Dr. Troy Wakefield

Also
Principal Contact Officer

 
Dean & Research Director
School of Agriculture & Home Economics
Tennessee State University
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209-1561
Ph: (615) 963-7620
Fax: (615) 963-5436
E-mail: TWAKEFIELD@PICARD.TNSTATE.EDU
TEXAS
Dr. Lodis Rhodes
(for Austin Learning Academy)

Also on Educational Effectiveness Panel
Professor
LBJ School of Public Affairs
University of Texas
P.O. Box Y, University Station
Austin, TX 78713-8925
Ph: (512) 471-8932
FAX: (512) 475-7073
E-Mail: lrhodes@mail.utexas.edu
 
Dr. Elizabeth Noel
Dean, College of Agriculture & Human Sciences
Prairie View A&M University
P.O. Box 4309
Animal Industries Bldg.
Ann Preston Street
Prairie View, TX 77446
Ph: (936) 857-2296/7
Fax: (936) 857-2298
E-Mail: elizabeth_noel@pvamu.edu
 
Dr. Edward A. Hiler

Biography
Vice Chancellor and Dean of Agriculture
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Texas A&M University System
Administration Bldg., Room 113
College Station, TX 77843-2142
Ph: (979) 862-4384
Fax: (979) 862-1637
E-mail: E-HILER@TAMU.EDU
 
Dr. Chester P. Fehlis


Biography
Associate Vice Chancellor & Deputy Director
Texas A&M University
Jack K. Williams Administration Bldg., Rm. 104
College Station, TX 77843-7101
Ph: (979) 845-7967
Fax: (979) 845-9542
E-mail: C-FEHLIS@TAMU.EDU
UTAH
Jack Payne
Vice President, University Extension & Continuing Education
Utah State University
4900 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-4900
Phone: 435-797-2201
Fax: 435-797-3268
E-Mail: jackp@ext.usu.edu
WASHINGTON
Rebel Harjo
Dean of Business, Voc. Ed. & Distance Learning Programs
Northwest Indian College
2522 Kwina Rd
Bellingham, WA 98226-9217
Ph: (360) 392-4295
Fax: (360) 733-3895
E-mail: rharjo@nwic.edu
 
Dr. James Zuiches


Dean, College of Agriculture & Home Economics
Washington State University
421 Hulbert Hall
Pullman, WA 99164-6242
Ph: (509) 335-4561
Fax: (509) 335-1065
E-mail: ZUICHES@WSU.EDU
WEST VIRGINIA
Dr. Rosematy Haggett
Associate Provost for Academic Programs
Office of the Provost
West Virginia University
208 Stewart Hall
P.O. Box 6203
Morgantown, WV 26506
Ph: (304) 293-2661
Fax: (304) 293-7554
E-mail: rhaggett@wvu.edu
 
Dr. Orlando McMeans
Dean and Director of Cooperative
Extension and 1890 Research
Department of Land-Grant Programs
West Virginia State University
837 Sullivan Hall
P.O. Box 180
Institute, WV 25112
Ph: (304) 766-4291 or 3326
FAX: (304) 766-4274
E-Mail: mcmeanso@mail.wvsc.edu
WISCONSIN
Greg Furtman


Also Principal Contact Officer
IT Development
LCO Ojibwa Community College
13466 West Trepania Road
Hayward, WI 54843-2181
PH: 715-634-4790 Ext 169
Fax: 715-634-5049
E-mail: fjgreg@lco-college.edu
 
Dr. Elton Aberle
Dean, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin
Room 140, Ag Hall
1450 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Ph: (608) 262-4930
Fax: (608) 262-4556
E-mail: eaberle@CALS.WISC.EDU
 
Dr. Carl W. O'Connor
Dean, Cooperative Extension
University of Wisconsin-Extension
432 N Lake Street
601 Extension Bldg.
Madison, WI 53706
Ph: (608) 263-2775
FAX: (608) 265-4545
E-Mail: carl.oconnor@ces.uwex.edu
 
Dr. Holly YoungBear-Tibbetts

Biography
Dean, Outreach & Sustainable Development
College of the Menominee Nation
P.O. Box 1179
Keshena, WI 54135
Ph: (715) 799-6226, Ext. 3044
Fax: (715) 799-1336
E-mail: HYOUNGBEAR@MENOMINEE.EDU
USDA-CSREES
Dr. Terry Meisenbach

Also on Program Panel

Biography
Director
Communications and Information Access
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W. Stop 2216
Washington, D.C. 20250-2216
Ph: (202) 720-2677
Fax: (202) 690-0289
E-Mail: TMEISENBACH@REEUSDA.GOV
 
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