PROGRAMMING AREAS

   Community Capacity Building

   Regional Economic Development

   Entrepreneurship

   Local & Regional Food Systems

   Balanced Use of Natural Resources

   Other

The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
The Pennsylvania State University
7 Armsby Building, University Park PA 16802-5602
814/863-4656(phone); 814/863-0586(fax)
Please send questions and comments to:
nercrd@psu.edu

Technical Advisory Committee

RESEARCH

Brown, Cheryl (Dr.)

Associate Professor
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Room 2036 Agricultural Sciences Building
PO Box 6108
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6108
Phone: 304-293-5461
Email: Cheryl.Brown@mail.wvu.edu

Gabe, Todd (Dr.)

Associate Professor of RE&P
School of Economics (NSFA)
Winslow Hall 200
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469
Phone: 207-581-3307
Email: todd_gabe@umit.maine.edu

Liang, Chyi-Lyi (Kathleen) (Dr.)

Associate Professor
Department of Community Development and
Applied Economics
103 C Morrill Hall
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont 05405
Phone: 802-656-0754
Email: cliang@uvm.edu

Schwarz, Jurgen (Dr.)

Associate Professor
1104 Center for Food Science Technology
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD 21853
Phone: 410-651-7963
Email: jgschwarz@umes.edu



EXTENSION

Fertig, A. Jenny (Ms.)

Program Leader, Community and Economic Development
Gus R. Douglass Institute, POB 1000
803 Curtis Square Complex
West Virginia State University Extension
Institute, WV 25112
Phone: 304-541-1459
Email: fertigan@wvstateu.edu

French, Charlie (Dr.)

Extension Associate Professor,
Community Development
UNH Coop. Extension/Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
204B Nesmith Hall
University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire 03824
Phone: 603-862-0316
Email: cfrench@ceunh.unh.edu

Myers, Ginger (Ms.)

Associate Agent
University of Maryland-College Park
18330 Keedysville Road
Keedysville, MD 21756
Phone: 301-432-4490
Email: gsmyers@umd.edu

Tubene, Stephan L. (Dr.)

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics
1102 Trigg Hall
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD 21853
Phone: 410-651-7577
Email: sltubene@umes.edu




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Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors.