Organizing Committee Membership
USA
Dr. Stephan J. Goetz, Pennsylvania State University, Professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics and Director, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, International Conference Chair
Dr. Lori Lynch, Associate Professor Agricultural Economics, University of Maryland, Local Organizing Committee Chair
Dr. Adesoji Adelaja, Hannah Distinguished Chair and Director, Land Policy Institute, Michigan State, Conference, vice-Chair (USA)
Dr. John Bergstrom, University of Georgia, Russell Professor of Public Policy
Dr. Virginia H. Dale, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Corporate Fellow and Group Leader, Landscape Ecology and Regional Analysis Group, and Adjunct Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
Dr. Charles Geisler, Cornell University, Professor, Department of Development Sociology
Dr. Paul D. Gottlieb, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Rutgers University
Dr. Jeffrey Kline, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR
Dr. Gerhardus Schultink, Professor, International Development Planning and Associate Director, Land Policy Institute, Michigan State University
Dr. James S. Shortle, Penn State University, Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics and Director, Environment and Natural Resources Institute
Europe
Dr. Floor Brouwer, LEI Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR), Conference vice-Chair, Europe
Dr. Helmut Geist, Head of Discipline and Chair in Human-Environment Interactions; School of Geosciences/Department Geography & Environment, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Dr. Tom Veldkamp, Researcher: Alterra, Green World Research (WUR), Professor: Soil Inventory and Land Evaluation Chair (WUR)
Dr. Hubert Wiggering, ZALF, Germany; Professor of Geo-Ecology, University of Potsdam
Other Key Contacts
Dr. Fen Hunt, USDA, CSREES, National Program Leader, Environmental and Resource Economics
Dr. Michael A. Bowers, CSREES, National Program Leader, Natural Resources and Environment
Dr. Simon Heath, Secretary General, Association for European Life Science Universities (ICA)
Dr. Ian Maw, Vice President, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources, NASULGC |
