Appendix K
Extension Committee on Organization & Policy (ECOP)
Christopher B. Watkins, Chair Cornell University
MEMORANDUM
Wendy Powers, Chair-elect University of California
TO:
Carlos Ortiz, Ph.D., National Program Leader, USDA NIFA
Mark Latimore, Jr., Past-chair Fort Valley State University
FROM: Ivory Lyles, Chair-ECOP Program Committee
A. Richard Bonanno North Caroline State University
DATE: September 13, 2021
Rosalind Dale North Carolina A&T State University
Please accept this Letter of Intent for the Cooperative Extension System Workforce and Economic Development Assessment Grant.
Beverly R. Durgan University of Minnesota
Project Director: Dr. Ivory Lyles Extension Committee on Organizational Policy (ECOP) Workforce and Economic Development Program Lead
Brent Hales Pennsylvania State University
Jason R. Henderson Purdue University
Collaborators: Extension Foundation
Gary B. Jackson Mississippi State University
Program Area: Community and Education
Laura Perry Johnson University of Georgia
Kenneth J. La Valley University of New Hampshire
Title: Extension Workforce and Economic Development Programming Assessment
Rationale: Effective Cooperative Extension educators meet people where they are, engage audiences and clientele in authentic and mutually beneficial ways, and create safe and productive spaces for facilitating participatory decision-making. Employing these leadership traits and laying this foundation during the earliest phases of work proves critical for long-term programmatic success, especially given the continuing and growing workforce issues that persist. The sheer scale of economic and workforce development challenges requires scalable programs that can be used across diverse locales and cultures, to speed economic recovery; kickstart new businesses; leverage new and emerging technologies; and retool the workforce to meet the skills needs of new industries. The Cooperative Extension System is well positioned to build upon existing and new partnerships to build inclusive, resilient, sustainable communities and economies. Instrumental in this process are local offices of Cooperative Extension embracing the role of fostering space for entrepreneurship, small business development, and other economic and workforce development opportunities in ways that no other national agency or organization is prepared to do.
John D. Lawrence Iowa State University
Ivory Lyles University of Nevada
Barbara Petty University of Idaho
Vonda H. Richardson Florida A&M University
For more information, go to: www.extension.org/ecop
ECOP is the representative leadership and governing body of Cooperative Extension, the nationwide transformational education system operating through land-grant universities in partnership with federal, state, and local governments. Located at: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities 1220 L. Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005 202.478.6029
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