Executive Committee Meetings

The NECI Executive Committee meets for one hour each month on the second Wednesday at 3:00 PM ET. It is tasked with oversight of the Initiative and is open to any participant of the NECI network. Current members of the Executive Committee include:

David Kay, Cornell University, NECI EC Chair
Paul Lachapelle, Montana State University
Sabrina Drill, University of California Cooperative Extension (Emeritus Advisor)
Wendy Hamilton, New Mexico State University (Emeritus Professor)
Jennison Kipp, University of Florida Extension, NECI Co-Chair
Ros McCann, Utah State University
Tracy Morgan, Washington State University
Betsy Newman, Western Rural Development Center
Eric Norland, USDA – National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Travis Burke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Katy Hintzen, University of Hawaii
Shibu P. Kar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Cynthia Nazario-Leary, University of Florida
Hans Schmitz, Purdue Extension
Rick Schumann, UF/IFAS Seminole Extension