Applied
Research and Extension Program Council Membership
Agriculture
and Food Systems
FY07-08 Priorities
Program Council
Liaison: Chris Watkins cbw3@cornell.edu
Chair
Representatives from Academic Departments at Cornell:
Kathyrn Boor, Food Science
Ron
Butler, Animal Science
Yrjo Grohn, College of Veterinary Medicine
Richard Hackett, College of Veterinary Medicine
Brian
Henehan, Applied Economics and Management
Harvey Hoch, Plant Pathology - Geneva
Marvin Pritts, Horticulture
Alan Taylor, Horticultural Science-Geneva
Harold Van Es,
Crop and Soil Science
Mike Walter, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Cornell
Cooperative Extension County Executive Directors:
David
Bradstreet, Broome
Elizabeth
Claypoole, Wayne
Linda
Keech, Dutchess
Lydia
Reidy, Ulster
Marilyn
Smith, Fulton and Montgomery
Carl
Tillinghast, Franklin
Paul
Westfall, Niagara
Tom
Williams, Suffolk
External
Stakeholders:
Judy
Aldrich, Canton NY, Manager, Allied Coop/Farm Bureau
Tom Facer, Rochester, NY, Vice President, Agricultural Services, Agrilink Foods
Laurie Griffen, Stillwater, NY, Manager, Saratoga Sod Farm
Bob Hokanson, Albany, NY, New York Farm Bureau
Aaron Kimmich, Adams, NY, Farm Credit Manager, First Pioneer Farm Credit
Jeff Kubecka, NYS Vegetable Growers Association
George Lamont, Albion, NY, President, NYS Horticultural Society
John Mitchell, Sayersfield, NY, President and CEO, Richer Feeds
Craig
Schutt, Dryden, NY, Manager, Tompkins County Soil and Water Cons.District
Peter Ten Eyck, Voorheesville, NY, Owner, Indian Ladder Farms
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Community
and Economic Vitality
FY07-08 Priorities
Program Council Liaison: Rod
Howe rlh13@cornell.edu
Chair
Representatives from Academic Departments at Cornell:
Rachel Dunifon, Policy Analysis and Management
Max Pfeffer, Development Sociology
Bill Lesser, Applied Economics and Management
William Goldsmith, City and Regional Planning
Cornell
Cooperative Extenion County Executive Directors:
Brian Gilchrist, Washington
Beverly Mancuso, Genesee
Marjorie Nichols Keith, Putnam
Richard Tindell, Erie
Douglas Ververs, Cayuga
External
Stakeholders:
Ron Brach, NYS Legislative Commission on Rural Resources
Scott Collings, Syracuse, NY, USDA-Rural Development
Ron Dougherty, Owego, NY, Chair, Rural Economic Area Partnership Zone Board
Judith Eisgruber, Voorheesville, NY, Albany County Rural Housing Alliance,
Robert
Elliott, Albany, NY, Deputy Secretary, NYS Department of State
Alexandra Forter, New York , NY, Community Affairs Analyst, Office of Regional & Community
Affairs, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Charlie
Murphy, Albany, NY, Assistant Secretary of State, NYS Department
of State
Hadley Pawlak, Buffalo, NY, Upstate Chief of Staff, Empire State Development
Joseph Rabito, Albany, NY, Director, NYS Office for Small Cities
Alan J. Sorensen, Monticello, NY, Commissioner of Planning, Sullivan County
Government Center
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Natural
Resources and Environment
FY07-08 Priorities
Program
Council Liaison: Deb Grantham dgg3@cornell.edu
Chair
Representatives from Academic Departments at Cornell:
Kathyrn
Boor, Food Science
Richard
Harrison, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Marianne Krasny, Natural Resources
Ann Lemley, Textiles and Apparel
Jeff Scott, Entomology
Mike Walter, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Cornell
Cooperative Extension County Executive Directors:
Peter
Landre, Yates
Paul,
O'Connor, Onondaga
William Schwerd, Saratoga
Richard
(Dinnie) Sloman, Schoharie
Tom Tomsa, Steuben
Paul
Trader, Rockland
Andy
Turner, Greene
External
Stakeholders:
Kevin
Bricke, New York, NY, Deputy Director, US Environment Protection
Agency, Region 2
John Dunn, Troy, NY, Asst Director, Bureau of Water Supply Protection, NYS
Dept. of Health
Ron Entringer, Albany, NY, Associate Sanitary Engineer, Department of Health,
Bureau of Water Supply Protection
Jeffrey Graf, Kingston, NY, Director Watershed Lands and Community Planning,
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
George Kelley, DeRuyter, NY, President, NYS Federation of Lake Associations
Richard
Muscarella, Alden, NY, Owner, Ashland Pest Control,
Ron Pedersen, Latham, NY, President, NY Forest Owners Association
Cornelia Schlenck, Stony Brook, NY, Assistant Director, NY Sea Grant Institute
Dale Stein, Leroy, NY, NYS Soil & Water Conservation Committee
David Stilwell, Cortland, NY, Project Leader, US Fish and Wildlife Services
Charles Winship, Fairport, NY, NY Maple Producers Association
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Quality
of Life for Individuals and Families
FY07-08 Priorities
Program Council Liaison: Josephine
A. Swanson jas56@cornell.edu
Chair
Representatives from Academic Departments at Cornell:
Frank Becker, Design and Environmental Analysis
Rosemary Avery, Policy Analysis and Management
Geri Gay, Communications
Ann Lemley, Textiles and Apparel
Patrick Stover, Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell
Cooperative Extension County Executive Directors:
Dianne Baker, Allegany & Cattaraugus
Clive Chambers, St. Lawrence
Pat Claiborne, Orange
Jeanne Darling, Delaware
Andy Fagan, Tioga
Richard Halpin, Jefferson
David Hawley, Rensselaer
Patricia Pavelsky, Ontario
Kathy Rau, Nassau
External
Stakeholders:
Deborah
Benson, Director of Policy, Planning and Research, NYS Council on
Children and Families
Sandra Downey, Executive Vice President, NYIEQ Center Inc., dBa Syracuse CoE
Office for Industry Collaboration
MaryAnn Erickson, Ithaca, NY, Ithaca College Gerontology Institute
Andrea Haradon, Corning, NY, Network Coordinator, S2AY Rural Health Network
Tom Hillard, Albany, NY, Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
Kathleen Horner, Tioga Opportunities, Inc.
Patricia Jordan, Albany, NY, NYS Dept. of Health, Division Nutrition Policy,
Bureau of Nutrition Risk Reduction, Division of Nutrition
Ira Katzenstein, Project Head Start of Cattaraugus & Wyoming Counties
Bob Lewis, NYS Department of Ag & Markets
Linda Quinn, Syracuse, NY, Nutrition Services Administrator II, CNYDSO
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Youth
Development
FY07-08 Priorities
Program
Council Liaison: Barbara Schirmer bks6@cornell.edu
Chair
Representatives from Academic Departments at Cornell:
Ron Butler, Animal Science
Maryanne Krasny, Natural Resources
Marvin Pritts, Horticulture
Valerie Reyna, Human Development
Cornell
Cooperative Extension County Executive Directors:
Bo
Freeman, Livingston
Syd McEvoy, Cortland
Margaret O'Neill, Monroe
Robin Travis, Monroe
Ken Schlather, Tompkins
External
Stakeholders:
Matt Beck, Rensselaer, NY, Office of Children and Family
Services
Dennis Donahue, Syracuse, NY, District Manager, Commission for the Visually & Mentally
Handicapped
Ellen Elliott, A&E Associates, Schenectady
Jeannette Johnson, Director, Research Center on Children and Youth, University
of Buffalo
Tracey McGee, Buffalo, NY, Erie 1 Boces, Youth Worker Education
Kristine, Mesler, Albany, NY, Director of Adolescent Health, NYSDOH
William Saunders, New York, NY, Coordinator, Grant School Age Programs
Beth Saxton, Binghamton, NY, Broome County Youth Bureau
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