NET Executive Committee (effective 9/26/2023):
Chair: Xinyi Qian, University of Minnesota Tourism Center
Vice Chair: Ann Savage, North Carolina State University
Secretary: April Turner, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
Past Chair: Andy Northrop, Michigan State University Extension
2025 Conference Chair
Jada Lindblom, University of New Hampshire Extension
2023 Conference Chair – Natalie Chin, Wisconsin Sea Grant
Current Regional Representatives
Northeast Region:
Jada Lindblom, University of New Hampshire Extension
Doolarie (Dee) Singh-Knights, West Virginia University
Ed Lewandowski, Delaware Sea Grant
Southern Region:
Bryan Fluech, Georgia Sea Grant
Mercedes Fraser, University of Kentucky
Rachael Carter, Mississippi State University
Western Region:
Dolan Eversole, Hawaii Sea Grant
Miles Phillips, Oregon State University Extension Service/Oregon Sea Grant
Jake Powell, Utah State University Extension
North Central Region:
Natalie Chin, Wisconsin Sea Grant
Gwynn Stewart, Ohio State University Extension
Diane Van Wyngarden, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
National Extension Outdoor Recreation Working Group
Doug Arbogast, West Virginia University Extension Service, co-chair
Jake Powell, Utah State University Extension, co-chair
Visit the NEORWG homepage here.
National Extension Agritourism Working Group
Lisa Chase, University of Vermont Extension, chair
Lindsey Pashow of Cornell Cooperative Extension
Visit the Agritourism Working Group homepage here.
Federal Liaisons
Sarah Rocker, USDA NIFA
Amara Davis, NOAA Sea Grant
Partners
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Maria Marshall and Michael Wilcox
Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, Stephan Goetz and Kristen Devlin
Southern Regional Development Center, John Green and Rachel Welborn
Western Rural Development Center, Betsy Newman