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Technical and Operational Advisory Committee (TOAC)

The Technical and Operational Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors advises the SRDC staff in the development of priority goals and strategies for the Center. The committee seeks suggestions and support from the directors and administrators of the various state Extension and research units in the region, from land-grant faculty, and from rural development stakeholders. The committee reviews the proposed direction and activities of the Center and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors. The committee meets quarterly. Members serve a three-year term. Current members are:

Extension

Gae Broadwater TOAC Term: 12/05-11/08 State Specialist, Community Resource Development Cooperative Extension Program 400 East Main Street Frankfort, KY 40601-2355 (502) 597-6325 Fax: (502) 597-5933 gae.broadwater@kysu.edu		Louis Whitesides TOAC Term: 12/07-11/10 Senior Extension Director Adult Leadership and Community Development PO Box 7066 Orangeburg, SC 29117 803-536-8768 Fax: (803) -536-7102 lwhitesides@scsu.edu

Brian Calhoun TOAC Term: 12/06-11/09 Associate Director, Community Viability Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 105C Hutcheson Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540) 231-1247 Fax: (540) 231-5545 dcalhoun@vt.edu		Mike Woods, Chair TOAC Term: 12/05-11/08 Head, Department of Agricultural Economics Oklahoma State University 308 Ag Hall Stillwater, OK 74078-6026 405-744-6161 Fax: (405) 744-8210 mike.woods@okstate.edu

Joe Sumners TOAC Term: 12/07-11/10 Director, Economic Development Institute 3354 Haley Center Auburn University, AL 36849 (334) 844-4704 sumneja@auburn.edu

Research

Patricia Dyk TOAC Term: 12/07-11/10 Director, Center for Leadership Development University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Department of Community and Leadership Development 709 Garrigus University of Kentucky Lexington, KY, 40546 (859) 257-3228 Fax: (859) 323-8696 pdyk@uky.edu		Carol O'Neil TOAC Term: 12/05-11/08 Associate Professor, Human Ecology Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics Louisiana State University Ag Center Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225) 578-1631 Fax: (225) 578-4443 CEOneil@agcenter.lsu.edu

Benjamin Gray, Chair-Elect TOAC Term: 12/06-11/09 Assistant Professor, Rural Sociology North Carolina A&T State University 1601 East Market Greensboro, NC 27411 (336) 334-7072 Fax: (336) 334-7658 grayb@ncat.edu		Al Wysocki TOAC Term: 12/06-11/09 Associate Professor, Food and Resource Economics Department University of Florida 1161 McCarty D Gainesville, FL 32611 (352) 392-1826 Fax: (352) 846-0988 wysocki@ufl.edu

Vernon Jones TOAC Term: 12/05-11/08 Associate Professor and Associate Dean School of Agriculture and Applied Life Sciences Langston University PO Box 730 Langston, OK 73050-0730 (405) 466-6151 vjones@luresext.edu		Andrew Zekeri TOAC Term: 12/07-11/10 Professor, Department of Psychology and Sociology Tuskegee University 44-325 Bioethics Building Tuskegee, AL, 36088 (334) 727-8006 Fax: (334) 724-8413 zekeri@tuskegee.edu

Non Land-Grant

Angela Duran TOAC Term: 12/06-11/09 President Southern Good Faith Fund 2304 W. 29th Ave . Pine Bluff, AR 71603 (870) 535-6233 x40 aduran@southerngoodfaithfund.org		Steven Shepelwich TOAC Term: 12/06-11/09 Senior Community Affairs Advisor Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Oklahoma City Branch 226 Dean A McGee Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73102 (405) 270-8675 steven.shepelwich@kc.frb.org

William Buster TOAC Term: 12/05-11/08 Program Director Food System, Rural Development W.K. Kellogg Foundation One Michigan East Battle Creek, MI 49017 (269) 969-2004 Fax: (269) 968-0413 william.buster@wkkf.org		Glynis Strause TOAC Term: 12/07-11/10 Coordinator, Continuing Education Coastal Bend College 3800 Charco Rd. Beeville, TX 78102 (361) 354-2419 Fax: (361) 354-2210 ghstraus@coastalbend.edu

SRDC Board Advisor

Dwight Landreneau TOAC Term: 12/06-11/10 Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Director Louisiana State University AgCenter P. O. Box 25100 Baton Rouge, LA 70895-5100 (225) 578-2391 Fax: (225) 578-4225 dlandreneau@agcenter.lsu.edu