About Us - People

Board of Directors

Alan Baquet Board Chair, Associate Vice Chancellor, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Tom Johnson Director, Community Policy Analysis Center, Truman School of Public Affairs and Frank E. Miller Professor of Agriculture Economics University of Missouri-Columbia Click here for Bio

Paul Lasley Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology Iowa State University

Sandra Scofield Director, Nebraska Rural Initiative University of Nebraska-Lincoln Click here for Bio

Mary Simon Leuci Assistant Dean, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and Program Director, Community Development Extension Program University of Missouri-Columbia Click here for Bio

Bart Wechsler Director, Truman School of Public Affairs University of Missouri-Columbia

Lois Wright Morton Professor, Department of Sociology Iowa State University Click here for Bio

Center Directors

Mark Drabenstott Director, RUPRI Center for Regional Competitiveness, (816) 395-0696 mark@rupri.org

Deborah Markley Managing Director, RUPRI Centor for Rural Entrepreneurship dmarkley@nc.rr.com Click here for Bio

Keith Mueller Director, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis and Chair, RUPRI Rural Health Panel kmueller@unmc.edu Click here for Bio

Bruce Weber Co-Director, RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Professor, Department of Agriculture & Resource Economics, Oregon State University bruce.weber@oregonstate.edu Click here for Bio

Staff

Sally Coats Fiscal Officer sally@rupri.org

Brian Dabson President & Chief Executive Officer brian@rupri.org Click here for Bio

Charles W. Fluharty President Emeritus and Director of Policy Programs cfluharty@rupri.org Click here for Bio

Bobby Gierisch Director, State Policy Programs bobby@ruraltx.org Click here for Bio

Susan Kelly Fiscal Assistant KellySM@missouri.edu

Marcie McLaughlin Director of RUPRI Constituent Relations mmclaughlin@rupri.org Click here for Bio

Kathleen Miller Program Director miller@rupri.org Click here for Bio

Sean Moore Research Analyst, RUPRI Center for Regional Competitiveness sean_moore@rupri.org Click here for Bio

Jocelyn Richgels Associate Director, National Policy Programs jrichgels@rupri.org Click here for Bio