Faculty and Staff

Community Development Specialists based in the field

Lynn Adams, based in Red Oak
Steve Adams, based in Red Oak
Abbie M. Gaffey, based in Sioux City
Jane Nolan Goeken, based in Spencer
Himar Hernandez, based in Ottumwa
Alan D. Jensen, based in Ames
Karen K. Lathrop, based in West Liberty
Frank Owens, based in Ankeny
Scott Timm, based in Fairfield
Alan Vandehaar, based in Perry
Diane Van Wyngarden, based in Oskaloosa

Community and Economic Development Faculty and State Specialists based on the ISU campus

Administration
Timothy O. (Tim) Borich - Director, Extension Community and Economic Development; associate dean, College of Design; and associate professor, community and regional planning
Dan Otto - Associate director, Extension Community and Economic Development; and Extension economist and professor
Cindy Stuve - Secretary, Extension Community and Economic Development

Architecture
Nadia Anderson - Assistant professor

Community and Regional Planning
Timothy O. (Tim) Borich - Associate professor, associate department chair, and associate dean, College of Design
Paul Coates - Director, Office of State and Local Government Programs, and associate professor
Monica Haddad - Assistant professor
Gary Taylor - Extension planning and development specialist and assistant professor

Economics
Sandra Charvat Burke - Assistant scientist, Community Vitality Center
Liesl Eathington - Director, ReCAP, and assistant scientist
Mark Edelman - Director, Community Vitality Center, and professor
Dan Otto - Extension economist and professor and associate director, Extension Community and Economic Development
David A. Swenson - Associate scientist

Landscape Architecture
Christopher J. (Chris) Seeger - Extension landscape architect and associate professor

Sociology
J. Gordon Arbuckle Jr. - Extension sociologist and assistant professor
Jan Flora - Extension sociologist and professor

On-Campus Centers

Community Vitality Center (CVC)
Sandra Charvat Burke - Assistant scientist, Community Vitality Center
Mark Edelman - Director, Community Vitality Center, and professor

Institute for Design Research and Outreach (IDRO)
M. Susan Erickson - Extension specialist, Department of Landscape Architecture, and Partnering Landscape and Community Enhancement (PLaCE) program coordinator
Nora Ladjahasan - Assistant scientist and CD-DIAL coordinator
Sandra Oberbroeckling - Extension program specialist; project manager, Iowa's Living Roadways Community Visioning Program

Office of State and Local Government Programs
Paul Coates - Director, Office of State and Local Government Programs, and associate professor
Cindy Kendall - Extension Program Specialist

Regional Economics and Community Analysis Program (RECAP)
Liesl Eathington - Director, ReCAP, and assistant scientist, Department of Economics
David A. Swenson - Associate scientist, Department of Economics

Off-Campus Centers

Center for Town/Craft
Mickey Carlson - Housing policy liaison
Alan Vandehaar - Project manager and community development field specialist

ISU Design West
Susan M. Fey - Program coordinator

 

 


 

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Page last updated: July 1, 2011
Questions or comments? Contact Cindy Stuve, Extension Community and Economic Development secretary, cstuve@iastate.edu

 

 

 

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