| Community and Economic Development

Staff Spotlight

Omar joined ISU Extension and Outreach Community and Economic Development in March of 2020. He previously worked in affordable housing for Habitat for Humanity, and before that as a member of Senator Tom Harkin’s Iowa staff.

Administrative Team

Gary Taylor

Program Director, Professor of Community and Regional Planning

Ross Wilburn

Associate Program Director, Extension and Outreach Diversity Consultant

Himar Hernandez

Assistant Program Director, Community Development Specialist

Sandra Oberbroeckling

Communications Specialist, Community Visioning Program Project Manager

Sandra Norvell

Program Coordinator

Dawn Krause

Business and Finance Manager

Collaborators

Liesl Eathington

Director, ICIP, Assistant Scientist, Department of Economics

Chad Hunter

Design Fellow, Community Design Lab

Mark Reinig

CIRAS Economic Development Program Manager

Carl Rogers

Director of Community Design Lab, Department Chair, Landscape Architecture

Julie Aberg Robison

Program Manager II

People		Knowledge Teams
	Ross Wilburn	Civic Engagement and Leadership
	Jon Wolseth	Local Government and Housing

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