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The International Association of Programs for Agricultural Leadership (IAPAL) is a consortium of leadership programs in the USA and several other countries.
Since Michigan pioneered the first statewide agricultural leadership program in 1965, thirty-five States of the USA, and four other countries have established similar programs, with more on the way.
Most IAPAL member programs have a two-year curriculum designed for up to 30 key leaders selected through application processes. IAPAL encourages emerging and established agricultural and rural leaders to consider applying for the next program offering. We also encourage corporations, small businesses, foundations, organizations & individuals dedicated to our cause to invest in the future by contributing financial support to the program(s) of your choice.
IAPAL L.S. "Bill" Pope, Executive Secretary, International Association of Programs for Agricultural Leadership (IAPAL), 10651 N Dowling Rd, College Station, TX 77845
(979) 696-1419. E-mail billpolly2003@yahoo.com
ALABAMA Dr. Dennis Evans, Director, Alabama Agriculture and Forestry LEADERS Program, Auburn University, 204 Duncan Hall - ACES, Auburn, AL 36849-5635 ph. 334-844-5552 fax 334-844-
7580 E-mail evansda@auburn.edu
ALBERTA Leanne Fischbuch, P.Ag. Council Operations, IAMF Manager, Agriculture and Foods Council of Alberta, #402, 1101 5
th Street, Nisku, AB T9E-7N3, Canada ph. 780-955-3714 ext. 228, Fax: 780-955-3744 Email
leanne.fischbuch@agfoodcouncil.com
ARKANSAS Dr. Joe Waldrum, Director, Arkansas Lead AR Program, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, P.O. Box 391, 2301 South University, Rm. 110,
Little Rock, AR 72203 ph. 501-671-2076 fax 501-671- 2133 E-mail jwaldrum@uaex.edu ; Dot Temple, Administrative Assistant, E-mail
dtemple@uaex.edu /
http://www.uaex.edu/leadar
DELAWARE Dr. Thomas Ilvento, Dr. Bill McGowan, Laurie G. Wolinski, Co Directors, LEAD Delaware Program, Univer of Delaware, 213 Townsend Hall, Newark DE 19717. Phone (302)831-6773. Fax (302)831-6773 E-mail
ilvento@udel.edu / billmcg@udel.edu / lgw@udel.edu
FLORIDA Dr. Hannah S. Carter, Director, Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Ag and Natural Resources, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110126, Gainesville, FL 32611-0126 ph. 352-392-1038 fax 352-392-0589 E-mail hscarter@ufl.edu ; http://wlianr.ifas.ufl.edu
GEORGIA Jimmy L. Hill, President and CEO, Georgia Agri-Leaders Forum Foundation, Inc., 1217 Eagle Ridge Rd., Dawsonville, GA 30534-1322. ph.
800-473-6786 fax 706-265-6090 E-mail jhill@galff.com / WebLink: Click - http://www.galff.com/ then click "Georgia"
HAWAII Dr. Donna R. Ching,
Program Coordinator, Agricultural Leadership Program, University of Hawaii, 2515 Campus Road, Miller 110, Honolulu, HI 96822 ph. 808-956-2255 fax 808-956-9712 E-mail donnac@hawaii.edu / http://www.agleaderhi.org/
IDAHO Dr. Rick Waitley, Executive Director, Idaho Agricultural Leadership Program, 55 SW 5th Ave. #110, Meridian, ID 83642 ph. 208-888-0988 fax 208-888-4586 E-mail
r cwaitley@spro.net http://www.leadershipidahoag.org
ILLINOIS Joyce Watson, President and CEO, Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation, PO Box 160, Macomb, IL 61455-0160. Phone 309-837-7711. Fax 309-836-2259. E-mail
leaders@agleadership.org /
http://www.agleadership.org
KANSAS Jack Lindquist, President and Program Director, Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership Program (KARL), 101 Umberger Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-3405, Ph. 785-532-6300. Fax 785-532-7036. E-mail
karl@ksu.edu / http://www.karlprogram.com
MARYLAND Susan R. Harrison, Executive Director, LEAD Maryland Foundation, Inc., University of Maryland Extension, 124 Wye Narrows Drive, PO Box 169, Queenstown, MD 21658. Ph. 410-827-8056. Fax 410-827-9039. E-mail
leadmd@umd.edu /
http://www.leadmaryland,org
MICHIGAN Vicki Pontz, Director, Great Lakes Leadership Academy, Michigan State University, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Room 109 Agricultural Hall, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1039. Ph: 517-432-8685; fax: 517-353-5406 email:
pontzv@msu.edu /
http://www.glla.msu.edu/
MINNESOTA Tim Alcorn, Executive Director, Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership Program (MARL), Southwest State University,
Bellows Academic 250, 1501 State Street, Marshall, MN 56258 ph. 507-537-6280 fax 507-537- 6252. E-mail alcornt@southwestmsu.edu ; Mike Liepold, Program Leader, University of Minnesota Extension Service, 1961 Premier Dr Ste 110, Mankato, MN 56001-5901 ph. 507-389-6741 fax 507-389-6787 E-mail mliepold@umn.edu /
http://www.MARLprogram.org
MISSISSIPPI Ronnie White, Extension Professor and Leader, School of Human Sciences Program and Staff Development, Mississippi State University, Mail Stop 9745, Lloyd Ricks Room, 234, Mississippi State, MS 397262, Ph. 662-325-3462.
MONTANA Dr. Douglas Steele, Vice Provost and Director of Extension, 205 Culbertson Hall, Montana State University, Boxeman, MT 59717. Ph. 406-994-6647 Fax 406-994-1756.
NEVADA NEVADA Carl Dahlen, State Leadership Specialist, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, Douglas County Office, P.O. Box 338, Minden, Nevada 89423-0338, Ph. 775-230-0075; fax: 775-783-9624 email:
dahlenc@unce.unr.edu
NEW MEXICO Ms. Avery Culbertson, Executive Director, New Mexico Agricultural Leadership Program, Colleve of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, MSC 3501 Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 ph. 575-646-6691 fax 575-646-4082 E-mail
aculbert@ad.nmsu.edu
WebLink: http://www.aces.nmsu.edu/nmal
NORTH CAROLINA Dr. W.K. Collins, Co-Director, Agricultural Leadership Development Program, PO Box 7643, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695; ph: 919-515-2717 / Fax: (919)515-7745. Email:
bill_collins@ncsu.edu ;
NORTH DAKOTA Dr. Marie Hvidsten, Program Director, Rural Leadership North Dakota (RLND) NDSU Dept. 7390, PO Box 6050, Extension Service, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108. Ph. 701-231-5640 fax 701-231-8378 E-mail:
marie.hvidsten@ndsu.edu /
NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA John E. Henry, Director, Atlantic Agricultural Leadership Program, 1429 Prince Street, Truro, NS, Canada B2N 138. Phone 902-843-5870. Fax 902-843-5697. E-mail jhenry@eastlink.ca WebLink: h
ttp://www.agleaders.ca/
ONTARIO, CANADA Rob Black, Executive Director, The Centre for Rural Leadership and the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program, 100 Stone Road West, Suite 105, Guelph, Ontario,
Canada, N1G 5L3. Ph. 519-826-4204; Fax 519-826-4208 Email:
rblack@ruralleadership.ca / WebLink:
PENNSYLVANIA Ms. J.D. Dunbar, CEO, Pennsylvania Rural Leadership Program (RULE), 6 Armsby Building, The Pennsylvania State Univeristy, University Park, PA 16802-5501 ph. 814-863-4679, Fax 814-863-0586 e-mail:
1jd@psu.edu /
http://www.rule.psu.edu
SCOTLAND Dr. Julian Pace, Director Rural Operations, Rural Leadership Programme, Scottish Enterprise, Bridge Street, Galashiels, TD1 1SW, Scottland, UK. Ph. 01896 758991. Fax 01896 758625. E-mail
julian.pace@scotent.co.uk WebLink:
SOUTH DAKOTA Denny Everson, Executive Director, South Dakota Agricultural and Rural Leadership, Inc., PO Box 2170, Department of Animal Science and Range Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007-0392. Ph. 605-688-5440 fax 605-688-6170; Email:
everson.sdarl@yahoo.com / WebLink:
http://sdarl.sdstate.org/
TEXAS Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz, Director, Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership
(TALL), 7607 Eastmark Dr., Suite 101A, Texas A&M Univesity, College Station, Texas 77840 ph. 979-845-7554. Fax: 979-862-2218. E-mail: j-mazurkiewicz@tamu.edu ; WebLink: http://tall.tamu.edu /
VIRGINIA Eric K. Kaufman, Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Extension Education, Virginia Tech, 2270 Litton Reaves, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0343 Ph. 540-231-6258, Fax 540-231-3824 Email:
Ekaufman@VT.Edu
WISCONSIN JoAnn Stormer, Executive Director, Leadership Wisconsin,
University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension, 610 Langdon Street, Room 331, Madison, WI 53703. Ph. 608-263-5024 fax: 608-262-4231 e-mail: joann.stormer@ces.uwex.edu
IAPAL Annual Conference Locations
1987 Petit Jean Mountain, Arkansas
1988 Mesa, Arizona
1989 Point Clear, Alabama
1990 Spokane, Washington
1991 Goat Island, Rhode Island
1992 San Antonio, Texas
1993 Guanajuato/Guadalajara, Mexico
1994 Nebraska City, Nebraska
1995 Branson, Missouri
1996 Colorado Springs, Colorado
1997 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1998 Hershey, Pennsylvania
1999 Little Rock, Arkansas
2000 San Luis Obispo, California
2001 French Lick, Indiana
2002 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2003 Honolulu,Hawaii
2004 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2005 Granville, Ohio
2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico
2007 Miami, Florida
2008 Guelph, Ontario
2009 Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2010 Scotland
2011 Chicago, Illinois (planned)
2012 New York (proposed)
2013 Keystone, South Dakota (proposed)
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