County-based members appointed to Program Council

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that we have appointed two new members to serve on Program Council: Rose Hayden-Smith and Steve Orloff.  The Program Council coordinates divisionwide planning and delivery of programs and provides recommendations for allocation of resources.  The new members will continue providing a county-based perspective to Program Council once the Regional Directors end their duties on June 30.  Orloff and Hayden-Smith will join Program Council in July 2010 on two- and three-year staggered terms respectively, to ensure continuity of county-based input.

Using an online survey tool, we solicited nominations of county-based Cooperative Extension academics from specialists and county-based personnel.  Program Council evaluated the nominations and made recommendations to the Executive Working Group.

Rose Hayden-Smith is Ventura County Director and a Kellogg Food and Society Policy Fellow. Hayden-Smith develops programs for youth and adult extenders in agricultural literacy, garden-based learning, and youth and community gardening.  Her national advocacy work focuses on encouraging national efforts to promote school, home and community efforts; and public policy related to food systems, gardening, education and urban agriculture.

Steve Orloff is Siskiyou County Director and a Farm Advisor.  Orloff conducts research and educational programs on alfalfa, small grains, irrigated pasture and non-crop weed control; with emphasis on variety adaptation, pest management, irrigation and general production practices.

I want to thank those of you who provided such thoughtful recommendations; your feedback is always an essential part of our Division's work.

Sincerely,

Daniel M. Dooley,
Vice President

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