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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 States of the USA, and four other countries have established similar programs, with more on the way.
Click here to read about the History of Ag Leadership Programs
Most IAPAL member programs have a two-year curriculum designed for 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.
[ALABAMA] [ALBERTA] [ARKANSAS] [ARIZONA] [ATLANTIC] [AUSTRALIA]
[CALIFORNIA] [COLORADO] [DELAWARE] [FLORIDA] [GEORGIA]
[HAWAII] [IDAHO] [ILLINOIS] [INDIANA] [IOWA] [KANSAS] [KENTUCKY] [LOUISIANA]
[MARYLAND] [MICHIGAN] [MINNESOTA] [MISSISSIPPI] [MISSOURI] [MONTANA]
[NEBRASKA] [NEVADA] [NEW JERSEY] [NEW MEXICO]
[NEW YORK] [NEW ZEALAND] [NORTH DAKOTA] [NORTH CAROLINA]
[OHIO] [OKLAHOMA] [ONTARIO, CANADA] [PENNSYLVANIA]
[SCOTLAND] [SOUTH CAROLINA] [SOUTH DAKOTA] [TEXAS]
[VIRGINIA] [WASHINGTON] [WISCONSIN] [WYOMING]
IAPAL Dr. L.S. Pope, TALL Alumni Counselor, Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership, Texas A&M University, 7607 Eastmark Dr., Suite 101A, College Station, TX 77840-4027 ph. 979-845-2008 fax 979-862-2218 e-mail l-pope@tamu.edu
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 Fischbuck, P.Ag. Council Operations, IAMF Manager, Agriculture and Foods Council of Alberta, #402, 1101 5th Street, Nisku, AB T9E-7N3, Canada ph. 780-955-3714 ext. 228, Fax: 780-955-3744 Email leanne.fischbuck@agfoodcouncil.com
ARIZONA Everett
Rhodes, Executive Director,
CENTRL, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension,
820 E. Cottonwood Lane #C, Casa Grande, AZ
85222 ph. 520-316-0909 fax
520-836-1750 E-mail erhodes@ag.arizona.edu;
Karen Vanderheyden, Program
Coordinator, E-mail
kvander@ag.arizona.edu
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.arcommunities.org/leadership/leadar/
ATLANTIC John E. Henry, Director, Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program, 1429 Prince Street, Truro, Nova Scotia, B2N 138, Canada, ph. 902-843-5870; fax 902-843-5697 Email: jhenry@eastlink
AUSTRALIA Rob Patrick, Director Programs and Development, Australian Rural Leadership Foundation, PO Box 298, DEAKIN WEST.ACT 2600. Phone 02-6281-0680. Fax 02-6285-4676. Email robpatrick@arlp.net.au; Dr. Lesley Fitzpatrick, CEO Email lesley.fitzpatrick@arlp.net.au / http://www.rural-leaders.com.au/
CALIFORNIA Michael Barr, CSPG, President/CEO - California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, 1300 National Drive Ste. #180, Sacramento, CA 95834. Phone 916-928-2202. Fax 916-928-2206. Email mbarr@agleaders.org; Kati Buehler, Director of Programs, Ph. 805-898-0160. Mobile 805-895-6751. Email kbuehler@agleaders.org; Jennifer Lallo, Program Coordinator, Ph. 916-928-2248. Email jlallo@agleaders.org; Jake Blehm, Program Advisor, Ph. 805-857-3992. Email jblehm@agleaders.org / http://www.agleaders.org
COLORADO
Dr. James Heird, Director, Dean of
Agriculture, Colorado Agricultural and Rural Leadership Program
"CARL",
701 S. Overland Trail, Fort Collins, CO
80523-1679. Ph. 970-491-8373; fax: 970-491-8419;
E-mail jheird@colostate.edu
DELAWARE Ed Kee, Director. University of Delaware, Carvel Research and Education Center, 16683 County Seat Highway. Georgetown, DE 19947. ph. 302-856-7303. E-mail kee@udel.edu
FLORIDA Dr. Hannah S. Carter, Director, Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Ag and Natural Resources, G037 McCarty Hall, P.O. Box 110126, Gainesville, FL 32611-0126 ph. 352-392-1038 fax 352-392-0589 E-mail hscarter@ufl.edu; Janice Barner, Executive Secretary, Email Jebarner@ufl.edu; Rochelle Strickland, Program Coordinator, Email rotel20@ufl.edu / http://wlianr.ifas.ulf.edu
GEORGIA Jimmy L. Hill, Executive Manager, Georgia Agri-Leaders Forum Foundation, Inc., 1217 Eagle Ridge Rd., Dawsonville, GA 30534 ph. 800-473-6786 fax 706-265-6090 E-mail jlhill@alltel.net / http://www.thehillgroupinc.com/html/agri-leaders.html
HAWAII Kim Coffee-Isaak, Executive Director, Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawaii, 99-193 Aiea Heights Drive Ste. 300-A, Aiea, HI 96701-3900 Ph. 808-947-2914; fax: 808-947-2914 email: ALFHoffice@hawaii.rr.com / http://www.agleaderhi.org; 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.ctahr.hawaii.edu/ctahr2001/InfoCenter/AgLead/
IDAHO Rick Waitley, Director, Idaho Agricultural Leadership Program, 55 SW 5th Ave. #100, Meridian, ID 83642 ph. 208-888-0988 fax 208-888-4586 E-mail rcwaitley@spro.net / http://www.leadershipidahoag.org
ILLINOIS Joyce Watson, President/CEO, Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation, 100 S. Campbell, PO Box 160, Macomb, IL 61455-0160. Phone 309-837-7711. Fax 309-836-2259. E-mail joyce@agleadership.org; Dennisa Darr, Development Director and Administrative Assistant. E-mail dennisa@agleadership.org; Ryan Tate, Program Director. E-mail ryan@agleadership.org / http://www.agleadership.org
INDIANA Beth Archer, Executive Director, AgrIInstitute, 72 ½ West Main Street, Danville, IN 46122 ph. 317-745-0947 fax 317-745-0956 E-mail beth@agriinstitute.org / www.agriinstitute.org
IOWA Edith Munro, Manager, I-LEAD Program, Iowa Ag. Leadership Program, Iowa Corn Growers Association, 5505 NW 88th St. #100, Johnston, IA 50131-0781. Phone 515-225-9242. Fax 515-225-0781. E-mail emunro@iowacorn.org / http://www.iowacorn.org/farmers/farmers_11c.html
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
KENTUCKY Dr. Larry Jones, Program Coordinator, Kentucky Agricultural Leadership Program, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky, 318 C.E. Barnhart Building, Lexington, KY 40546 ph. 859-257-7289 fax 859-257-7290 E-mail larry.jones@uky.edu; Dr. Will Snell, Co-Director, email: will.snell@uky.edu; Dr. Steve Isaacs, Co-Director, email: sisaacs@uky.edu; Angie Woodward, Director, Leadership Bullitt County, 491 Big Springs Drive, Shepherdsville, KY 40165-6116 ph. 502-921-2819 fax 502-921-1018 e-mail: leaderky@bellsouth.net / http://www.uky.edu/Ag/KALP
LOUISIANA Dr. Bobby Soileau, Director, Ag Leadership Program, P.O. Box 25100, Baton Rouge, LA 70894, ph. 225-578-3659 e-mail bsoileau@agcenter.lsu.edu / http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/community/leadership/ag_leadership/
MARYLAND Susan R. Harrison, Executive Director, LEAD Maryland Foundation, Inc., Wye Research & Education Center, PO Box 169, Queenstown, MD 21658. Ph. 410-827-8056. Fax 410-827-9039. E-mail leadmd@umd.edu / http://www.leadmaryland.umd.edu
MICHIGAN
Mike Kovacic, Director, Great Lakes Leadership
Academy, Michigan State University, College of
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Suite 66,
Agricultural Hall, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1039.
Ph: 517-355-8469; fax: 517-432-7644 email:
kovacic@msu.edu;
Vicki Pontz, Assistant Director, Ph:
517-432-8685; fax: 517-432-7644 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 507-537-6280
E-mail alcornt@southwestmsu.edu;
Mike Liepold, Program
Leader, University of Minnesota Extension Service,
1961 Premier Dr Ste 110, Mankato, MN 56001 ph. 507-389-6741 fax 507-389-6787
E-mail mliepold@umn.edu /
http://www.southwest.msus.edu/marl/
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.
MISSOURI Kristin Perry, Executive Director, A LOT- Agricultural Leadership of Tomorrow Program, PO Box 418, Bowling Green, MO 63334 ph. 573-324-6538 fax 573-324-5558 E-mail alot@onemain.com
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.
NEBRASKA Terry Hejny, Executive Director, Nebraska LEAD Program, University of Nebraska, Room 318 BioChem, Lincoln, NE 68583-0763, ph. 402-472-6810 ext. 484340; fax: 402-472-6799, e-mail: thejny1@unl.edu / http://lead.unl.edu/
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 JERSEY Dr. Mary Nikola, Director, Organization & Leadership Development, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, 88 Lipman Drive, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525 ph. 732-932-5000 ext. 611 fax 732-932-6633 E-mail nikola@aesop.rutgers.edu; Kathy Goundrey, Administrative Assistant, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Martin Hall - Room 305, 88 Lipman Drive, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525 ph. 732-932-5000 ext. 582 E-mail goundrey@aesop.rutgers.edu / http://www.njagsociety.org/njaldp/njaldp.htm
NEW MEXICO Avery
Culbertson, Director, New Mexico
Department of Agriculture, New Mexico State University,
MSC 3189 Box 30005, Las
Cruces, NM
88003-8005 ph. 505-646-2550
fax 505-646-8120
E-mail aculbert@nmda.nmsu.edu
NEW YORK Larry Van DeValk, Director, LEAD-New York Program, 114 Kennedy Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. Phone 607-255-7907. Fax 607-255-7905. Mobile 607-227-2714. E-mail LJV4@cornell.edu / http://leadny.cce.cornell.edu/
NEW ZEALAND Cora Baillie, Director, Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme, Professional Development Group, PO Box 84, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, NZ. Phone 64-3-325-3628. Fax 64-3-325-3685. Cell 64-21-392-182Email kellogg@lincoln.ac.nz / www.leaders.ac.nz
NORTH CAROLINA Ken Powell, Director c/o North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, PO Box 27766, Raleigh, NC 27611; ph: 919-783-1075 or 4310 Email: ken.powell@ncfb.org; W.K. Collins, NC State University, Box 7643, Raleigh, NC 27695, Ph. 919-515-2717, Fax: 919-515-7745 Email: bill_collins@ncsu.edu; B.E. Caldwell, 98 Ripplewater Lane, Cary, NC 27511, Ph. 919-851-9888, Fax: 919-515-7745 Email: Cbilly999@aol.com
NORTH DAKOTA Marie Hvidsten, Ed.D., Rural Leadership North Dakota (RLND) Program Director, NDSU Extension Service, 309 Morrill Hall, P.O. Box 5437, Fargo, ND 58105 ph. 701-231-5803 fax 701-231-8378 E-mail: marie.hvidsten@ndsu.edu; Cindy Selstedt, Rural Leadership North Dakota (RLND) Administrative Secretary, NDSU Extension Service, 309 Morrill Hall, PO Box 5437, Fargo, ND 58105, ph. 701-231-5803 E-mail: cynthia.selstedt@ndsu.edu / www.ag.ndsu.edu/rind
OKLAHOMA
Joseph E. Williams, Director, Oklahoma
Agricultural Leadership Program, 321 Wes Watkins, Oklahoma State
University, Stillwater, OK 74078 ph. 405-744-8134 fax 405-744-9305 Cell
405-747-9836 E-mail
joe.williams@okstate.edu
ONTARIO, CANADA Rob Black, Executive Director, Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program, The Centre for Rural Leadership Program, 100 Stone Road West, Suite 108, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 5L3 Ph. 519-826-4204; Fax 519-826-4208 Email: rblack@ruralleadership.ca; Kathie MacDonald, Administrative Manager, Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program, The Centre for Rural Leadership Program, 100 Stone Road West, Suite 108, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 5L3 Ph. 519-826-4204; Fax 519-826-4208 email: kmacdonald@ruralleadership.ca
PENNSYLVANIA J.D. Dunbar, CEO-RULE, Pennsylvania Rural Leadership Program, Penn State University, 6 Armsby Building, University Park, PA 16802-5501 ph. 814-863-4679 fax 814-863-0586 e-mail: 1jd@psu.edu; Tara Homan, Program Assistant. E-mail: tls32@psu.edu / www.rule.psu.edu
SCOTLAND Dr. David Atkinson, Vice Principal, Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, Scotland UK. Ph. 0131-535-4004 Fax 0131-535-4340 E-mail d.atkinson@ed.sac.ac.uk
SOUTH CAROLINA Lou Robinson, Regional Community Development Extension Agent, SC LEADS; Ph: 864-710-6939 email: lrbnsn@clemson.edu; Terri Smith, Regional Community Development Agent, Senior Extension Agent, SCLEADS, Barnwell, SC 29812 Ph. 803-259-7141; Fax: 803-259-7145 email: tsmith@clemson.edu
SOUTH DAKOTA Denny Everson, Executive Director, South Dakota Agricultural and Rural Leadership, Inc., South Dakota State University, Department of Animal Science and Range Science, Box 2170, Brookings, SD 57007-0392 ph. 605-688-5440 fax 605-688-6170; Dan Gee, Director International Travel and Alumni Affairs, South Dakota Agricultural and Rural Leadership, Inc., South Dakota State University, Dept. of Animal & Range Science, P.O. Box 2170, Brookings, SD 57007 Ph. 605-688-5440, Cell 605-690-2256 email: gee@sdstate.edu / http://sdarl.sdstate.org/
TEXAS Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz, Director, Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership, Texas A&M University, 7607 Eastmark Dr., Suite 101A, College Station, Texas 77840 ph. 979-845-1554 fax: 979-862-2218 e-mail: j-mazurkiewicz@tamu.edu; Dr. L.S. Pope, TALL Alumni Counselor, Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership, Texas A&M University, 7607 Eastmark Dr., Suite 101A, College Station, TX 77840 ph. 979-845-2008 fax 979-862-2218 E-mail: l-pope@tamu.edu / http://tall.tamu.edu
VIRGINIA D. Brian Calhoun, Assistant Director, Community Initiatives, Virginia Cooperative Extension, 105B, Hutchinson Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0437 Ph. 540-231-7866, Fax 540-231-7866 Email: dcalhoun@vt.edu
WASHINGTON David Roseleip, President, Washington Agriculture and Forestry Leadership Program, 9211 E. Mission, Suite J, Spokane, WA 99206 ph. 509-926-9113 fax 509-926-6993 e-mail: dave@agforestry.org / http://www.agforestry.org/
WISCONSIN JoAnn Stormer, Executive Director, Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program, 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
WYOMING Cindy Garretson-Weibel, Agribusiness Director/Wyoming L.E.A.D. Program Director, Wyoming Business Council, 214 W 15th St, Cheyenne, WY 82002 ph. 307-777-6589 fax 307-777-2838 E-mail cindy.weibel@wybusiness.org / http://www.wylead.org