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Center for Applied Rural Innovation

Staff Directory

Dennis Conley
Acting CARI Director
Acting Ag Econ Department Head


Jim Crandall
Outreach Coordinator for
Cooperative Development Center

Elaine Cranford
Cooperative Development Specialist

Audrey George
Student Manager Database Administrator
Charlotte Narjes
Coordinator/Special Projects Manager
Billene Nemec
Buy Fresh Buy Local®
Nebraska; Coordinator

Tonia Franklin
NebraskaEDGE®
Regional Coordinator
Marilyn Schlake
NebraskaEDGE®
Associate Director
Linda Tesch
Project Assistant
Rebecca Vogt
Rural Poll Program Manager 


Associated Faculty
J. David Aiken
Agricultural Law Specialist;
Dept. of Agricultural Economics

Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel
Community and Economic
Development Specialist
Randy Cantrell
Extension Professor
Nebraska Rural Initiative

Charles Francis
Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator;
Dept of Agronomy and Horticulture

Bruce Johnson
Professor
Agricultural Economics
Gary Lynne
Professor
Agricultural Economics