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The
People Behind the Scenes
Western SARE’s Professional Development Program is managed
through the University of Wyoming—(307) 532-8892—in
cooperation with the staff at USU. Staff member and email addresses
are:
Jim Freeburn, PDP coordinator, freeburn@uwyo.edu
Al Kurki, associate PDP coordinator, alkurki@imine.net
Diane Ells, assistant regional training coordinator, dells@uwyo.edu
Joleen Pantier, PDP contracts manager, jpantier@uwyo.edu
Each of the 17 states and U.S. Trust Territories in the Western
SARE region has a Professional Development Program coordinator:
Alaska, Michele Hébert, Alaska Cooperative
Extension, P.O. Box 75-8155, Fairbanks, AK 99775-8155, (907) 474-2423,
ffmah@uaf.edu
American Samoa, Don Vargo, American Samoa Community
College Land Grant Program, P.O. Box 5319, Pago Pago, AS, 96799,
011 (684) 699-2550, DonVargo@rocketmail.com
Arizona, Rick Gibson, University of Arizona Cooperative
Extension, 820 E. Cottonwood Lane, Bldg. C, Casa Grande, AZ 85222,
(520) 836-5221, ext. 227, gibsonrd@ag.arizona.edu
California, David Chaney, University of California
Cooperative Extension, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8716,
(530) 754-8551, dechaney@ucdavis.edu
Colorado, Dennis Lamm, Colorado State University
Cooperative Extension, 212C Animal Sciences, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1171,
(970) 491-5168, dlamm@agsci.colostate.edu
Guam, Frank Cruz, CALS, UoG Station, Mangilao,
GU 96923, (671) 491-5168, fcruz@uog.edu
Hawaii, Richard Bowen, University of Hawaii Department
of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Sherman Lab,
Honolulu, HI 96822, (808) 956-8419, rbowen@hawaii.edu
Idaho, Cinda Williams, University of Idaho Cooperative
Extension, Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, Moscow, ID 83844-2339,
(208) 885-7499, cindaw@uidaho.edu
Micronesia, Jackson Phillip, College of Micronesia,
P.O. Box 1866, Kolonia, Pohnpei, FM 96941, (691) 320-5731, jphillip@comfsm.fm
Montana, Sue Blodgett, Montana State University
Department of Entomology, 410 Leon Johnson Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717-3020,
(406) 994-2402, blodgett@montana.edu
Nevada, John Burton, University of Nevada Cooperative
Extension, Dean and Director’s Office, MS 404, Reno, NV 89557-0106,
(775) 784-7070, burtonj@unce.unr.edu
New Mexico, Craig Runyon, New Mexico State University
Cooperative Extension, P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3AE, Las Cruces, NM 88003,
(505) 646-1131, crunyon@nmsu.edu
Northern Mariana Islands, Mark Bonin, College of
Northern Mariana Islands, P.O. Box 879, Rota, CNMI, MP 96951,
(670) 532-9513/11, markb@vzpacifica.net
Oregon, Dan McGrath, Oregon State Extension Service,
104 Fourth St. SW, Room 102, P.O. Box 765, Albany, OR 97321-0261,
(541) 967-3871, ext. 2397, daniel.mcgrath@oregonstate.edu
Utah, Bob Newhall, Utah State University Plants,
Soils and Biometeorology Department, UMC 4820, Logan, UT 84322-4820,
(435) 797-2183, bobn@ext.usu.edu
Washington, Andy McGuire, Washington State University
Cooperative Extension, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural
Resources, Ephrata, WA 98823, (509) 754-2011, ext. 413, amcguire@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu
Wyoming, Mike Smith, University of Wyoming Department
of Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management, P.O. Box 3354, University
Station, Laramie, WY 82071-3354, (307) 766-2337, pearl@uwyo.edu
A distinctive hallmark of SARE is its regional Administrative Councils.
Members come from all walks of agriculture life, each lending a
unique perspective, much the way a board of directors does for a
corporation. On the preceding pages, you’ve met members of
our Western SARE Administrative Council, and we list them all here
for your convenience:
Susan Matsushima, chair and agribusiness representative,
owner, Alluvion Inc., 61-676 Kamehameha Highway, P.O. Box 820, Haleiwa,
HI 96712, (808) 637-8835, alluvio@aloha.net
Mark Frasier, chair elect, farmer/rancher representative,
5725 Hwy. 71, Woodrow, CO 80757, (719) 775-2920, frasierm@ria.net
Kathleen McCarthy, U.S. Geological Service representative,
10615 SE Cherry Blossom Dr., Portland, OR 97216-3159, (503) 251-3257,
mccarthy@usgs.gov
Mike Harrington, Western Association of Agricultural
Experiment Station Directors representative, 16 Administration Bldg.,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, (970) 491-6280,
wdal@lamar.colostate.edu
Deborah Young, Western Cooperative Extension representative,
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, 301 Forbes, Bldg.,
Tucson, AZ 85721, (520) 621-5308, dyoung@ag.arizona.edu
R.L. “Gus” Hughbanks, USDA Natural
Resources Conservation Service representative, USDA-NRCS, 316 Boone
Ave., Suite 450, Spokane, WA 99201-2348, (509) 323- 2900 gus.hughbanks@wa.usda.gov
Jill Auburn, National SARE representative, USDA
CSREES-ECS-SARE, 1400 Independence SW, Stop 2223, Washington, DC
20250-2223, (202) 720-5384, jauburn@reeusda.gov
Sandy Halstead, EPA representative, US EPA Region
10, WSU-IAREC, 24106 N. Bunn Rd., Prosser, WA 99350, (509) 786-9225,
halstead.sandra@epa.gov
Stacie Clary, nonprofit representative, California
Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, P.O. Box 1599, 303 Potrero
St., Suite 29-106, Santa Cruz, CA 95061,
(831) 457-2815, stacie@calsawg.org
Casey Walsh Cady, Western Association of State
Departments of Agriculture representative, California Department
of Food and Agriculture, 1220 N. Street, Rm. A-468, Sacramento,
CA 95814, (916) 651-9447, ccady@cdfa.ca.gov
Steve Jacobsen, agribusiness representative, Horizon
Organic Dairy, 6311 Horizon Lane, Longmont, CO 80503, (303) 530-2711,
stevej@horizonorganic.org
Mary Jane Butters, organic farmer/rancher representative,
Paradise Farm Organics, 1000 Wild Iris Lane, Moscow, ID 83843, (208)
882-6819, maryjane@maryjanesfarm.org
Karl Kupers, sustainable farmer/rancher representative,
12996 Kupers Road North, P.O. Box 465, Harrington, WA 99134, (509)
253-4423, kjkupers@golfing.org
The position representing the USDA’s Agricultural Research
Service was vacant at the time of publication.Western SARE is hosted
at Utah State University. Most of our staff members work in Logan
at USU, through which the competitive grants are administered. They
can be reached by phone at (435) 797-2257. Staff members and their
email addresses are:
Phil Rasmussen, Western SARE coordinator, philr@ext.usu.edu
Bob Newhall, deputy coordinator, bobn@ext.usu.edu
Florence Hinck, administrative assistant, fnhinck@cc.usu.edu
Kristi Jensen, contracts manager, kristi@mendel.usu.edu
Ann Frederickson, computer analyst, asfred@cc.usu.edu
Ron Daines, communications specialist, rjdaines@msn.com
For more information, contact:
Western SARE Program
Utah State University
Agricultural Sciences Building
Room 305
4865 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-4865
Phone: (435) 797-2257
Fax: (435) 797-3344
Email: wsare@mendel.usu.edu
Web: http://wsare.usu.edu
Western SARE is one of four regions of the Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education program administered by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service.
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