Rural Development Innovation Group
Convened in 2016 by the Northern Forest Center, U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, and the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group, the Rural Development Innovation Group is made up of rural development practitioners, intermediaries and others who have been deeply involved in advancing rural community and economic development. Learn more
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Nils ChristoffersenExecutive DirectorWallowa Resources ...Nils D. Christoffersen is the Executive Director of Wallowa Resources, a community based non-profit working to sustain working lands and livelihoods in eastern Oregon. Over the past 18 years, Mr.…View Profile -
John T. Cooper Jr.Associate Professor of PracticeTexas A&M University ...Cooper is vice president in charge of Public Partnership & Outreach, has directed outreach for the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, and served as director of Texas Target Cities at…View Profile -
Alicia CramerSenior Vice President, US Endowment for Forestry and CommunitiesPrior to joining the U.S. Endowment, Alicia worked for the Westervelt Company as Vice President of Business Development; in that position, Alicia also served as a Board Member of the…View Profile -
LaMonte GuilloryChief Communications OfficerLOR Foundation ...LaMonte Guillory, Chief Communications Officer, joined the LOR Foundation in August 2014 with the mission of creating, developing and guiding the Foundation’s strategic communications initiatives. LaMonte, a graduate from Southern…View Profile -
Marten R. Jenkins, Jr.PresidentNatural Capital Investment Fun ...Marten is the President and CEO of The Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIF) a community development financial institution based in Shepherdstown, WV. NCIF is an affiliate of The Conservation Fund. Prior…View Profile -
Deborah M. MarkleySenior Vice PresidentLocus Impact Investing ...Deb is Senior Vice President at Locus Impact Investing, a national non-profit organization supporting business, social and civic entrepreneurs.View Profile -
Bernie MazyckPresident & CEOSouth Carolina Association for ...Mazyck directs the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development (SCACED), a coalition of individuals and organizations who support the development of healthy and economically sustainable communities throughout South Carolina.…View Profile -
Alan McGregorConsultantMcGregor has worked with nonprofit organizations for 35 years. Over that time, he has been a leading voice in the American South for connecting philanthropy to community-based organizations and rural…View Profile -
John MolinaroPresident and CEO, Appalachian Partnership Inc.Thrive Rural ...John Molinaro, founding President and CEO of the Appalachian Partnership Inc. (API) and Appalachian Growth Capital, LLC, (AGC), has More than 40 years of experience working with communities, organizations and…View Profile -
Alece MontezRural Development Innovation GroupAlece is a self-defined equity warrior and has a passion for the underdog. Alece worked in planning and economic development with small towns writing code and developing policies for over…View Profile -
Ines PoloniusCEO, Communities Unlimited, Inc.Thrive Rural ...Ines Polonius is CEO of Communities Unlimited, Inc., a CDFI and Rural Development Hub serving the rural South. Communities Unlimited (CU)’s team of 64 full time professionals works side-by-side with…View Profile -
Rob RileyPresidentNorthern Forest Center ...Riley joined the Northern Forest Center in 2007 and guides the organization’s work across the northern portions of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Prior to joining the Center,…View Profile -
Kelly RyanHeron FellowFB Heron Foundation ...Kelly Ryan is a Fellow with the FB Heron Foundation working to advance Heron’s mission of helping people and communities help themselves. For nearly 20 years, she was CEO of Incourage…View Profile -
Joe ShortVice PresidentNorthern Forest Center ...Short leads regional economic strategy initiatives in the rural Northern Forest of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. He recently led development of a regional investment strategy for the…View Profile -
Connie StewartExecutive Director, California Center for Rural PolicyThrive Rural ...For the past 11 years, Connie Stewart has been Executive Director at the California Center for Rural Policy (CCRP) at Humboldt State University, a research center committed to informing policy,…View Profile -
Janet TopolskyExecutive DirectorCommunity Strategies Group ...For 35 years, Janet has helped community leaders, organizations and policymakers across the country find, create and spread development strategies that work. At CSG since 1993, Topolsky has specialized in…View Profile -
Dennis WestPresidentNorthern Initiatives ...Dennis West has spent over 30 years in the Community Economic Development Movement, having worked on a broad range of community-based civic and professional activities. Since 1997, Dennis has served…View Profile
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