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Board of Directors

Federal Government

Ron Wenker, Acting State Director
Bureau of Land Management
Nevada State Office

 

Larry Smith, State Director
USDA Rural Development
State Office

Tom Baker, USDA Forest Service
Humboldt Toyiabe  National Forest
Franklin Way  Sparks 89431 
(775)355-5308; trbaker@fs.fed.us
Co-Chairman, Leadership Committee

Darrol Brown Director
U.S. Department of Labor/Veterans
Employment and Training Service
1925 N. Carson St., Carson City, NV 89701 
(775) 687-4632;
brown.darrol@dol.gov

 

State Government
Margaret Ann Schewis, Senior Manager
Nevada Commission on Tourism
(775) 687-0625; margaretann@travelnevada.com
  

Tim Rubald,  Executive Director
Nevada Commission on Economic Development
108 E. Proctor St.Carson City NV 89701 
(775) 687-4325; cedadmin@bizopp.state.nv.us

Local Government: Regional Organizations

Paula Elfante, Economic Development Coordinator EDEN
1301 Hwy. 160, Pahrump, NV 89048 
(775) 751-1923;
 paulae@eden-nv.com

Karen Rajala, White Pine County EDC
957 Campton, Ely, NV 89301
(775) 289-3065;
wpcede@mwpower.net


 Not-for-Profit Organizations

Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
Nevada Farm Bureau
2165 Green Vista Dr., Ste 205, Sparks, NV 89431
(775) 674-4000;
dbusselman@aol.com
2nd Vice President, Executive Committee;
Co-Chairman Leadership Committee

Shirley McCrosky, Chair
Rural Nevada Development Corporation
HC 74 Box 172, Pioche, NV 89043
(775) 962-4563
; rosevalley@lcturbonet.com
1st Vice President, Executive Committee


Private for-Profit Organizations   

Brad Woodring,  Sierra Pacific Power Company
6100 Neil Road,P.O. Box 10100, Reno, NV 89520-0024
(775) 834-3716;
 mailto:bwoodring@sppc.com

Sharlet Berentsen,Executive Director
Sustainable Development Mining, Winnemucca, NV
(775) 304-1404; Berentsen@wmca.net Executive Director

Bernard Curtis, Director Government Relations
The Hospitality Group
1440 Hwy 395, Gardnerville, NV 89410
(775) 720-5010
; curtisbwll@aol.com

Federally Recognized Tribal Governments

Darryl Crawford
Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada
680 Greenbrae Dr., Ste. 280, Sparks,NV 89431
(775) 355-0600; dcrawford@iten.org

A. Brian Wallace, Chairman
Washoe Tribal Council
919 Hwy 395 South, Gardnerville, NV 89410
(775) 265-4191; abw@washoetribe.us


Other

Winnie Moore
Nevada Small Business Development

Jerry Buk, Northeast Area Director
Nevada Cooperative Extension
2055 Schurz Hwy, Fallen NV 89406-8951
(775) 428-0210
;bukj@unce.unr.edu

Keyth Durham,Chairman, Executive Committee
P.O. Box 2544, West Wendover, NV 89883
(775) 934-1706
; idurham95@yahoo.com

Paul Kilpatrick, President
Great Basin College
1500 College Parkway, Elko NV 89801
(775) 753-2265;
killpatp@gbcnv.edu

Dr. David G. Thawley Dean
University of Nevada, Reno

College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources
Mail Stop 222, Reno, NV 89557
(775) 784-1660; thawley@cabnr.unr.edu

Shirley Walker,Secretary, Executive Committee
P.O. Box 363, Fallon NV 89406
(775) 423-2286

Winnie Dowling, Deputy State Director
NV Small Business Development Center UNRi
(775) 327-2334
; wmoore@unr.edu
Treasurer, Executive Director


 ExOfficio

  

Tom Harris
UNR Department of Resource Economics
Mail Stop 204
Reno, NV 89557-0105
(775) 784-1681
; harris@cabnr.unr.edu

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