Planning Team Members are:
- Sandy Bell, University of Connecticut; education professor;
- Karen Funkenbush, University of Missouri, rural health and safety;
- Beth Holtzman, University of Vermont Extension, planning committee chair;
- Soshanah Inwood, University of Vermont, rural sociologist;
- Carolyn Sachs, Penn State University, rural sociologist;
- Mary Peabody, University of Vermont Extension, Director Women’s Agricultural Network.