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Agenda 9a. Attachment A <br />PROFESSIONALAWARDS&HONORS <br />2012MinnesotaHighTechAssociationTekneAwardfor{L““šÝ·zš“Collaboration!Þ©7| <br />‘MinnesotaIntelligentRuralCommunities(MIRC)initiative(PrincipalInvestigatorfor <br />Extensionportionoftheinitiative) <br />2012BusinessRetentionandExpansionInternational(BREI)AwardofExcellence‘Lyon <br />County,Minnesota(BR&Eprogramdirector) <br />2012BREIAwardofExcellence‘Hugo,Minnesota(BR&Eprogramdirector) <br />2011DistinguishedServiceAward,MinnesotaAssociationofCommunity&Leadership <br />EducationProfessionals <br />2010NationalAssociationofCommunityDevelopmentExtensionProfessionals <br />NationalAward(NACDEP),Diversity‘Team,TheEthnicChambersBR&EProgram <br />20085;“x­AwardforDistinguishedOutstandingLeadership(U.M.Extension) <br />2007BREIGeorgeMorseAwardforcontributionstoBREI <br />2006Dean&5z©;-·š©x­DistinguishedExtensionDoubleBottomLineAward(U.M. <br />Extension) <br />2005Dean&5z©;-·š©x­AwardtoDistinguishedExtensionTeam(U.M.Extension) <br />2005MinnesotaAssociationofExtensionEducatorsTeamAward‘RetailTeam <br />2004BREIAwardofExcellence‘ActionSwiftCurrent,Saskatchewan(projectresearcher, <br />reportwriter) <br />2002BREIAwardofExcellence‘Faribault,Minnesota(projectresearcher,reportwriter) <br />2002MinnesotaAssociationofExtensionEducatorsTeamAward‘SwiftCountyBR&E <br />1999VolunteeroftheYearAward,EducationtoEmploymentPartnershipElkRiver, <br />Rogers,Zimmerman(MN) <br />GRANTFUNDEDSTUDIESANDPROJECTS <br />2013MnDOTDistrict8ManufacturerPerspectivesStudy.Servedascoinvestigatorand <br />leadforExtensioninacollaborationwiththeU.M.HumphreySchoolandthe <br />team <br />MinnesotaDepartmentofTransportationtostudymanufacturerneedsand <br />perspectivesinsouthwestMinnesotaregardingtransporationissues.Ourcontributions <br />fromExtensionareournetworksofeconomicdevelopersandBR&Eskillsandmethods. <br />$80,000grantwith$10,000as9ã·;“­zš“x­portion. <br />2013(submitted)ElevatingandExpandingtheTraditionalBusinessRetentionand <br />ExpansionProgram.Willserveasadviseronamultistategrantthatseekstoimprove <br />BR&Einseveralways.$18,500fortheteamthatspansfivestates. <br />20102012MinnesotaIntelligentRuralCommunities(MIRC).ServedasPrincipaI <br />Investigator.Hiredandsupervisedprogramdirector,providedadministrativeleadership <br />totheinitiative,andledtheplanningforthestatewideconferencethatwasheldMay, <br />2012.Percentageofeffort:~15%FTE. <br />ExtensionwassubgranteetoBlandinFoundationfor$734,326withtheoverallgoal <br />ofincreasingawarenessandadoptionofbroadbandinternetusagebyrural <br />7/17/2013 <br /> <br />