Meet the Team

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Nisa Miranda, Director

Hannah Arendsen, Senior Student Research Assistant

Nancy Beggs, Director Rural Workforce Development

Sally R. Brown, Administrative Coordinator

Erin Hackenmueller, Graduate Assistant, Communications Manager, VITAL Project

Candace C. Johnson, TMP, Tourism & Community Development Director

Anna Kutbay, Student Research Assistant

Matt Leavell, AIA, LEED AP, Director of Design

Arturo S. Menefee, Ph.D., Director of Leadership Development

Brian R. Rushing, Director of Economic Development Initiatives

Amber Summers, CPA, Project Accountant

Martha Whitson, Administrative Specialist, Special Projects

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