Meet the Team

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Nisa Miranda, Executive Director

Hannah Arendsen, Research Associate

Nancy Beggs, Director Rural Workforce Development

Anna Kate Blankenship, Student Research Assistant

Sally R. Brown, Administrative Coordinator

Erin Hackenmueller, Research Associate

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

Anna Kutbay, Senior 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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