The Extension Foundation extends its sincere gratitude to the leaders, partners, and facilitators whose dedication made this work possible.
Dr. Damona Doye
Associate Vice President, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University
Dr. Alton Thompson
Executive Director, Association of 1890 Research and Extension Administrators (AERA), based at North Carolina A&T State University
Dr. Beverly Coberly
Chief Executive Officer, Extension Foundation
Bill Hoffman and the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP)
David Warren
Oklahoma State University & Extension Foundation
Dr. Aaron Weibe
Extension Foundation
Dr. Dhruti Patel
University of Maryland Extension
Mark Locklear
Extension Foundation
Ashley Griffin
Chief Operating Officer, Extension Foundation and the New Technologies for Ag Extension (NTAE) program
University of New Hampshire Extension
Extension Foundation Staff and AI Advisory Board Members
For serving as facilitators and moderators during the focus group sessions, ensuring productive and forward-focused dialogue throughout Parts II and III of the Convening.
agInnovation and Extension Directors and Administrators
For their time, thoughtful engagement, and contributions to shaping the national conversation on AI readiness, strategy, andimplementation across the Land-grant system.
Regional Extension and agInnovation Directors and Administrators
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
This report is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension (funding opportunity no. USDA-NIFA-OP-010186), grant no. 2023-41595-41325 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
