BACKGROUND. EDUCATION Year Degree Institution 1991 Ph.D. Boston University 1984 M.T.S. Boston University 1978 B.A.

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE NAME: Rod Howe DEPARTMENT/UNIT: Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) and Community and Regional Development Institute (CaRDI) TITLE: Assistant Director, CCE and Executive Director, CaRDI CAMPUS ADDRESS: 43 Warren Hall PHONE: BACKGROUND EDUCATION Year Degree Institution 1991 Ph.D. Boston University 1984 M.T.S. Boston University 1978 B.A. Lycoming College Note: 3 semesters spent at University of Cincinnati and one semester at Cornell University ACADEMIC RANKS (year achieved) Senior Extension Associate, 1997 PRIMARY DEPARTMENTAL/Unit PROGRAM AREA Development Sociology and Cornell Cooperative Extension Administration AREAS OF EXPERTISE (key words) Career has been defined by educational oriented positions revolving around teaching, research, and outreach, and administrative responsibilities. Key elements include community and economic development, community sustainability, community capacity building, land use issues and planning, and community and energy. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Year Experience Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD), Regional Program Leader for 20% of my time. Primary objectives are to strengthen the research and extension network within the Northeast through a variety of means. Support program and resource sharing across state lines; encourage resource development; foster research/extension integration; explore opportunities for multi-state proposal development; collaborate with others to identify the research base for Extension s community & economic development programming Shared Faculty Arrangement with Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA for approximately 20% time to work on community and economic development issues.

2 2000- present EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Community and Rural Development Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y Provides leadership for integrating research and extension, plans conferences and inservices, develops and maintains key partnerships; seeks input from stakeholders, works with the Director and the Steering Committee and Outreach Council to identify research and extension priorities and to review Federal Formula Funds grant proposals present ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY Cornell Cooperative Extension. Provides leadership and support for programs which address community & economic vitality issues; fosters collaborative programming among faculty and off-campus Extension educators; and establishes effective working relationships with local, state, regional and national agencies and organizations EXEC. DIRECTOR & 4-H Youth and Community Development Program Leader. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Auburn, NY. Responsible for overall leadership in personnel, finances, facility management, marketing and long-range planning. Provided program leadership for youth development, community development, and human ecology focus areas. Worked with Board of Directors to set policy and to ensure community impacts EXTENSION ASSOCIATE Community and Rural Development Institute, Cornell University. Provided leadership in planning, developing and implementing innovative educational programs for professionals and policy makers at the county and state levels. Maintained strong networks to link Cornell research and extension programs LECTURER Boston University and University of Massachusetts at Boston RESEARCH FELLOW National Trust for Historic Preservation. Preparation of profiles of growth and development laws and regulations for New York State; identification of growth management strategies ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Boston University, Center for Applied Social Science. Provided overall fiscal, personnel and facilities management for a large interdisciplinary research center. Coordinated linkages between the academic components and the research projects ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN Boston University, College of Liberal Arts, Academic Advising. Fostered academic excellence; promoted student well-being and the values of a liberal arts education; oversaw academic standards; and interpreted and evaluated policies and procedures RESIDENTIAL SERVICES Six years of human service work providing residential and vocational services for mentally retarded adults. Coordination of educational, medical, and psychological services. 2

3 ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES As Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Assistant Director for Community and Economic Vitality and Executive Director of the Community and Regional Development Institute (CaRDI), provide leadership and support for programs which address community & economic vitality issues; foster collaborative programming among faculty and off-campus Extension educators; and establish and maintain effective working relationships with local, state, regional and national agencies and organizations. RESEARCH RESPONSIBILITIES Responsibilities include fostering the integration of research and extension for the benefit of NYS communities; articulating the research base for community and economic development programming; engaging faculty in multidisciplinary research questions and issues; and fostering campus/association collaborations for targeted grant opportunities. Research supports training and policy initiatives. TEACHING AND ADVISING RESPONSIBILITIES (current year) Occasionally provide oversight to students involved in community and economic development related projects. EXTENSION/OUTREACH RESPONSIBILITIES Sampling of initiatives/activity 2010 Presentations: (in-services, workshops, conferences, etc) Community Sustainability webinar and phone conference follow-up for NYS clerks via Cornell Municipal Clerks Institute, co-presented with Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman, January 14 and March 25, New York State Association of Counties Legislative Conference, Dennis A. Pelletier County Government Institute, Orientation Session for Newly Elected and Appointed County Officials, organizer and moderator, Albany, N.Y., February 8, Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Policy Briefing, "Natural Gas Drilling: Potential Environmental and Community Impacts," Washington, D.C. co-presented with Dr. Susan Riha, February 22, Marcellus Shale Community Task Force meetings, Ithaca, N.Y., organized and moderated, March 4 and September 27, National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals Conference, "Cornell s EDA University Center and the Pipeline 4 Progress Region: Young Workers, Community Capacity, and an Entrepreneurial Climate," Bloomington, MN, April 13,

4 Cornell Cooperative Extension, New Staff Introduction presentation, What is Good Extension Education and How Do Extension Educators Do It? co-presented with Mike Duttweiler, CCE Assistant Director for Program Development and Evaluation, April 15 and October 6, CaRDI's Future of New York Seminar, "Upstate Rural Communities and Green Energy Development," Cornell campus, co-organizer and moderator, April 16, Canal Corridor Innovation Initiative Search Conference sponsored by EDA University Center, Cornell Cooperative Extension, NYS Dept. of Labor, and Empire State Development, coorganizer, Syracuse, NY, April 26, Marcellus Shale in-service for extension educators and their key partners, co-organizer and moderator, Ithaca, N.Y., May 7, Steuben County Economic Development Plan, Bath, NY, panelist, May 13, Leadership Institute with NYS Office of the State Comptroller, "Municipal Shared Services: How do I Know if Entering Into a Shared Services Agreement Will Be Effective," Buffalo, NY, moderator, June 10, Summer Sustainability Planning Workshop, Alfred State College, Alfred, N.Y., June 15, Energy/Climate Change Webinar for CCE Extension Educators, co-organized and moderated, June 17, Cornell Municipal Clerks Institute, Cornell campus, Ithaca, N.Y., July 18-22, National Community and Economic Development Extension Professionals Webinar, "Cornell University s Community and Regional Development Institute Educational Programming for Local Government Officials," co-presented with David Kay and Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman, September 8, New York State Association of Counties Fall Conference, "Building Consensus in a Political Environment," Buffalo, NY, co-presented with David Kay, September 16, Marcellus Shale: community education presentation to Landscape Architecture class, October 20, Development Sociology webinar presentation to CCE extension educators with David Brown, Tom Hirschl and Angela Gonzales, November 12, Community and Energy in-service, Ithaca, N.Y., for CCE extension educators and energy smart community coordinators, November 15-16,

5 Canal Corridor Innovation Initiative Search Conference, Ithaca, NY, co-organizer, 50 participants, 3 hours, 150 contact hours, December 17, Howe, R. (Organizer), Marcellus Shale Training, "Marcellus Shale Road Shows", Cornell Cooperative Extension, 8 different locations around the state. Howe, R. (Presenter Only), Logozar, B. (Presenter Only), University Economic Development Association, "Local and Regional Foods in a Community and Economic Development", UEDA, St. Petersburg, FL. Howe, R. (Organizer), Community and Regional Support for Entrepreneurship and the Green Economy, EDA University Center, CaRDI and CCE, Cornell University. (December 15, 2009). Howe, R., Marcellus Shale Education Summit, "Marcellus Shale Education Summit", Cornell Cooperative Extension, Owego, NY. (November 30, 2009). Howe, R. (Presenter Only), USDA Rural Development NE State Directors, "Community and Economic Development Partners", USDA RD, Cooperstown, NY. (November 16, 2009). Howe, R. (Organizer), Southern Tier Business and Entrepreneur Conference, CaRDI and EDA University Center, SUNY Binghamton. (November 4, 2009). Howe, R. (Presenter Only), New York State Association of Counties Fall Conference, "Building Consensus in a Political Environment", NYSAC, Saratoga Springs, NY. (September 16, 2009). Howe, R. (Presenter Only), SUNY Business and Education Cooperative, "EDA University Center and P4P Regional Initiative", SUNY BEST, Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce. (September 10, 2009). Howe, R. (Organizer), Local Government Leadership Crisis: Beyond the Fiscal Crisis, CaRDI and NYS Office of the State Comptroller, Cornell University. (August 2009). Grantham, D. G., Howe, R. (Presenter & Author), Grace, J. (Organizer), Jacquet, J. (Presenter & Author), (Presenter & Author), CCE Natural Gas Road Show, "Introduction To Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Development", Cornell Cooperative Extension, Binghamton, NY. (July 22, 2009). Howe, R. (Presenter Only), Kay, D. L. (Presenter Only), Mouilleseaux-Kunzman, H. (Presenter Only), Cornell Municipal Clerks Institute, "Know Your Region", Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI), Cornell University. (July 21, 2009). 5

6 Howe, R. (Organizer), Marcellus Shale and Workforce Development, "Marcellus Shale and Workforce Development", Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University. (June 24, 2009). Howe, R. (Presenter Only), Marcellus Shale Brainstorming, "Marcellus Shale Education Needs Brainstorming", Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University. (June 24, 2009). Howe, R. (Organizer), Community Sustainability Series, "Wind Energy", Community and Rural Development Institute, webinar. (June 23, 2009). Mouilleseaux-Kunzman, H. (Organizer), Howe, R. (Organizer), Henehan, B. M. (Presenter Only), Murphy, C. (Presenter Only), Zimmerman, K. (Presenter Only), Sustainable Communities Webinar Series, "Wind Energy, Community Impacts, Development Approaches", Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI), Cornell University. (June 23, 2009). Whitman, W. (Organizer), Braiser, K. (Organizer), Brown, C. (Organizer), Dougherty, M. (Organizer), French, C. (Organizer), Goetz, S. (Organizer), Guldbrandsen, T. (Organizer), Hilchey, D. L. (Organizer), Howe, R. (Organizer), Kilkelly, M. (Organizer), Liang, K. (Organizer), Mouilleseaux-Kunzman, H. (Organizer), Ruhf, K. (Organizer), Enhancing Local and Regional Food Systems: Exploring the Research, What Works and What We Need to Learn, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, Kerhonkson, NY. (May 19, 2009). Howe, R., Rural Learning Network, "Assets, Capacity and Regional Vitality", CaRDI, Development Sociology, CCE and EDA University Center, Corning, New York. (May 13, 2009). Duttweiler, M. W. (Presenter & Author), Howe, R. (Presenter Only), "What is Good Extension Programming?", Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ithaca. (May 7, 2009). Howe, R. (Organizer), Marcellus Shale Training, "Marcellus Shale Community and Economic Development Issues", Cornell Cooperative Extension, webinar. (May 4, 2009). Blakely, R. M. (Organizer), Fuller, M. (Presenter Only), Kang, L. (Presenter Only), Brown, D. L. (Presenter Only), Howe, R. (Presenter Only), Mouilleseaux-Kunzman, H. (Presenter Only), Sanders, S. (Presenter Only), Pfeffer, M. J. (Presenter Only), Future of Rural New York Seminar Series, "Young Workers, Community Capacity, and an Entrepreneurial Climate", CaRDI, Ithaca, NY. (April 24, 2009). Howe, R. (Organizer), Cornell Entrepreneurship Celebration, "A Regional Approach to Building Entrepreneurship", Cornell, Cornell University. (April 17, 2009). 6

7 Howe, R. (Organizer), Marcellus Shale Training, "Marcellus Shale Gas Leasing Landowner Coalitions", Cornell Cooperative Extension, webinar. (April 7, 2009). Howe, R. (Organizer), Community Sustainability Series, "Exploring what broadband can do for your community", Community and Rural Development Institute, webinar. (March 24, 2009). Mouilleseaux-Kunzman, H. (Presenter & Author), Howe, R. (Author Only), Southern Tier East Regional Planning and Development Board Annual Meeting, "Know Your Region Overview", Southern Tier East Regional Planning and Development Board, Oneonta. (March 5, 2009). Kay, D. L., Howe, R., CaRDI Spring 2009 Sustainable Communities Webinar Series, "Engaging Constructively with Controversial Public Issues.", CaRDI, Ithaca NY. (February 24, 2009). Mouilleseaux-Kunzman, H. (Organizer), Kay, D. L. (Presenter Only), Wyman, M. (Presenter Only), Howe, R. (Presenter Only), Sustainable Communities Webinar Series, "Engaging Constructively with Controversial Public Issues", Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI), Cornell University. (February 24, 2009). Howe, R. (Organizer), Newly Elected Officials Training, "Dennis A. Pelletier Newly Elected Officials Orientation", New York State Association of Counties and CaRDI, Albany, NY. (February 9, 2009). Howe, R. (Organizer), Marcellus Shale Training, "Marcellus Shale Overview", Cornell Cooperative Extension, webinar. (January 31, 2009). Duttweiler, M. W. (Organizer), Howe, R. (Presenter & Author), "Community and Economic Vitality Program Resources Roundtable", Cornell Cooperative Extension, Webinar. (January 27, 2009). Howe, R. (Presenter Only), Sustainable Communities, "Sustainable Communities: An Overview", Community and Rural Development Institute, webinar. (January 27, 2009). Mouilleseaux-Kunzman, H. (Organizer), Howe, R. (Presenter Only), Gay, N. (Presenter Only), Mouilleseaux-Kunzman, H. (Presenter Only), Sustainable Communities Webinar Series, "Sustainable Communities Overview", Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI), Cornell University. (January 27, 2009) RESEARCH, INSTRUCTIONAL, AND/OR EXTENSION/OUTREACH PUBLICATIONS (provide full reference list most current first. Include videos, websites, electronic publications, etc.) 7

8 Research & Policy Brief Series, Issue Number 36/July 2010, Department of Development Sociology, CaRDI s Support for Community Economic Development with Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman A Systems Research Approach to Regional Energy Transitions: The Case of Marcellus Shale Gas Development, White Paper, A Report of a Study Group Sponsored by The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future Co-authored Rural NY Minute: Gas Drilling in NYS: Riches or Ruin for Landowners and Communities? Research and Policy Brief: The Role of Cornell University in Training Local Government Officials Contributor to Cornell Local Foods Resource booklet 2008, 2009, 2010 Cornell Municipal Clerks Institute curricula for Years 1, Year, 2 Year 3 and Masters students 2008, 2009, 2010 Dennis A. Pelletier County Government Institute curriculum 2009 Promoting Regional Assets for Community and Economic Development curriculum for Rural Learning Network 2009 Engaging Partnerships and Leveraging Opportunities curriculum for Rural Learning Network 2008 Brain Drain/Brain Gain in Rural Central and Western NY conference curriculum 2008 Achieving Greener Communities conference curriculum 2007 Cornell Municipal Clerks Institute curricula for Years 1, Year, 2 Year 3 and Masters students 2007 Dennis A. Pelletier County Government Institute curriculum 2007 Shared Municipal Services training curriculum 2007 The Role of Local/Regional Foods in Community and Economic Development curriculum 2007 Sustainable Tioga curriculum 2007 Addressing the Needs of Multicultural and Immigrant Communities curriculum 8

9 Municipal Approaches to Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Production: A Resource for Community Energy Initiatives, CaRDI Report, Issue No. 3, November 2007, Shawn Lindabury, Todd Schmit, Tania Schusler, and Rod Howe A Vision for Rural New York, in collaboration with NYS Legislative Commission on Rural Resources Part of team that authored, Cooperative Extension s Community Development Foundation of Practice (available at Cornell Cooperative Extension and Sustainability White Paper, September 2005, co-authored with Deb Grantham, Assistant Director, Natural Resources and the Environment "Strategic Directions in Community and Economic Development Extension and Research in the Northeast: Building a Stronger Network in a Critical Time" and "Economic and Community Development Issues and Priorities for Extension and Research: A Survey of Extension Professionals in the Northeast" in collaboration with Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development colleagues Resources for Land Use Training in New York State, collaborator Community Development web-based toolbox, collaborator Community Visioning Notebook, collaborator SUNY searchable database for community and economic development programs, collaborator 2004 Marketing and Economics Workshop Papers for the NY Department of State Quality Communities Initiative. collaborator Community Assistance Team Report for Waverly Main Street, collaborator Cornell Cooperative Educator of the Future, co-author Concerns for the Land in an upstate New York Community, Ph.D. Dissertation 9