Professional Development

Committee

Mission

Find and create professional development opportunities for EDEN delegates and encourage professional development in disaster education.

Committee’s Charge

Produce 6-8 webinars yearly,
Name one reviewer to the Annual Meeting review panel. The review panel will score presentation and poster proposals for the EDEN annual meeting, and
Provide the Post-Session Workshop at Annual Meeting

Membership

Open to all delegates. The committee meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 11AM Eastern.

The Professional Development Committee Recommend Trainings for All Delegates

FEMA ICS-100 (IS-100.C: Introduction to the Incident Command System)
FEMA ICS-200 (IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response)
FEMA ICS-700 (IS-700.B: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System)
FEMA ICS-800 (IS-800.D: National Response Framework, An Introduction)

Committee Leadership Roles and responsibilities

Chair

Plan and conduct monthly committee calls
Send out communications to committee members and delegates as needed
Coordinate committee produced webinars in partnership with the EDEN Support Team
Representative of Professional Development Committee on the EDEN Executive committee
Attend EDEN Executive committee monthly call (third Thursday, 3 pm Est.)
Attend EDEN Executive Committee Mid-Winter Board Meeting (February or March in-person)
Attend EDEN Executive Committee Meeting at Annual Meeting
Submit monthly and yearly Reports
Appoint subcommittees and committee working groups as needed
Attend the Annual Meeting
Coordinate other projects as needed
The chair can serve up to 3 consecutive terms

Vice Chair

The vice-chair shall assume the duties of the chair in the chair’s absence
Send out communications to committee members and delegate as needed
Representative of Professional Development committee on the EDEN Annual Meeting committee
Attend Annual Meeting committee monthly calls (Fourth Friday, 12:00 pm Est.)
Name one reviewer to the Annual Meeting review panel
Determine and coordinate the Annual Meeting post-session workshop in partnership with Purdue staff
Coordinate other projects as needed
Attend the Annual Meeting
Elected to a one-year term
May be elected as chair-elect if the chair is beginning a third consecutive term or planning to step down at the end of their next term
If elected as chair-elect, the committee will only hold a vice-chair election in June. The chair-elect will automatically assume the chair at the next Annual Meeting.

Chair

Kimberly Davis

Job Title: Extension Agent Office Phone: (850) 412-6515 Cell Phone: (850) 212-9010 Email: ude.umaf@sivad.ylrebmik Delegate Type: Point of Contact (POC)

Institution: Florida A&M University

Committee Members

First Name	Last Name	Institution	Committee-memberships	Title
Allison	Eaddy	University of Georgia	Professional Development	View Member
Anne-Howard	Hilbun-Benoit	Mississippi State University	Community and Economic Development, Exercise and Training for Disaster Resiliency, Professional Development	View Member
April	Taylor	Texas Sea Grant	Exercise and Training for Disaster Resiliency, Professional Development	View Member
Asa	Jillson	Texas A&M AgriLife Extension	Agriculture, Natural Resources, Professional Development	View Member
Cameron	Sellers	Kentucky State University	Community and Economic Development, Professional Development	View Member
Carrie	McKillip	University of Illinois	Annual Meeting, Community and Economic Development, Executive, Marketing & Membership, Professional Development	View Member
Cathy	Yandow	University of Vermont	Marketing & Membership, Professional Development	View Member
Cheryl	Skjolaas	University of Wisconsin	Agriculture, Annual Meeting, Executive, Exercise and Training for Disaster Resiliency, Marketing & Membership, Professional Development	View Member
Conne	Burnham	University of Missouri	4-H & Youth Development, Agriculture, Community and Economic Development, Exercise and Training for Disaster Resiliency, Family and Consumer Sciences, Professional Development	View Member
Duane	Friend	University of Illinois	Professional Development	View Member
Erin	Holinshead	University of Illinois	4-H & Youth Development, Agriculture, Community and Economic Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Professional Development	View Member
Gamal	El Afandi	Tuskegee University	Annual Meeting, Professional Development	View Member
Gary	Stone	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Agriculture, Natural Resources, Professional Development	View Member
Giovanni	Carrillo	Texas A&M AgriLife Extension	4-H & Youth Development, Agriculture, Exercise and Training for Disaster Resiliency, Professional Development	View Member
Gregory	Ira	UC California Naturalist Program	Agriculture, Professional Development	View Member
James	Doyle	South Dakota State University	Agriculture, Exercise and Training for Disaster Resiliency, Natural Resources, Professional Development	View Member
Jeff	Fant	Texas A&M AgriLife Extension	Community and Economic Development, Natural Resources, Professional Development	View Member
Jenna	Austhof-Curtis	University of Florida IFAS	Agriculture, Exercise and Training for Disaster Resiliency, Natural Resources, Professional Development	View Member
JerriAnn	Cornett	Texas A&M AgriLife Extension	Exercise and Training for Disaster Resiliency, Professional Development	View Member
Kalan	Taylor	University of Florida IFAS	Community and Economic Development, Exercise and Training for Disaster Resiliency, Natural Resources, Professional Development	View Member
Kim	Bearnes	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Family and Consumer Sciences, Professional Development	View Member
Kimberly	Davis	Florida A&M University	4-H & Youth Development, Executive, Family and Consumer Sciences, Professional Development	View Member
Kyra	Sucharski	Texas A&M AgriLife Extension	Family and Consumer Sciences, Professional Development	View Member
Laura E.	Valencia	University of Florida	4-H & Youth Development, Exercise and Training for Disaster Resiliency, Family and Consumer Sciences, Professional Development	View Member
Laura	Edwards	South Dakota State University	Agriculture, Natural Resources, Professional Development	View Member
Lauren	Colby Nickles	Mississippi State University	Community and Economic Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Professional Development	View Member
Linda	Tannehill		4-H & Youth Development, Annual Meeting, Family and Consumer Sciences, Professional Development	View Member
Maria	Bowie	University of Georgia	Annual Meeting, Professional Development	View Member
Megan	Kruger	West Virginia University	Community and Economic Development, Natural Resources, Professional Development	View Member
Michael	Jensen	Washington State University	Agriculture, Community and Economic Development, Professional Development	View Member
Mike	Yoder	North Carolina State University	4-H & Youth Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Marketing & Membership, Professional Development	View Member
Noel	Estwick	Prairie View A&M University	Annual Meeting, Professional Development	View Member
Owen	Eickhoff	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Professional Development	View Member
Pam	Lewandowski	LSU AgCenter	Community and Economic Development, Professional Development	View Member
Rachel	Bauer	Texas A&M AgriLife Extension	Agriculture, Exercise and Training for Disaster Resiliency, Professional Development	View Member
Rajendran Shobha	Ajin	University of Florence	Exercise and Training for Disaster Resiliency, Natural Resources, Professional Development	View Member
Rick	Griffith	New Mexico State University	4-H & Youth Development, Community and Economic Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Marketing & Membership, Professional Development	View Member
Shannon	Sand	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Community and Economic Development, Professional Development	View Member
Sherry	Nelson	University of Missouri	4-H & Youth Development, Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, Professional Development	View Member
Stephanie	Carlson	Utah State University	Professional Development	View Member
Susan	Kocher	University of California	Agriculture, Professional Development	View Member
Susan	Lovelace	South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium	Professional Development	View Member
Suzy	Hodgson	University of Vermont	Agriculture, Professional Development	View Member
Virginia	Brown	University of Georgia	4-H & Youth Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Professional Development	View Member

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