MarketMaker Advisory Board

Ray Hansen
Program Director, AgMRC
Iowa State University; Ames IA
Phone: 515-294-3890
Email: hansenr@iastate.edu


Terry Hanson, PhD
Associate Professor, Ag Econ Department
Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi
Phone: (662) 325-7988
Email: hanson@agecon.msstate.edu


Ken Hood, PhD Extension Professor
Mississippi State University; Starkville, MS
Phone: (662) 325-2155
Email: hood@agecon.msstate.edu


Steve Isaacs, PhD
Asst.Director, Community and Economic Development
University of Kentucky; Lexington, KY
Phone: (859) 257-7255
Email: sisaacs@uky.edu


Michael Judge
Executive Director, Ag Marketing & Product Promotion
Kentucky Department of Agriculture; Frankfort, KY
Phone: (502) 564-4983
E-mail: michael.judge@ky.gov


Tom Kalchik
Associate Director, MSU Product Center for ANR
Venture Development; East Lansing, MI
Phone: (517) 432-8756
E-mail: kalchikt@msu.eduv


John McKissick, PhD
Director, Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
University of Georgia; Athens, GA
Phone: 706.542.9080
Email: jmckissik@agecon.uga.edu


John Nettleton
Senior Extension Associate
Cornell University Cooperative Extension/ New York City
Phone (212)340-2937
Email: jsn10@cornell.edu


Kim Peterson
Coordinator, Nebraska Rural Initiative
University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
Phone: (402) 472-2940
Email: kpeterson2@unl.edu


H Chris Peterson, PhD
Professor; Co-director, MSU Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources
Michigan State University, East Lansing MI
Phone: 517 355-1813
Email: peters17@msu.edu


Joan Scheel
Lead Food Consultant, University of Nebraska Food Processing Center
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Phone: (402) 472-8852
Email: jscheel2@unl.edu


Don Tobias, PhD
Extension Executive Director, NYC
Cornell University Cooperative Extension/ New York City
Phone: (212)340-2905
Email: djt3@cornell.edu


Craig Tordsen
Program Coordinator, Value Added Agriculture Program
Iowa State University; Ames IA
Phone: 515-294-1938
Email: ctordsen@iastate.edu


Kent Wolfe
Marketing Analyst, Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Phone: (706) 542-0752
Email: kwolfe@uga.edu

MarketMaker Management Team

Darlene Knipe
Principal Investigator
Extension Specialist, Marketing and Business Development
University of Illinois Extension, East Moline, IL
Phone: (309) 792-2500
Email: dknipe@uiuc.edu


Richard Knipe, PhD
Co Investigator
Extension Specialist, Animal Systems and Ag Entrepreneurship
University of Illinois Extension, East Moline, IL
Phone: (309) 792-2500
Email: rknipe@uiuc.edu


Richard Warner, PhD
Co Investigator
Assistant Dean
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Phone: (217) 333- 9025
Email: ickw@uiuc.edu


Sandy Shetler
Site Manager
Extension Specialist, Educational Technology
University of Illinois Extension, East Moline
Phone: (309) 792-2500
Email: sshetler@uiuc.edu


Paul Schuytema
Head Programmer
Extension Specialist, Educational Technology
University of Illinois Extension, Monmouth, IL
Phone: 309-536-0854 (office & mobile)
Email: paulcs@uiuc.edu


Mike Cokel
Programmer
Visiting Resource Programmer
University of Illinois Extension, Monmouth, IL
Phone: 309-734-3297
Email: mcokel@uiuc.edu


Kim Tack
Outreach
Extension Educator, Ag Entrepreneurship
University of Illinois Extension, East Moline
Phone: (309) 792-2500
Email: kimtack@uiuc.edu


Sharon Hough
Secretary, Fiscal Support
University of Illinois Extension, East Moline
Phone: (309) 792-2500
Email: shough@uiuc.edu


Contract Programmers

GIS Solutions
Springfield IL


National Center for Super Computing Applications
Champaign, IL

MarketMaker Sponsors
National financial supporters:

• University of Illinois Extension
• Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research (CFAR)
• AgMRC, National Ag Marketing Resource Center
• Illinois Department of Agriculture