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Ron is an extension educator with University of Maine
Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant. Based in Hancock County,
his focus is community development education and includes
three strands:
• Projects that network citizens, local government
and nonprofit organizations in creating a "preferred future"
for the community and implementation plans to move things
forward;
• Assistance to groups and organizations, helping
them become more effective through review of their mission,
current and planned projects, structure, roles and responsibilities,
and communication; and
• Citizen education, about public issues and
about how groups, organizations, and communities work.
Ron is also a member of the Marine Extension Team. In 1996-2000,
Ron served as interim Maine Sea Grant Extension leader and
helped create the memorandum of understanding that led to
formation of the Marine Extension Team. After that, he assisted
the Maine Community Foundation with a three-year initiative
funded by the Ford Foundation, working with community action
agencies to stimulate rural development.
In 2001, Ron returned from a sabbatical leave, where he
spent seven months looking at community development strategies
in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. In August of 2003,
Ron returned to Scotland to learn more about environmental
education aboard Leader, a refurbished 110-year old trawler.
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