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Maria I. Marshall

Director
Titles/Positions:
Professor and James and Lois Ackerman Endowed Chair in Agricultural Economics
Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD)
Director, Purdue Institute for Family Business
Address:
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Office: Krannert Bldg., Room 617
Email: mimarsha@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-494-4268
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Michael D. Wilcox

Associate Director
Titles/Positions:
Assistant Director and Program Leader for Community Development, Purdue Extension
Associate Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD)
Community and Regional Economics Specialist, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
Senior Associate, Purdue Center for Regional Development
Address:
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Office: Krannert Bldg., Room 618
Email: wilcox16@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-496-0566
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Zuzana Bednarik

Research and Extension Specialist
Address:
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Office: Krannert Bldg., Room 616
Email: zbednari@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-496-0929
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Renee Wiatt

Research and Extension Specialist
Address:
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Office: Krannert Bldg., Room 615
Email: reneewiatt@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-496-9051
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Shelly Surber

Senior Program Manager / Account Manager
Address:
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Office: Krannert Bldg., Room 613
Email: surber@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-494-8541
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Mary Breidenbach

Communications Specialist
Address:
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Office: Krannert Bldg., Room 614
Email: mabreide@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-494-8544
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Ivanna Carillo Siller

Graduate Research Assistant, 2025-2026
Titles/Positions:
Agricultural Economics Ph.D. student
Address:
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Office: Krannert Bldg., Room 601
Email: siller@purdue.edu
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DeAndre Malone

Graduate Research Assistant, 2025-2026
Titles/Positions:
Agricultural Economics MS student
Address:
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Office: Krannert Bldg., Room 601
Email: malon139@purdue.edu
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Olivia Williams

Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2025-2026
Address:
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Office: Krannert Bldg., Room 613
Email: will3001@purdue.edu
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Kyla Wolfe

Former Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2024-2025
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Antara Chowdhury

Former Graduate Research Assistant, 2022-2023
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Alejandra Armesto Gómez

Former Graduate Research Assistant, 2022-2023
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William Walls

Former Graduate Research Assistant, 2022-2023
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Mary Vukovich

Former Undergraduate Research Assistant, Summer 2022