Contacts for RSDP

All in-person Extension meetings, events and classes are canceled through Friday, May 15.

We encourage you to reach out to us with your sustainability ideas. Please contact the Executive Director in your region with your local project idea, or our statewide food or energy staff with questions about their work to advance food systems and clean energy across the state. We look forward to hearing from you!

Our staff

Statewide

Kathryn Draeger, Statewide Director, RSDP
draeg001@umn.edu, 612-625-3148

Caryn Mohr, Assistant Statewide Director, RSDP
mohr0007@umn.edu, 612-626-9827

Diane Seefeldt, Executive Secretary, RSDP
seefe012@umn.edu, 218-726-7555

Mary Hannemann, Student Engagement Director, RSDP
oldha012@umn.edu, 612-624-9430

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Central region

Molly Zins, Executive Director, Central RSDP
zend0007@umn.edu, 218-828-2332

Rick Meyer, Executive Office and Administrative Specialist, Central RSDP
meye0195@umn.edu, 218-828-2275

Central RSDP web page.

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Northeast region

David Abazs, Executive Director, Northeast RSDP
dwabazs@umn.edu, 218-726-6146

Diane Seefeldt, Executive Office and Administrative Specialist, Northeast RSDP
seefe012@umn.edu, 218-726-7555

Northeast RSDP web page.

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Northwest region

Linda Kingery, Executive Director, Northwest RSDP
kinge002@umn.edu, 218-281-8697

Shannon Stassen, Program Associate, Northwest RSDP
sstassen@umn.edu, 218-281-8693

Anna Peterson, Executive Administrative Assistant, Northwest RSDP
hans0947@umn.edu, 218-281-8699

Northwest RSDP web page.

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Southeast region

Okechukwu "Okey" Ukaga, Executive Director, Southeast RSDP
ukaga001@umn.edu, 507-536-6313

Southeast RSDP web page.

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Southwest region

Anne Dybsetter, Executive Director, Southwest RSDP
adybsett@umn.edu, 320-235-0726 x 2012

Mary Jo Foxx, Executive Office and Administrative Specialist, Southwest RSDP
foxxx055@umn.edu, 320-235-0276 x 2001

Southwest RSDP web page.

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Food systems

Greg Schweser, Statewide Co-Director, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, RSDP
Specialties: Deep Winter Greenhouses
schwe233@umn.edu, 612-625-9706

Ren Olive, Program Associate, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, RSDP
Specialties: Rural grocery stores, backhauling
nolive@umn.edu, 612-624-8452

Carol Ford, Grant Project Coordinator, RSDP
Specialties: Deep Winter Greenhouses
fordcj@morris.umn.edu, 320-226-9435

Connie Carlson, Statewide Co-Director, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, RSDP
Specialties: Supply chains
carl5114@umn.edu, 612-709-6790

Swan Ray, Supply Chain Development Specialist, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, RSDP
Specialties: Supply chains
swanx078@umn.edu, 612-978-6224

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Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs)

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Lissa Pawlisch	Director, Clean Energy Resource Teams, RSDP	pawl0048@umn.edu	612-624-2293
Joel Haskard	Co-Director, Clean Energy Resource Teams, RSDP	haska004@umn.edu	612-625-8759
Dan Thiede	Communications Manager, Clean Energy Resource Teams, RSDP	thie0235@umn.edu	612-626-0556
Maggie Kozak	Event Programming and Seed Grant Manager, Clean Energy Resource Teams, RSDP	makozak@umn.edu	612-626-0555
Alexis Troschinetz	Behavior Change and Metrics Coordinator, Clean Energy Resource Teams, RSDP	atroschi@umn.edu	612-626-0455
Peter Lindstrom	Local Government Outreach Coordinator, Clean Energy Resource Teams, RSDP	plindstr@umn.edu	612-625-9634
Fritz Ebinger	Rural Energy Development Program Manager, Clean Energy Resource Teams, RSDP	ebing007@umn.edu	612-626-1028

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Our projects

Visit our storymap to explore projects by region and focus area.

Explore our projects

Reviewed in 2018