Chuck Hassbrook, Executive Director of the Center for Rural Affairs, will remain on extended leave to run for political office. Jim Knopik, Fullerton, Nebraska, farmer and Center Board President says - I have every confidence in our staff’s ability to keep the Center and our work for rural America moving forward.
The Center Board has also voted to implement a succession plan previously developed by Center board and staff and tapped Assistant Executive Director Brian Depew to fill the role of Acting Executive Director. Depew will assume the interim position on March 1, 2012.
