GOVERNANCE

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A Memorandum of Understanding between the Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (IASWCD), the United States Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA), the Indiana State Soil Conservation Board (SSCB), and Purdue University Extension Service provides the framework to jointly carry out the CCSI program.

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CCSI is governed by an Oversight Committee, the members of which include two voting representatives of the IASWCD, USDA-NRCS, ISDA, SSCB, and Purdue Extension. Non-voting members include the IASWCD Executive Director and CCSI Director. Affiliate partnering and/or stakeholder organizations may be invited to serve on the Oversight Committee.

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Oversight Committee meetings are conducted on the last Tuesday of the month.

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Current Oversight Committee Members include:

• Jennifer Thum (ISDA Division of Soil Conservation Deputy Director), Chair

• Breegan Anderson (ISDA Division of Soil Conservation Deputy Director)

• Amy Burris (SSCB Member)

• Kenny Cain (SSCB Member)

• ​Eileen Kladivko (Purdue Extension / Purdue University Professor of Agronomy)

• John Kruze (IASWCD / Dearborn SWCD Supervisor)

• Stan Moore (IASWCD / Kosciusko County SWCD Supervisor)

• Walt Sell (Purdue Extension Asst Program Leader for Ag and Natural Resources)

• Keith Williams (USDA-NRCS Assistant State Conservationist for Field Operations in NE Indiana)

• Shannon Zezula (USDA-NRCS Indiana State Resource Conservationist)

• Les Zimmerman (IASWCD / Vermillion County SWCD Supervisor, non-voting)

• Mike Dunn (The Nature Conservancy Director of Indiana Freshwater Programs, non-voting)

• Liz Rice(IASWCD Executive Director, typically non-voting)

• Joe Rorick (On Farm Sustainability and Research Coordinator, Purdue Extension / Indiana Corn Marketing Council / Indiana Soybean Alliance, non-voting)

• Lisa Holscher (CCSI Director, non-voting)