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Meet Our Staff and Advisory Board

Gretchen Worth

Project Director, Susan Christopherson Center for Community Planning

Tom Knipe

Director of Economic Development
Ithaca, NY

Vice Chair, Christopherson Center Advisory Board

Jeffrey Chusid

Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

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Derek Crossman

Deputy Regional Director, Empire State Development
Utica, NY

Chair, Chistopherson Center Advisory Board

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Danielle Hautaniemi

State Extension Specialist
Lansing, NY

Rod Howe

Town Supervisor
Ithaca, NY

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Kate Maynard

Planning and Economic Development Director, CDRPC
Albany, NY

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Nicolette Wagoner

Senior Regulatory Analyst
Corning, NY

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