IMPACTS
Multistate Research Fund
OUR TEAM
Faith Peppers
USDA-NIFA Liaison
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Connected, energized strategist from the Georgia piedmont
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Helps guide the strategic vision of the team and connects partners and programs to provide a smooth, two-way flow of powerful impact stories.
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Has training in Journalism, Political Science, and Leadership
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Enjoys storytelling, live music, and Irish step dancing
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IMPACTed by time in the big-city media circus, which eventually led to a return home to the steady rhythm of agrarian society and the farmers at the heart of it
Sara Delheimer
Program Coordinator
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Multi-tasking communicator and problem solver from rural Illinois (now Nashville, TN)
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Helps develop program strategy and coordinates day-to-day activities; writes and designs Impact Statements, social media graphics, and other materials that tell the stories of multistate research projects.
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Has training in Sociology and Environmental Science
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Enjoys hiking, mountain biking, reading, and cooking
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IMPACTed by a summer internship in Acadia National Park and the discovery of science communication as a real profession
OUR PARTNERS
Our team is small, but we work with many partners! The MRF Impacts Program works with State Agricultural Experiment Station directors and regional associations, land-grant university administrators, communicators, and faculty, communicators and leaders at the USDA-NIFA and APLU, and others.