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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, Ed. It was good to visit with some of you at the Awards Luncheon at Bear Down Gym last week. I look forward to seeing the rest of you online in the new year, if not before. Cheers, Scott
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#0C234B;mso-ligatures:none">Scott R Koenig, MBA</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#767676;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
Executive Director<br>
Arizona Center for Rural Leadership<br>
Cooperative Extension<br>
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<br>
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Maricopa County Cooperative Extension<br>
4341 E BROADWAY RD | PHOENIX, AZ 85040-8807<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> Martin, Edward C - (ecmartin) <ecmartin@arizona.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 5, 2023 2:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Montez, Kelly A - (kellymontez) <kellymontez@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Koenig, Scott R - (skoenig) <skoenig@arizona.edu>; eat <eac@cals.arizona.edu>; CED@list.cals.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Project CENTRL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear CEDs and ADs,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">At the request of VP Burgess, the Executive Director of Project CENTRL – Arizona Center for Rural Leadership, Scott Koenig, will now report directly to the Associate Vice President and Director of Extension. As such, I thought it would
be beneficial to include Scott in our monthly Zoom and in-person meetings.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know Scott is very excited about attending more meetings (<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span>).
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<p class="MsoNormal">But honestly, I think it will help Extension become better aware of the Center's activities and let Scott learn more about opportunities we have around the state.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">He will start joining the meeting in January and will be included in the Director's email listserv.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Welcome Scott!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#0C234B;mso-ligatures:none">Edward C. Martin, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#767676;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-ligatures:none">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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