D. Merrill Ewert

D. Merrill Ewert, President of Fresno Pacific University, was elected to the Commission in 2009. He previously served as Director of Extension and Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, and Director of Extension and Continuing Education at Wheaton College. Dr. Ewert has also served as a program design consultant and has led workshops and seminars in more than 20 countries on "training of trainers," extension education, community development, sustainable agriculture, and cross-cultural education. Among his professional affiliations, he has served as Consulting Editor of the Adult Education Quarterly, as a Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of the Community Development Society, and on various civic boards and committees. He holds an MA in Cultural Anthropology and a PhD in Adult and Continuing Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.