Annual Meeting 2005
The 41st Annual Meeting of
The Association for International Agriculture 
and Rural Development
June 5-7, 2005

Speakers and Panelists

Michael J. McGirr is responsible for developing and managing foreign and domestic projects in collaboration with cooperating U.S. universities. During the past three years, he has provided leadership for the National Initiative to Internationalize Extension - an effort aimed at strengthening the global dimension of local extension programs in the U.S. 

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From 1990 to 1996, Mr. McGirr managed the agency's Polish/American Extension Project that involved collaboration with 31 land-grant universities. He has also helped to develop agency initiatives in the former Soviet Republics, Africa, Central America and, most recently, Afghanistan. Mr. McGirr began his career in international development as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a Master's in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies.