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2008 Capitol Hill Forum and Riley Memorial Lecture
Agriculture, the Fuel for Sustainable Economic Development

12:00 noon
February 28, 2008
Rayburn House Office Building Rooms B-339/40, Washington, D.C.
(enter on Independence Avenue)

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Janet K. Poley
CEO and President, American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC)



Last degree: Ph.D., Adult and Continuing Education, University of Nebraska. As ADEC's President, Dr. Poley develops collaborative distance education initiatives and conducts research and education programs relating to information technology access and applications with more than 60 land-grant university faculty and international partners. She came to her present post in 1994, following a five-year stint as Director and Deputy Administrator for Communication, Information and Technology in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and earlier (1986-89) as Coordinator, Development Program Management Center in USDA's Office of International Cooperation and Development where she conducted training and consultancies in developing countries. In 1980-86, Dr. Poley was Chief of Party in Tanzania for the USAID-financed "Training for Rural Development I and II Project," for which effort she received the Excalibur Award from the U.S. Congress. Before joining the USDA in 1975, she was a faculty member of the University of Nebraska/Lincoln (UNL) in agricultural communications for nine years. (She continues today as a professor in UNL's College of Journalism and Institute of Agricultural and Natural Resources.) Dr. Poley has numerous journal articles, book chapters, and presentations to her credit, dealing chiefly with information technology and distance learning; presently she is co-authoring a book. She has also been a valued member of numerous boards and advisory councils.
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  • About AIARD
    • About AIARD
    • Mission & Objectives
    • Officers and Committee Chairs
    • Constitution & Bylaws
    • Committees >
      • Education & Advocacy Committee
      • Membership Committee
      • Communications Committee
      • Finance Committee
      • Awards Committee
      • Future Leaders Forum Committee
      • Events Commitee
  • Members
    • Members
    • Reasons to Join AIARD
    • Join AIARD
    • Past Award Recipients
    • Career Networking
  • Communications
    • Communications
    • AIARD Blog
    • AIARD Publications
    • Email Subscription
    • Partner Publications
  • Events
    • 2025 Annual Conference
    • AIARD FLF Webinar Series
    • Previous Events >
      • Virtual AIARD Week 2021 >
        • 2021 Sessions
        • 2021 Sponsors
      • Virtual AIARD Week 2020 >
        • 2020 Sponsors
        • 2020 Speakers and Moderators
      • AIARD Side Event at the World Food Prize
      • 2019 Annual Conference >
        • 2019 Photo Gallery
        • Conference agenda
  • Future Leaders
    • Future Leaders Forum
    • AIARD Scholarship Fund
    • Future Leaders Alumni Testimonials
    • Previous Forums >
      • 2021 Future Leaders Forum
      • 2020 Future Leaders Forum