Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Hughes Center, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, serves as a national model highlighting Maryland’s agriculture, forestry, and environmental communities. Using a collaborative research and outreach model to form science-based solutions for managing and conserving
natural resources in Maryland and the Chesapeake Watershed, the Center’s mission is to provide leadership to promote environmentally sound and economically viable agriculture and forestry as Maryland’s preferred land use. The Center’s work utilizes a three-pronged approach to address its mission. First, all the Center’s efforts are based on unbiased research needs identified by Maryland stakeholders, state agencies,
and organizations. The Center funds and participates in these research projects. The second major component of the Center’s work focuses on outreach, including all aspects of the Center’s communications, to distribute research findings through videos, social media, newsletters, webinars, and other venues. Collaboration and working with the Hughes Center Board and Maryland’s agricultural and environmental communities
is the third cornerstone of the Center’s work. The Center’s board is a diverse body comprising individuals from the agriculture, forestry, conservation, environmental, and legislative communities. The board’s diversity provides the foundation for the Center’s ability to engage with a broad range of stakeholders to discuss difficult issues and identify solutions. Position Description: The Hughes Center for
Agro-Ecology seeks a visionary leader to serve as the Center’s next Director. Building on the Center’s twenty-five-year legacy of providing leadership to address the complex issues facing Maryland’s agriculture and forestry communities through research, outreach, and collaborative partnerships, the new Director has a unique opportunity to expand the Center’s growth, visibility, and impact. Reporting to the Associate
Dean for Research and Associate Director of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) and the Hughes Center Board, the Director is the outward face of the Hughes Center and the leader of the Center’s team serving as the primary contact with the Board, external stakeholders, leadership at the University of Maryland, and the Center’s team. The Director will
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