[Local-Maine-Schools] Fwd: Marty Strange (of Rural Trust; Dick Gould)

[Dick Atlee]

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Subject: 	Marty Strange
Date: 	Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:51:41 -0500
From: 	ricchard gould <perf3170rag at myfairpoint.net>

Good Morning

I am sending you a short article from the Rural Trust Newsletter about Marty

He is an excellent resource and he will be at our meeting on February 10
at the University of Maine along with several other speakers.

Hope to see you there.

Dick

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Marty Strange, Long-Time Policy Director At Rural Trust Resigns
Last Updated: January 27, 2012

This article appeared in the January 2012 Rural Policy Matters.

Marty Strange, who has headed the Rural School and Community Trust
policy program for 15 years, has resigned to return to consulting on
rural policy issues and campaigns.

Strange joined the Rural Trust as a member of the Board of Directors in
1995 and was asked to launch the policy program in 1997. He served as a
part-time consultant in that assignment until 2000, when he joined the
staff as full-time policy director. He will continue with the Trust as a
lead consultant, heading the Formula Fairness Campaign and consulting on
other policy issues.

Under Strange’s leadership, the Rural Trust policy program has focused
on rural education organizing at local and state levels, with priority
on rural areas that face the greatest economic and social challenges.
For the past three years, however, he has also coordinated the Formula
Fairness Campaign, a nationwide effort to reform the formula for
distributing federal funds for the education of disadvantaged students.

"Marty's contributions to the Trust have been invaluable," says Doris
Terry Williams, Executive Director of the Rural Trust. "We are pleased
that we will be able to call about his expertise in his new role as we
continue the Trust's important rural policy analysis and advocacy work."

Strange was a co-founder in 1973 of the Center for Rural Affairs, a
rural advocacy organization that advocates for family farms and small
business. His book, Family Farming: A New Economic Vision, is a leading
defense of family farming.

“I’ve worked for rural America my entire career, and 38 years of it with
just two organizations, both of which I joined in their infancy,” says
Strange. “I want to use my experience in the best way possible, and I
think that I can do that best by returning to consulting. I’ve had 15
good years with the Rural Trust, and I’m grateful for the great work
this organization does.”