Brent Hueth | Lynn Pitman | Anne Reynolds | Reka Sundaram-Stukel

Brent Hueth, Director

Brent Hueth is the Director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives and Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. Professor Hueth received his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin, Brent spent two years at the University of California Berkeley as a Research Economist, and then eight years at Iowa State University as Associate Professor in the Department of Economics. His research and teaching focuses on cooperative organizations and agricultural markets. He is the Principal Investigator of a large-scale USDA-funded research project to measure the incidence and economic importance of cooperative activity nationwide. This research is expected to generate the most comprehensive inventory to date of U.S. cooperative firms, and will serve as a unique resource for researchers seeking to understand, critically evaluate, and improve cooperative performance.

Contact info: University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, 229 Taylor Hall, 427 Lorch Street, Madison WI 53706-1503, ph 608.890-0924, fax 608.262.3251, hueth@wisc.edu

Lynn Pitman, Associate Outreach Specialist

Lynn Pitman works on variety of outreach, education and communications projects for the center. She develops, researches and writes training materials and staff papers, provides information on coopertives to interested individuals and groups, and markets the Center's programs. Previously, Lynn served on the board of a grocery co-operative start-up and worked on related on neighborhood development issues. Her prior business experience was in catalog marketing with growing entrepreneurial firms.

Contact info: University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, 234 Taylor Hall, 427 Lorch Street, Madison, WI 53706-1503, ph 608.261-1355, fax 608.262.3251, pitman@wisc.edu.

Anne Reynolds, Assistant Director

Anne Reynolds is the Assistant Director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives. She has participated in several research and cooperative development projects in the areas of co-op member satisfaction and loyalty, cooperative education for emerging leaders, value-added agriculture, health care, and rural housing co-ops. She has led numerous workshops on board leadership, board roles and responsibilities and strategic planning. Anne serves on several boards, including The Cooperative Foundation, the Association of Cooperative Educators, Wisconsin Federated Youth Foundation and the Senior Cooperative Foundation. Before joining the Center for Cooperatives, Anne worked at the Credit Union National Association (CUNA).

Contact info: University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, 222 Taylor Hall, 427 Lorch Street, Madison, WI 53706-1503, ph 608.263.4775, fax 608.262.3251, atreynol@wisc.edu