Jill Long Thompson, Under Secretary, Rural Development

Dayton J. Watkins, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Randall Torgerson, Deputy Administrator, RBS Cooperative Services

Catherine Merlo, Editor

Peter Manzelli, Design

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