Planning Committee

Planning Partners

  • Penn State Cooperative Extension
  • Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC)
  • Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center, Penn State University, The Dickinson School of Law
  • County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP)
  • Penn State's Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research (MCOR)
  • Cornell University Cooperative Extension
  • Ohio State University Extension
  • Marcellus Shale Coalition 

Planning Committee 

  • Dave Messersmith (Chair) — Extension Educator, Penn State Cooperative Extension 
  • Amy Childers — Federal Projects Manager, IOGCC 
  • Ross Pifer — Director, Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center, Penn State University, The Dickinson School of Law 
  • Jon Laughner — Beaver County Extension Director, Penn State Cooperative Extension 
  • Carol Loveland — Program Assistant, Lycoming County Cooperative Extension 
  • Tom Murphy — Co-director, Penn State's Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research
  • Stephen W. Saunders, Esq. — Saunders Law, LLC
  • Brett Chedzoy — Senior Natural Resource Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schuyler County, New York
  • Mike Lloyd — Extension Agent, Community Development, Ohio State University Cooperative Extension
  • Eric Cowden — Community Outreach Manager, Marcellus Shale Coalition
  • Matt Henderson — Shale Gas Asset Manager, Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research