Anne Silvis
Extension Specialist, Leadership Development / LCED Director
Department of Human and Community Development
222 Bevier Hall
905 S Goodwin Ave MC-184
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217-333-5126
asilvis@illinois.edu
Anne Heinze
Silvis is Interim Program Leader for Community and Economic Development and Extension Specialist in Community Development and Leadership for University of Illinois
Extension, and is Director of the Laboratory for Community and
Economic Development, Department of Human and Community Development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Anne
serves on the Community and Economic Development Team for University of Illinois
Extension. Her work focuses on topics
including leadership development, rural development, telecommunications and
access, sustainable agriculture and group process skills.
Anne chairs
the planning committee and hosts the annual Illinois Leadership Conference, and
directs funded projects in leadership development, community planning,
biofuels, and sustainable agriculture. Anne is past chair of the Board of
Directors for Rural Partners, the Illinois Rural Development Council; serves on
the Board of Directors and as Communications Co-Chair for the International
Community Development Society; and serves as the Book Review Editor for Community Development: Journal of the
Community Development Society. Anne teaches the course, Survey Design and Analysis in the
Department of Urban and Regional Planning and is a member of the North Central
Regional Center
for Rural Development's initiative, Foundations of Practice. Anne serves on
various committees and task forces for ACES, University
of Illinois Extension, and the State
of Illinois.
Anne is a graduate of the University
of Wisconsin at Madison
and earned an MBA from the University of Illinois.
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