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statements-releases/2024-12/2024-12-18-fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-honors-rural-innovators.md

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+date: '2024-12-18'
+modified_time: 2024-12-19 17:10:18-05:00
+published_time: 2024-12-18 16:52:27-05:00
+source_url: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/18/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-honors-rural-innovators/
+tags: statements-releases
+title: "FACT SHEET: Biden-\u2060Harris Administration Honors Rural\_Innovators"
+---
+
+Today, the Biden-Harris Administration will honor 14 Rural Innovators
+from across America who making a positive impact in their rural
+communities.
+
+Earlier this year, the Biden-Harris Administration invited the public to
+nominate individuals who are taking action and ensuring their
+communities thrive for generations to come. White House Domestic Policy
+Advisor Neera Tanden, White House Office of Public Engagement Director
+Stephen Benjamin, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack headlined an
+event at the White House today to celebrate the extraordinary
+accomplishments of Rural Innovators and highlight the Biden-Harris
+Administration’s investments in rural communities. To learn more about
+the Rural Innovators, please visit
+[Rural.gov](https://www.rural.gov/rural-innovators-initiative).
+
+The individuals being recognized as Rural Innovators include:
+
+-   Sylandi Brown, Board Member, Pulaski County Board of Education
+    (Georgia)
+-   Kristina Cannon, President & CEO, Main Street Skowhegan (Maine)
+-   Jeremiah Clever, President, CWA Broadband Apprenticeship Lead-Idaho
+    (FITECH) (Idaho)
+-   Jill Dunham, Broadband Project Manager, Allegan County Government
+    (Michigan)
+-   Rick Erickson, Retired Teacher, Bayfield High School (Wisconsin)
+-   Luis Omar Garcia, Community Leader, Unidos por Arenas (Puerto Rico)
+-   Jennifer Gauthier, Director, College of Menominee Nation Sustainable
+    Development Institute (Menominee Nation)
+-   Nick Hernandez, CEO & Founder, Makoce Agriculture Development (Pine
+    Ridge Indian Reservation)
+-   Michael Jefferson, President & Founder, Cut One School One Youth
+    Crime Intervention, Inc. (Mississippi)
+-   Erin Martin, Farmer & Owner, Footprints in the Garden (North
+    Carolina)
+-   Ted Matthews, Administrator & CEO, Anson General Hospital (Texas)
+-   Sarah Meitner, Executive Director, Heartland Community Foundation
+    (Kansas)
+-   Alexis Racelis, Houston Endowed Chair for Science and Technology and
+    Professor in the School for Earth, Environmental and Marine
+    Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Texas)
+-   Nancy X. Valentine, Artist and Executive Director of Kaddatz
+    Galleries (Minnesota)
+
+\###