MEET THE DIRECTOR

Nancy Bowen is a Certified Economic Developer with over 20 years experience in the field of community economic development. She obtained a Master of Urban and Regional Planning with a concentration in Economic Development from the Louisiana State University, New Orleans Lakefront Campus in 1990. She became certified as an economic developer in 1993 through the International Economic Development Council.

In April, 1999, she began the position of OSU Extension Educator for Community Economic Development for Van Wert County, Ohio. She accepted the position to take advantage of a unique opportunity to live and work in a small town that offers a very good quality of life.