Susan Jakes

Job Description Susan Jakes, Ph.D., is the Associate State Program Leader for Community and Rural Development for NC State Extension and an Extension Assistant Professor at NC State University. She specializes in program design to promote systems and community change, particularly in the areas of community engagement, strategies to find innovative solutions, economic development, diversity, leadership, local food, and collaboration. Susan believes that communities have the capacity to solve today’s complex community issues, and that education, leadership, and inclusion are the keys to putting that capacity to work. Susan received a B.S. in Psychology and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Community Psychology.