In addition to serving as the AgrAbility PA Project Director, Dr. Suzanna Windon is an Assistant Professor of Youth & Adult Leadership in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education for Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. She is also the director of the college’s Ukrainian Rural and Agricultural Development Program. Windon brings her expertise in youth and adult leadership and extension to grow programs in support of the land reform process in Ukraine. She leads the Consortium for Ukraine’s Rural and Agricultural Development — CURAD — a group of U.S. land-grant universities with years of experience in Ukraine. Penn State is a founding member and lead institution of the consortium.

Her research interests include:

• Adult & Youth Leadership Development
• Community Leadership Development
• Volunteerism
• Volunteer Leadership Development
• Needs Assessment Research
• Evaluation