PERSONNEL AND EXPERTISE

The Northwest Iowa Research Institute works with a highly skilled research and grant writing team from Northwest Iowa. Key members of our team include:


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Angela Kroeze Visser, Ph.D.
Executive Director

Angela Kroeze Visser holds a Ph. D. in Health Sciences from the University of South Dakota and an MPH in Community Health Education from the University of Minnesota. She has successfully led the development of numerous successful state, federal, and not-for-profit grant funding initiatives. She has expertise in program design, implementation, and management for community health promotion and disease prevention initiatives.


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Taylor Droog
Consultant

Taylor holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology: Public Health from Dordt University. She has experience in statistics, data communication, and grant post-award support. As an undergraduate, she served as a statistics tutor and participated in a biostatistics undergraduate research program at the University of Iowa.


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Chris Goedhart, Ph.D. Grants Writer and Manager

Dr. Goedhart holds a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology from Virginia Tech.  His expertise includes teaching agronomic and cross-disciplinary courses, cropping research, and agricultural consulting. He currently uses his expertise to help faculty submit and manage government-funded grants.