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059 SARAH IUBIN <br /> • <br /> Route 1.Box 201-F <br /> Durham,NC 27705 <br /> (919)967-4855 <br /> EDUCATION <br /> Master of City and Regional Planning (1977).Harvard University,Cambridge. MA. <br /> Areas a Specialization. Economic and Community Development <br /> Boners..Department Scholar,Best Workshop Award <br /> Bachelor of Arts,Psychology(1972).Oberlin College,Oberlin,Ohio. <br /> Honors'Dean's List <br /> EXPERIENCE <br /> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT(1985- present) <br /> Conducted research on rural economic development strategies as part of MDC's Shadows in the <br /> Sunbelt study. Designed study, reviewed literature, conducted telephone interviews, co- <br /> authored report cataloging and assessing innovative economic development approaches. <br /> Participated in Southern Growth Policies Board's analysis of changing employment patterns in <br /> the nonmetro South.Designed study.analyzed data, co-authored report(After the Factories) <br /> Currently conducting survey of rural development resources and activities for the new N. C. <br /> Rural Economic Development Center. <br /> RESEARCH ASSOCIATE(1979- 84) MDC, Inc. Chapel Hill,North Carolina <br /> Managed and participated in numerous studies related to economic development and <br /> employment and training. Responsibilities included research design, conducting interviews, <br /> analyzing data,supervising staff,writing reports. Among the projects were the following: <br /> •Rural Lab, a national study of state and local economic development <br /> strategies. <br /> •Monitoring and assessment of efforts to establish the Local Initiatives <br /> Support Corporation progam (an innovative approach to community <br /> economic development)in eastern North Carolina. <br /> •Study of the economic status of women in the rural South. <br /> •Staff to Southern Education Foundation Task force on "Linking Post- <br /> Secondary Education and Economic Development". <br /> •Staff to Governor Hunt's Blue Ribbon Commission seeking to establish a rural <br /> development center in North Carolina. <br /> •Technical assistance to South Carolina community colleges in training <br /> women for nontraditional occupations <br /> •Monitoring and assessment of numerous state and national demonstration <br /> employment and training programs. <br />