Kathleen Tweeten

Kathleen is the director of the NDSU Extension Center for Community Vitality and an Extension Specialist in Community Economic Development in the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics. She is the current and first president of the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals, past president of the Business Retention and Expansion International and certified instructor for the BREI Business and Retention and Expansion certification program.

Her special areas of interest include business retention and expansion, community  action planning, the creation of rural business opportunities, student community service based learning, e-commerce, entrepreneurship and leadership development.

Kathy works with NDSU faculty and others to coordinate research, teaching and outreach to assist individuals and community leaders interested in community vitality.

Kathleen received both her B.S. and M.B.A. from the University of North Dakota.


Center for Community Vitality