Dr Jeff Coutts, Life Member

Dr Jeff Coutts is a passionate supporter of APEN.  He organised the first Australasia Pacific Extension Conference at the Gold Coast, Queensland in 1993, where the concept of APEN was initiated. While working in the background as a keen supporter and advocate, Jeff was a member of the APEN Committee  of Management in 2004 and 2005.  He has delivered inspiring sessions at APEN Conferences, webinars and regional events.

Jeff worked as a volunteer in PNG, in private extension and as a  poultry extension officer.  He developed the Extension Strategy in Queensland in the 1990s and became director of the Rural Extension Centre having completed a PhD in extension at the Wageningen University in The Netherlands.  In 2001, he established his family company, Coutts J&R, focusing on the evaluation of research, development and extension programs in agriculture and natural resource management.  Jeff supervises and examines extension PhDs and is on the editorial panel of the Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension.

Life Membership awarded 24 October 2018