BRIAN DABSON

Brian Dabson researches and writes on rural and regional economic and community development, regional collaboration and rural-urban connections. He consults with the Aspen Institute's Community Strategies Group and until this year was Research Fellow with the School of Government, University of North Carolina. He is currently vice-chair of Reinvestment Partners... Before moving to North Carolina in 2016, he was Associate Dean, Research Professor, and Director of the Institute of Public Policy at the University of Missouri's Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs. Previous positions include President of the Rural Policy Research Institute and President of CFED (now Prosperity Now).