Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Official Alabama Cooperative Extension System logo (2012)
Agency overview
Formed	1914
Jurisdiction	Alabama
Headquarters	Auburn, Alabama and Normal, Alabama
Employees	800
Agency executives	Dr. Mike Phillips, Director Dr. Virginia Caples, Extension Administrator Dr. Paul Brown, Associate Director for Traditional Programs Dr. Celvia Stovall, Associate Director for Urban and New Nontraditional Programs
Parent agency	Alabama A&M University and Auburn University
Website	http://www.aces.edu/

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The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) is a primary outreach and engagement organization that provides educational outreach to the citizens of Alabama on behalf of the state's two land grant universities: Alabama A&M University (state's 1890 land-grant institution) and Auburn University (1872 land-grant institution).^[1]

ACES employs more than 800 faculty, professional educators, and staff members operating in offices in each of Alabama's 67 counties and in nine urban centers covering the major regions of the state.^[2][3] In conjunction with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, the system also staffs six extension and research centers located in the state's principal geographic regions.^[2]

Since 2004, "Alabama Extension" has functioned primarily as a regionally based system in which the bulk of educational programming is delivered by agents operating across a multi-county area and specializing in specific fields. County extension coordinators and county agents work with regional agents and other extension personnel to deliver services within their areas.^[2]