Kenny Sherin

Kenny Sherin is a North Carolina native. He was born and raised on a family farm in Union County. He attended NC State University in the early nineties where he earned two degrees in natural resources and forestry. After working as a consultant, he attended Campbell University where he earned a Master of Divinity Degree and met his wife Karen. In pursuing their love of rural communities, Kenny and Karen moved to Columbia, MO where Kenny earned a doctoral degree in Rural Sociology and Community Development from the University of Missouri. That degree took him to South Dakota State University Extension where he was the SDSU Extension state program leader for the Community Vitality Program. Prior to 2019, Kenny lived outside of NC for 12 years and he is glad to be back home serving as the County Extension Director for Randolph County and the Broadband Access and Education Coordinator for N.C. Cooperative Extension. He has served on the National Digital Education Extension Team (NDEET) of the Southern Rural Development Center for 5 years. He is currently the National Broadband Fellow with the Extension Foundation, working to improve broadband programming capacity within the Cooperative Extension System nationally. Kenny joined the Board in December 2021.