Resource Management Faculty
Patti J. Fisher , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D. The Ohio State University
M.S. The Ohio State University
B.S. Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Ph.D. The Ohio State University
M.S. The Ohio State University
B.S. Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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More Information| Research Interests | Teaching Interests |
| Household Saving | Consumer Rights |
| Economic Well-Being | Personal Finance |
| Financial Education |
| Career Highlights |
| Ohio Family & Consumer Science Standards Expert Panel - Member |
| Scholarship for Academic Excellence, 2006 |
| Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Tuition Fellowship, 2005 |
| ACCI Student Travel Grant, 2004 |
| Provost Scholar, 2000 |
Irene Leech, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D. Virginia Tech
M.S. Virginia Tech
B.S. Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Virginia Tech
M.S. Virginia Tech
B.S. Virginia Tech
More Information| Research Interests | Teaching Interests |
| Residential Energy | Consumer Protection |
| Citizen Involvement | Citizen Involvement |
| Personal Finance | Public Policy |
| Personal Finance Across the Lifecycle |
| Career Highlights |
| Appointed to the Post-Capped Rates Subcommittee of the Virginia General Assembly's Commission on Electric Utility Restructuring, 2006 |
| Served on the Task Force convened by the Virginia Attorney General's Office to review Dominion's proposed hybrid electric regulation legislation, 2007 |
| Co-Primary Investigator on National Science Foundation funded research project on a secure and efficient distributed generation power system, 2003-07 |
| Virginia Tech Deans' Task Force on Energy, Member, 2006 - Present |
| Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy's Citizen Advocate of the Year, 2002 |
| US Department of Agriculture Group Honor Award for Excellence, 2002 |
| Consumer Federation of America, Board President, 2001-03, 2005-07 |
| National Association of Personal Finance Advisors Consumer Representative, 2004 - Present |
| US Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Consumer Advisory Committee, 2000-2006 |
| VIrginia Citizens Consumer Council, President, 1997-Present |
| Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Consumer Advisory Committee Chair, 1999-Present |
