NCRCA | Tara Vogelien

Interview with Tara Vogelien
Interviewer: Chad Morgan
Location: Kannapolis, NC
Interview Date: Friday, June 6, 2008
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Tara Vogelien is the Director for Business and Research Administration for NC State's Fruit and Vegetable Institute at the North Carolina Research Campus. She was one of the first people to move to Kannapolis expressly to work at the NCRC.

This interview is organized around several major themes: Ms. Vogelien's background; the difficulty of coordinating NCRC administration with so many partners and potential partners; the transformative possibilities the research campus holds for Kannapolis and the region; the ease with which she and her family have assimilated in Kannapolis; and the potential for meaningful and important nutrition research at the campus.