ESPA is a professional development organization composed of support and administrative and professional personnel of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.

Objectives:

• To promote cooperation and understanding among Extension staff.
• To provide opportunities for and to promote professional improvement and exchange of ideas.
• To provide a forum for communication to express common needs and goals of the members of the Association.
• To provide a mechanism for maintaining and improving relationships with other professional organizations.
• To perform any other service for the benefit of its members that may be mutually agreeable.
• This organization will not establish policy nor will it serve as a substitute for the established procedure for resolving individual grievances.