AARP Idaho tabs Trail to lead volunteer executive council

AARP Idaho announced the appointment of former Idaho State Representative Tom Trail to state president of the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.

Trail, a Moscow resident, will lead the AARP Idaho volunteer executive council and work to achieve AARP's vision, mission and strategic priorities in the state. He will also promote AARP Idaho's role in the Fraud Watch Network, a national effort designed to protect Americans from fraud and identity theft.

Trail, who is retired after serving 16 years as a Republican state representative in the Idaho Legislature, has been an AARP member for 24 years. Prior to his public service, he spent 23 years at Washington State University working in the College of Agriculture as an Extension Training Specialist and in the Master of Adult Education Program. Trail finished his career at WSU in Malawi, Africa, serving as head of the Malawi Agriculture Training Division. He received the USDA's Outstanding Overseas Educator award from Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Yeutter for his work in helping developing a national Malawi Extension Training program.

Trail graduated from the University of Idaho with a B.S. degree in Animal Science. In 1959, he received an M.A. degree in adult education from the University of Maryland. He returned to Montana State University in late 1965 and completed his doctorate in experimental psychology in 1966.