About
The Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP) is the representative governing body of the Experiment Station Section (ESS), a unit of the APLU Commission on Food, Environment, and Renewable Resources (CFERR), Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA). ESCOP handles continuing business, organization, and policy issues on behalf of the state agricultural experiment station directors and administrators. The ESCOP also provides liaison representatives to a variety of other committees, agencies, associations, and organizations. These representatives are appointed by the Chair of ESCOP after consultation with the Executive Committee.
Each 1862 agricultural experiment station director and 1890 research director participates in a regional association: Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NERA), the official representative body of the agricultural experiment station directors in the Northeast Region; North Central Regional Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NCRA), the official representative body of the agricultural experiment station directors in the North Central Region; Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (SAAESD), the official representative body of the agricultural experiment station directors in the Southern Region; Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (WAAESD), the official representative body of the agricultural experiment station directors in the Western Region; and Association of Research Directors (ARD), the official representative body of the agricultural research administrators of the 1890 Land-grant institutions. All regional associations are affiliated with APLU through the Experiment Station Section and are represented on ESCOP, but are fundamentally independent organizations.
Upcoming Events
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Members
Name | Position | Affiliation | |
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Moses Kairo | ESCOP Chair | ARD | mkairo@umes.edu |
Chris Pritsos | ESCOP Incoming Chair | WAAESD | pritsos@cabnr.unr.edu |
George Hopper | ESCOP Past Chair | SAAESD | gmh58@msstate.edu |
Orlando McMeans | Chair PBD | AHS | mcmeanso@wvstateu.edu |
Glenda Humiston | Chair BLC | WAAESD | glenda.humiston@ucop.edu |
Hongwei Xin | NC-FAR Rep | SAAESD | hxin2@tennessee.edu |
Craig Beyrouty | Chair BAC | AHS | beyrouty@umd.edu |
Steve Loring | Chair CMC | WAAESD | sloring@ad.nmsu.edu |
Doug Buhler | Chair NRSP RC | NCRA | buhler@msu.edu |
Jody Jellison | Chair STC, NERA Regional Past Chair | NERA | jjellison@cns.umass.edu |
Marshall Stewart | Chair CLP | AHS | stewartmars@missouri.edu |
Henry Fadamiro | Chair DCC | SAAESD | fadamhy@auburn.edu |
Jan Nyrop | Chair NPGCC | NERA | jpn2@cornell.edu |
Moses Kairo | Regional Chair | ARD | mkairo@umes.edu |
Greg Cuomo | Regional Chair | NCRA | cuomogj@umn.edu |
Matt Wilson | Regional Chair | NERA | mwilso25@wvu.edu |
J.F. Meullenet | Regional Chair | SAAESD | jfmeull@uark.edu |
Chris Pritsos | Regional Chair | WAAESD | pritsos@cabnr.unr.edu |
Vernon Jones | Regional Incoming Chair | ARD | vjones@langston.edu |
George Smith | Regional Incoming Chair | NCRA | smithge7@msu.edu |
Eric Wommack | Regional Incoming Chair | NERA | wommack@udel.edu |
Rob Gilbert | Regional Incoming Chair | SAAESD | ragilber@ufl.edu |
Mark McGuire | Regional Incoming Chair | WAAESD | mmcguire@idaho.edu |
Govind Kannan | Regional Past Chair | ARD | govindak@fvsu.edu |
Joe Colletti | Regional Past Chair | NCRA | colletti@iastate.edu |
Keith Owens | Regional Past Chair | SAAESD | keith.owens@okstate.edu |
Glenda Humiston | Regional Past Chair | WAAESD | glenda.humiston@ucop.edu |
Robert Godfrey | Liaison to ECOP | SAAESD | rgodfre@uvi.edu |
Richard Klemme | Liaison / Executive Director | ECOP | rklemme@aplu.org |
Chuck Ross | Liaison | ECOP | chuck.ross@uvm.edu |
Nina Lilja | Liaison | ICOP | nlilja@ksu.edu |
James Thompson | Liaison | BVM | jthompson@utk.edu |
Laura Jolly | Liaison | BHS | ljolly@iastate.edu |
Eddie Gouge | Liaison | APLU | egouge@aplu.org |
Montague (Tag) Demment II | Liaison | APLU | mdemment@aplu.org |
Katie Frazier | Liaison | CARET | kfrazier@fcvirginias.com |
Ron Trewyn | Liaison | CRPGE | trewyn@k-state.edu |
Parag Chitnis | Liaison | NIFA | Parag.Chitnis@nifa.usda.gov |
Terry Tucker | Liaison | NIFA | twt2@cornell.edu |
Chavonda Jacobs-Young | Liaison | USDA ARS | c.jacobsyoung@ars.usda.gov |
Alton Thompson | Executive Vice-Chair, Ex-officio | ARD | athompson1@ncat.edu |
Bret Hess | Executive Director, Ex-officio | WAAESD | bhess@unr.edu |
Rick Rhodes | Executive Director, Ex-officio | NERA | rcrhodes@uri.edu |
Dave Leibovitz | Coordinator, Ex-officio | NERA | david_leibovitz@uri.edu |
Jeff Jacobsen | Executive Director, Ex-officio | NCRA | jjacobsn@msu.edu |
Christina Hamilton | Assistant Director, Ex-officio | NCRA | Christina.hamilton@wisc.edu |
Gary Thompson | Executive Director, Ex-officio | SAAESD | gat009@uark.edu |
Donna Pearce | Assistant to the Executive Director, Ex-officio | SAAESD | donna_pearce@ncsu.edu |
Cindy Morley | Coordinator / Program Manager, Ex-officio | SAAESD | cmorley@uark.edu |
Doug Steele | Liaison, Ex-officio | APLU | dsteele@aplu.org |