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
No Upcoming Meetings
Resources
Files
- Regional Rural Development Centers 50th Anniversary Proclamation
- 2022 Leadership Award
- 2022 Excellence Multistate Research Award
- ESCOP Priorites and Chair Initiatives 2022
- ESCOP 2022 Chair Priorities & Initiatives Slide Deck
- ESS Climate Change Strategies
- ESS Rules of Operation (Amended September 25, 2019)
- Diversity Catalyst Committee White Paper
- ESCOP Listserv Addresses (@escop.info)
- ESCOP STC 2022 Work Plan Outline_20211026
- ESCOP STC Work Plan Slides 2022
Members
| Name | Position | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Pritsos | ESCOP Chair | WAAESD | pritsos@unr.edu |
| Matt Wilson | ESCOP Incoming Chair and Regional Past Chair | NERA | matt.wilson@mail.wvu.edu |
| Moses Kairo | ESCOP Past Chair | ARD | mkairo@umes.edu |
| Tom Coon | Chair PBD | AHS | thomas.coon@okstate.edu |
| Paul Patterson | Chair BAC | AHS | pmp0003@auburn.edu |
| Marshall Stewart | Chair CLP | AHS | stewartmars@missouri.edu |
| Hongwei Xin | NC-FAR Rep | SAAESD | hxin2@tennessee.edu |
| Glenda Humiston | Chair BLC | WAAESD | glenda.humiston@ucop.edu |
| J.F. Meullenet | Chair CMC and Regional Past Chair | SAAESD | jfmeull@uark.edu |
| Henry Fadamiro | Chair DCC | SAAESD | henry.fadamiro@ag.tamu.edu |
| Jan Nyrop | Chair NPGCC | NERA | jpn2@cornell.edu |
| Mark McGuire | Chair NRSP RC, ESS PBD Rep, Regional Past Chair | WAAESD | mmcguire@uidaho.edu |
| Bernie Engel | Chair STC | NCRA | engelb@purdue.edu |
| Vernon Jones | Regional Past Chair | ARD | vjones@langston.edu |
| George Smith | Regional Past Chair | NCRA | smithge7@msu.edu |
| Chandra Reddy | Regional Chair | ARD | creddy@tnstate.edu |
| Hector Santiago | Regional Chair | NCRA | santiago@unl.edu |
| Eric Wommack | Regional Chair | NERA | wommack@udel.edu |
| Rob Gilbert | Regional Chair | SAAESD | ragilber@ufl.edu |
| Chris Davies | Regional Chair | WAAESD | charis.davies@usu.edu |
| Louis Whitesides | Regional Incoming Chair | ARD | lwhitesides@scsu.edu |
| Germán Bollero | Regional Incoming Chair | NCRA | gbollero@illinois.edu |
| Mark Hutton | Regional Incoming Chair | NERA | mark.hutton@maine.edu |
| Paula Agudelo | Regional Incoming Chair | SAAESD | pagudel@clemson.edu |
| Scot Hulbert | Regional Incoming Chair | WAAESD | scot_hulbert@wsu.edu |
| VACANT | Liaison to ECOP | ||
| Caroline (Crocoll) Henney | Liaison / Executive Director | ECOP | ccrocoll@aplu.org |
| Bev Durgan | Liaison | ECOP | durga001@umn.edu |
| Nina Lilja | Liaison | ICOP | nlilja@ksu.edu |
| James Thompson | Liaison | BVM | jthompson@utk.edu |
| Laura Jolly | Liaison | BHS | ljolly@iastate.edu |
| Suzette Robinson | Liaison | APLU | srobinson@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 |
| VACANT | Liaison | ARS | |
| Bret Hess | Executive Director, Ex-officio | WAAESD | bhess@unr.edu |
| Jennifer Tippetts | Administrative Management, Ex-officio | WAAESD | jennifer.tippetts@waaesd.org |
| Alton Thompson | Executive Director, Ex-officio | ARD | athompson1@ncat.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 |
| Cindy Morley | Coordinator / Program Manager, Ex-officio | SAAESD | cmorley@uark.edu |
| Doug Steele | Liaison, Ex-officio | APLU | dsteele@aplu.org |