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
Resources
Files
- 2023 ESS Chair’s Priorities and Initiatives
- 2022 ESS Chair’s Priorities and Initiatives
- 2021 ESS Chair’s Priorities and Initiatives
- 2023 Excellence in Research Call for Nominations
- 2023 Excellence in Leadership Call for Nominations
- agInnovation Branding Initiative Presentation, 03/08/2023
- Example of Successful Multistate Research Award Nomination (2022)
- Approved CY 2023 ESS Budget and Explanation
- Agriculture National Graduate Institutional Name Exchange (AG-NGINE) presentation, 9/25/2022
- Regional Rural Development Centers 50th Anniversary Proclamation
- ESS Climate Change Strategies
- ESS Rules of Operation (Amended September 25, 2019)
- Diversity Catalyst Committee White Paper
- ESCOP Listserv Addresses (@escop.info)
Members
| Name | Position | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Wilson | ESCOP Chair | NERA | matt.wilson@mail.wvu.edu |
| George Smith | ESCOP Incoming Chair | NCRA | smithge7@msu.edu |
| Chris Pritsos | ESCOP Past Chair, ECOP Liaison | WAAESD | pritsos@unr.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 and Regional Incoming Chair | SAAESD | hxin2@tennessee.edu |
| Anton Bekkerman | Chair BLC | NERA | Anton.Bekkerman@unh.edu |
| J.F. Meullenet | Chair CMC | SAAESD | jfmeull@uark.edu |
| Brian Raison | Chair DCC | ECOP | raison.1@osu.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 |
| Martin Draper | ESS PBD Alternate Representative | NCRA | maddr@ksu.edu |
| Vernon Jones | Regional Past Chair | ARD | vjones@langston.edu |
| Hector Santiago | Regional Past Chair | NCRA | hsantiago@unl.edu |
| Chandra Reddy | Regional Chair | ARD | creddy@tnstate.edu |
| Germán Bollero | Regional Chair | NCRA | gbollero@illinois.edu |
| Eric Wommack | Regional Chair | NERA | wommack@udel.edu |
| Rob Gilbert | Regional Past Chair | SAAESD | ragilber@ufl.edu |
| Chris Davies | Regional Chair | WAAESD | chris.davies@usu.edu |
| Louis Whitesides | Regional Incoming Chair | ARD | lwhitesides@scsu.edu |
| Bernie Engel | Regional Incoming Chair | NCRA | engelb@purdue.edu |
| Mark Hutton | Regional Incoming Chair | NERA | mark.hutton@maine.edu |
| Paula Agudelo | Regional Chair | SAAESD | pagudel@clemson.edu |
| Scot Hulbert | Regional Incoming Chair | WAAESD | scot_hulbert@wsu.edu |
| Ron Brown | Liaison / Executive Director | ECOP | rab2@msstate.edu |
| Damona Doye | Liaison | ECOP | damona.doye@okstate.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 |
| Drenda Williams | Liaison | NIFA | drenda.williams@usda.gov |
| VACANT | Liaison | ARS | |
| Rick Rhodes | Executive Director, Ex-officio | WAAESD | rcrhodes@uri.edu |
| Dave Leibovitz | Coordinator, Ex-officio | NERA | david_leibovitz@uri.edu |
| Jeanette Thurston | Executive Director, Ex-officio (effective 11/28) | NCRA | jthurston@ksu.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 |
| 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 |
| Doug Steele | Liaison, Ex-officio | APLU | dsteele@aplu.org |