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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.

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VIDEO 2022 ESCOP Chair Priorities & Initiatives

VIDEO 2022 STC Work Plan Presentation

2022 Grand Challenge Templates for State, Regional Use

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NamePositionAffiliationEmail
Steve LommelagInnovation ChairSAAESDslommel@ncsu.edu
Chandra ReddyagInnovation Incoming Chair, Regional ChairARDcreddy@tnstate.edu
George SmithagInnovation Past ChairagInnovation North Centralsmithge7@msu.edu
Ernie MintonChair PBDAHSeminton@ksu.edu
Mike BoehmChair BACAHSmboehm3@unl.edu
Rich BonannoChair CLPAHSabonann@ncsu.edu
Steve LommelChair BLC, NRSP-RCSAAESDslommel@ncsu.edu
TBDChair NPGCC
Nathan SlatonChair STCSAAESDnslaton@uark.edu
Shibu JoseRegional Chair, agInnovation PBD RepresentativeagInnovation North Centraljoses@missouri.edu
John BlantonagInnovation ECOP RepresentativeagInnovation North Centraljohn.blanton@sdstate.edu
Vernon JonesRegional Past ChairARDvjones@langston.edu
Anton BekkermanRegional Past ChairagInnovation NortheastAnton.Bekkerman@unh.edu
Sreekala BajwaRegional Past Chair, agInnovation PBD Representative (alternate)agInnovation-Westagdean@montana.edu
Paula AgudeloRegional Past ChairSAAESDpagudel@clemson.edu
Gary PierzynskiRegional Past ChairagInnovation North Centralpierzynski.3@osu.edu
Wendie CohickRegional ChairagInnovation Northeastcohickn@njaes.rutgers.edu
Hongwei XinRegional ChairSAAESDhxin2@tennessee.edu
Shawn DonkinRegional ChairagInnovation-Westshawn.donkin@oregonstate.edu
Hongwei XinRegional Incoming ChairSAAESDhxin2@tennessee.edu
Louis WhitesidesRegional Incoming ChairARDlwhitesides@scsu.edu
Jason HubbartRegional Incoming ChairagInnovation NortheastJason.Hubbart@mail.wvu.edu
Scott SensemanRegional Incoming ChairSAAESDScott.senseman@okstate.edu
Leslie EdgarRegional Incoming ChairagInnovation-Westledgar@uidaho.edu
Derek McLeanRegional Incoming ChairagInnovation North Centralderek.mclean@unl.edu
Bill HoffmanLiaison / Executive DirectorECOPwhoffman@aplu.org
Vonda RichardsonLiaisonECOPvonda.richardson@famu.edu
Nina LiljaLiaisonICOPnlilja@ksu.edu
James ThompsonLiaisonBVMjthompson@utk.edu
Laura JollyLiaisonBHSljolly@iastate.edu
Suzette RobinsonLiaisonAPLUsrobinson@aplu.org
Katie FrazierLiaisonCARETkfrazier@fcvirginias.com
VACANTLiaisonCRPGE
Kevin KephartLiaisonNIFAKevin.Kephart@usda.gov
VACANTLiaisonARS
Gary ThompsonExecutive Director, Ex-officioSAAESDgat009@uark.edu
Cindy MorleyCoordinator / Program Manager, Ex-officioSAAESDcmorley@uark.edu
Bret HessExecutive Director, Ex-officioagInnovation-Westbhess@unr.edu
Jennifer HortonAdministrative Management, Ex-officioagInnovation-Westjennhorton@unr.edu
Rick RhodesExecutive Director, Ex-officioagInnovation Northeastrcrhodes@uri.edu
Dave LeibovitzCoordinator, Ex-officioagInnovation Northeastdavid_leibovitz@uri.edu
Alton ThompsonExecutive Director, Ex-officioARDathompson1@ncat.edu
Lisa WilliamsonExecutive AssistantARDlmwilliamson1@ncat.edu
Jeanette ThurstonExecutive Director, Ex-officioagInnovation North Centraljthurston@ksu.edu
Christina HamiltonAssistant Director, Ex-officioagInnovation North CentralChristina.hamilton@wisc.edu
Doug SteeleLiaison, Ex-officioAPLUdsteele@aplu.org