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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
George SmithESCOP ChairNCRAsmithge7@msu.edu
Steve LommelESCOP Incoming ChairSAAESDslommel@ncsu.edu
Matt WilsonESCOP Past Chair NERAmatt.wilson@mail.wvu.edu
Ernie MintonChair PBDAHSeminton@ksu.edu
Mike BoehmChair BACAHSmboehm3@unl.edu
Rich BonannoChair CLPAHSabonann@ncsu.edu
Hongwei XinNC-FAR Rep and Regional Incoming ChairSAAESDhxin2@tennessee.edu
Anton BekkermanChair BLCNERAAnton.Bekkerman@unh.edu
Nancy CoxChair CMC AHSnancy.cox@uky.edu
Brian RaisonChair DCCECOPraison.1@osu.edu
Jan NyropChair NPGCCNERAjpn2@cornell.edu
Mark McGuireChair NRSP RC, ESS PBD Rep, Regional Past ChairWAAESDmmcguire@uidaho.edu
Nathan SlatonChair STCSAAESDnslaton@uark.edu
Shibu JoseagInnovation/ESS PBD Alternate RepresentativeNCRAjoses@missouri.edu
Chris PritsosagInnovation/ESS ECOP RepresentativeWAAESDpritsos@unr.edu
Vernon JonesRegional Past ChairARDvjones@langston.edu
Hector SantiagoRegional Past ChairNCRAhsantiago@unl.edu
Puneet SrivastavaRegional Past ChairNERAsrivapu@umd.edu
Chris DaviesRegional Past ChairWAAESDchris.davies@usu.edu
Paula AgudeloRegional Past ChairSAAESDpagudel@clemson.edu
Chandra ReddyRegional ChairARDcreddy@tnstate.edu
Gary PierzynskiRegional ChairNCRApierzynski.3@osu.edu
Anton BekkermanRegional ChairNERAAnton.Bekkerman@unh.edu
Hongwei XinRegional ChairSAAESDhxin2@tennessee.edu
Sreekala BajwaRegional ChairWAAESDagdean@montana.edu
Louis WhitesidesRegional Incoming ChairARDlwhitesides@scsu.edu
Shibu JoseRegional Incoming ChairNCRAjoses@missouri.edu
Wendie CohickRegional Incoming ChairNERAcohickn@njaes.rutgers.edu
Scott SensemanRegional Incoming ChairSAAESDScott.senseman@okstate.edu
Shawn DonkinRegional Incoming ChairWAAESDdonkins@oregonstate.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
Jeanette ThurstonExecutive Director, Ex-officioNCRAjthurston@ksu.edu
Christina HamiltonAssistant Director, Ex-officioNCRAChristina.hamilton@wisc.edu
Gary ThompsonExecutive Director, Ex-officioSAAESDgat009@uark.edu
Cindy MorleyCoordinator / Program Manager, Ex-officioSAAESDcmorley@uark.edu
Bret HessExecutive Director, Ex-officioWAAESDbhess@unr.edu
Jennifer HortonAdministrative Management, Ex-officioWAAESDjennifer.tippetts@waaesd.org
Rick RhodesExecutive Director, Ex-officioNERArcrhodes@uri.edu
Dave LeibovitzCoordinator, Ex-officioNERAdavid_leibovitz@uri.edu
Alton ThompsonExecutive Director, Ex-officioARDathompson1@ncat.edu
Lisa WilliamsonExecutive AssistantARDlmwilliamson1@ncat.edu
Doug SteeleLiaison, Ex-officioAPLUdsteele@aplu.org