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The Alaska CESU is a collaborative effort between universities, institutions, and federal agencies designed to facilitate research.
The Alaska CESU achieves the highest level of integrity and leadership expertise in unique circumpolar north, boreal and marine ecosystem science critical to the future of state, national and global issues by establishing:
- An integrated structural partnership that functions seamlessly to meet science needs
- A quality assurance and peer review mechanism that assures the integrity of the process, bringing accurate and current science to bear on policy issues
- A collaboration that is publicly visible in making connections and communicating research impacts at the state and national levels
- A program that draws from all cultures in Alaska, builds both agency and partner human resource capacity in Alaskan expertise for the future and connects this capacity with the national arena
| HOST | 
University of Alaska, Fairbanks |
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| ESTABLISHED | 2003 | |
| WEBSITE | https://www.uaf.edu/afes/research/cesu/ | |
| DIRECTOR | Peter Fix 323 O'Neill Bldg PO Box 757200 University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK 99775 PHONE: (907) 474-6926 EMAIL: pjfix@alaska.edu |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS | ||
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2003) Cooperative and Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2008) Cooperative and Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2013) Cooperative and Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2018) Cooperative and Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2023) |
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| UNIT PARTNERS | ||
| TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE | ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE | |
| FEDERAL PARTNERS | ||
| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works | Jennifer Seiter-Moser Acting Technical Director Civil Engineering Programs Engineer Research and Development Center jennifer.m.seiter-moser@usace.army.mil |
Sherry Whitaker CESU Program Manager sherry.l.whitaker@usace.army.mil Chelsea Whitten Lead Contract Specialist Chelsea.M.Whitten@usace.army.mil |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | John Mosley Branch Chief, Tribal Climate Resilience Office of Trust Services john.mosley@bia.gov |
Jo Ann Metcalfe Grants Management Specialist jo.metcalfe@bia.gov |
| Bureau of Land Management | Tina Boucher Natural Resource Specialist/Ecologist Renewable Resources Branch tvboucher@blm.gov |
Amy Marshall Grants Management Officer amarshall@blm.gov |
| Bureau of Ocean Energy Management | Vacant/TBD |
Jennifer Ewald Science Communication Outreach Liaison Division of Environmental Sciences jennifer.ewald@boem.gov |
| Department of Defense | Matt Sprau Resource Planning Branch Chief DPW Environmental Division matthew.h.sprau.civ@army.mil Liz Galli-Noble Program Manager, DoD Legacy Resource Management Program elizabeth.j.galli-noble.civ@mail.mil |
Lori Kruse-Johnson SWD CESU Program Manager Lori.M.Kruse-Johnson@usace.army.mil |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Vacant/TBD |
Anna-Marie York Grants Management Specialist Science Applications anna-marie_york@fws.gov |
| U.S. Forest Service | Teresa Hollingsworth Research Ecologist Boreal Cooperative Research Unit teresa.hollingsworth@usda.gov |
Vi Ta Grants and Agreements Lead PNW Research Station vi.ta@usda.gov |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Robert Foy Director, Alaska Fisheries Science Center robert.foy@noaa.gov |
Michael Liddel CESU Program Manager Acting Branch Chief, Commercial Fishery Statistics michael.liddel@noaa.gov |
| National Park Service | Magaret McKluskie (Acting) Program Manager, Central Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network maggie_maccluskie@nps.gov |
Erica Cordeiro Grants Specialist erica_cordeiro@nps.gov |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Weihuan “Mark” Xu Director, Resource Inventory and Assessment Division, SSRA weihuan.xu@usda.gov David Lindbo Director, Soil and Plant Science Division david.lindbo@usda.gov |
Aileen Anderson Grants Management Specialist aileen.anderson@usda.gov |
| U.S. Geological Survey | Vacant/TBD |
Faith Graves CESU Contract Specialist fgraves@usgs.gov |
| UNIVERSITY PARTNERS | ||
| Alaska Pacific University | Brad Harris Associate Professor, Marine and Environmental Sciences bharris@alaskapacific.edu |
Rhonda Sandvik Grants Director, Office of Advancement and Sponsored Programs rsandvik@alaskapacific.edu |
| Idaho State University | Ben Crosby Assistant Professor Department of Geosciences crosby@isu.edu |
Patricia Spotts Director of Contracts, Office of Sponsored Programs spotpatr@isu.edu |
| Montana State University | Stephanie A. Ewing Assistant Professor Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences stephanie.ewing@montana.edu |
Sandy Sward Director, Office of Sponsored Programs ssward@montana.edu |
| Texas A&M AgriLife Research | Mathew Kramm Project Director Natural Resources Institute Mathew.Kramm@ag.tamu.edu |
Debbie Danford Grants Manager Natural Resources Institute dedanford@ag.tamu.edu |
| University of Alaska, Anchorage | Peter Fix Chair, Department of Natural Resources Management Director, Alaska CESU pjfix@alaska.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| University of Alaska, Fairbanks | Peter Fix Chair, Department of Natural Resources Management Director, Alaska CESU pjfix@alaska.edu |
Kim Cox Director, Office of Grants and Contracts Administration (OGCA) kwcox@alaska.edu |
| University of Alaska, Southeast | Peter Fix Chair, Department of Natural Resources Management Director, Alaska CESU pjfix@alaska.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| University of New Hampshire | Kelly Giraud Cullen Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment kelly.cullen@unh.edu |
Louise Griffin Senior Director, Research and Sponsored Programs Administration Louise.Griffin@unh.edu |
| OTHER PARTNERS | ||
| Alaska Geographic | Andy Hall Exeutive Director andyh@alaskageographic.org Caitlyn Tetterton Education Program Director ctetterton@akgeo.org |
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| Alaska Conservation Foundation | Aaron Poe Network Officer apoe@alaskaconservation.org |
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| Alaska SeaLife Center | Tara Riemer President and CEO tarar@alaskasealife.org |
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| Manomet, Inc. | Stephen Brown Vice President for Shorebird Conservation sbrown@manomet.org |
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| Prince William Sound Science Center | Katrina Hoffman President and CEO khoffman@pwssc.org |
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| Sealaska Heritage Institute | Chuck Smythe Director, Culture and History Department chuck.smythe@sealaska.com |
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| Sitka Sound Science Center | Lisa Busch Executive Director lbusch@sitkascience.org |
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| Wildlife Conservation Society | Martin Robards Regional Director mrobards@wcs.org |
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| Wildlife Management Institute | Christian Smith Western Field Representative csmith@wildlifemgt.org |
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