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Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (GC-CESU) facilitates collaborative research, education and technical assistance pertaining to the human and natural environment, within and beyond the region, among federal and state agencies, universities and non-governmental organizations.

HOST	Texas A&M University, AgriLife Research, Natural Resources Institute
ESTABLISHED	2002
WEBSITE	http://gccesu.org/
DIRECTOR	Debborah Danford Program Manager Gulf Coast CESU Natural Resources Institute Texas A&M AgriLife Research College Station, TX 77843 PHONE: (979) 229-7734 EMAIL: gccesu@tamu.edu
ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2002) Amendment 1 adding U.S. Forest Service Amendment 2 adding Grambling State University and Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. Amendment 3 adding Rice University, Stephen F. Austin University, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Amendment 4 adding University of New Orleans Amendment 5 adding U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works Amendment 6 adding University of West Florida, Tarelton State University, Sul Ross State University, University of Arkansas at Monticello, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, and Houston Advanced Research Center Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2007) Amendment 1 adding U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bat Conservation International Amendment 2 adding National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, University of Texas at Brownsville, and Florida State University Amendment 3 adding Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, and Texas AgriLife Extension Service Amendment 4 adding Valdosta State University and Dauphin Island Sea Lab Amendment 5 adding Columbus State University Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2012) Amendment 1 adding University of Texas - Pan American Amendment 2 adding University of South Alabama Amendment 3 adding Gulf Coast Bird Observatory and Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Amendment 4 adding Lamar University Amendment 5 adding Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and The University of Alabama Amendment 6 adding Tulane University Amendment 7 adding University of Mississippi Amendment 8 adding University of Texas at Tyler Amendment 9 updating host university information and names for several partner institutions Amendment 10 adding Bureau of Indian Affairs, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, New College of Florida, The University of Southern Mississippi, and White Buffalo, Inc. Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2017) Amendment 1 adding Ducks Unlimited and St. Edward's University Amendment 2 adding Quest Foundation Amendment 3 adding Arkansas State University and The Longleaf Alliance Amendment 4 adding Alcorn State University, Eckerd College, Nicholls State University, The University of West Alabama, and Wildlands Conservation, Inc. Amendment 5 adding The University of Louisiana Monroe Amendment 6 adding Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Amendment 7 adding Jackson State University and Mississippi Department of Archives and History Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2022) Amendment 1 adding Pontchartrain Conservancy and The Rattlesnake Conservancy Amendment 2 adding Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Amendment 3 adding American Bird Conservancy Amendment 4 adding Alabama A&M University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Amendment 5 adding Biodiversity Research Institute
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UNIT PARTNERS
	TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE	ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
FEDERAL PARTNERS
Bureau of Indian Affairs	John Mosley Branch Chief, Tribal Climate Resilience Office of Trust Services john.mosley@bia.gov	Jo Ann Metcalfe Grants Officer jo.metcalfe@bia.gov
Bureau of Land Management	Becca Theodorakos Natural Resource Specialist BLM Eastern States Office rtheodorakos@blm.gov	Irene Sattler Grants Management Specialist isattler@blm.gov
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	Melanie Damour Marine Archaeologist and Supervisor Studies Plan Coordination Unit melanie.damour@boem.gov	Jennifer Ewald Science Communication Outreach Liaison Division of Environmental Sciences jennifer.ewald@boem.gov
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Cesar Cadena Blanco Regional Aquatic Invasive Species Program Coordinator cesar_blanco@fws.gov	Sonja Scott Administrative Officer Science Applications sonja_scott@fws.gov
National Park Service	Giselle Mora-Bourgeois CESU Coordinator nps-cesu@ag.tamu.edu or giselle_mora-bourgeois@nps.gov	Keith Zotti Branch Chief CESU Financial Assistance East keith_zotti@nps.gov
U.S. Geological Survey	Deborah Epperson Deputy Director, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center depperson@usgs.gov	Sherri Ly Bredesen Chief, National Grants Branch Office of Acquisition and Grants sbredesen@usgs.gov
U.S. Forest Service	Dana Roth Assistant Station Director Southern Research Station dana.roth@usda.gov	Jeannette Henry Grant Management Specialist Southern Research Station jeannette.henry@usda.gov
Natural Resources Conservation Service	Charles Rewa Wildlife Assessments Leader Resource Inventory and Assessment Division Charles.rewa@usda.gov	Aileen Anderson Senior Grants Management Specialist Grants and Agreements Division \| NHQ Branch aileen.anderson@usda.gov
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	Clay Porch Director, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center clay.porch@noaa.gov	Julie Whitaker Chief, Acquisitions and Grants Division Management and Budget Office National Ocean Service julie.whitaker@noaa.gov
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works	Jennifer Seiter-Moser 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
Department of Defense	James Parker Supervisory Forester james.m.parker116.civ@mail.mil Forrest Cobb Natural Infrastructure Coordinator Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environmental Management and Restoration) forrest.h.cobb2.civ@mail.mil	Lori Kruse-Johnson SWD CESU Program Manager Lori.M.Kruse-Johnson@usace.army.mil
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency	G.R. (Rocky) Gillette Director, Partnerships and Innovation and Grants Officer (Interim) george.r.gillette.civ@mail.mil
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Tina Norwood Program Manager NEPA and Natural Resources NASA Headquarters tina.norwood@nasa.gov
UNIVERSITY PARTNERS
Alabama A&M University	Monday Mbila Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences monday.mbila@aamu.edu	Tyretira Jackson Interim Executive Director and Senior Grants Administrator Office of Sponsored Programs tyretira.jackson@aamu.edu
Alcorn State University	Keerthi Mandyam Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture keerthi@alcorn.edu	Alfred Galtney Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs agaltney@alcorn.edu
Arkansas State University	Jennifer Bouldin Professor of Environmental Biology jbouldin@astate.edu	Emily Devereux Executive Director, Research and Technology Transfer edevereux@astate.edu
Auburn University	Graeme Lockaby lockabg@auburn.edu	Tony Ventimiglia ventiaf@auburn.edu John Folmar folmajt@auburn.edu
Columbus State University	Julie Ballenger ballenger_julie@columbusstate.edu	Michael Wetherholt wetherholt_michael@colombus.edu
Eckerd College	Paul Hindsley Professor, Environmental Studies hindslpr@eckerd.edu	Ann Ruth Director of Grant Development ruthar@eckerd.edu
Florida State University	Eric Chassignet echassignet@coaps.fsu.edu	Marcy Friedle mfriedle@fsu.edu Julie Wammack jwammack@fsu.edu
Houston Advanced Research Center	Jim Lester jlester@harc.edu	Linda Binford lbinford@harc.edu
Jackson State University	Robert Luckett Director Margaret Walker Center robert.luckett@jsums.edu	Michael Gates Assistant Director, Sponsored Programs Unit Office of Research and Economic Development michael.e.gates@jsums.edu
Lamar University	Paul Nicoletto Professor and Chair, Department of Biology pfnicoletto@my.lamar.edu	Peter J. Kelleher Associate Provost for Research pkelleher@lamar.edu
Louisiana State University	Craig Colten ccolten@lsu.edu	Winona Ward osp@lsu.edu
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center	John Russin jrussin@agcenter.lsu.edu	Wade Baumgartner wbaumgartner@agcenter.lsu.edu
Mississippi State University	Wes Burger wburger@dfr.msstate.edu	Tina Hood thood@spa.msstate.edu Penny French pfrench@spa.msstate.edu
New College of Florida	Justin Miller Director, Office of Research Programs and Services jumiller@ncf.edu	Justin Miller Director, Office of Research Programs and Services jumiller@ncf.edu
Nicholls State University	Debi Benoit Director Office of Research and Sponsored Programs debi.benoit@nicholls.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office.
Saint Edward's University	Brenda Vallance Dean of Behavioral Sciences brendav@stedwards.edu	Gloria White Director, Office of Sponsored Programs gloriaw@stedwards.edu
Sam Houston State University	Jerry L. Cook Associate Vice President jcook@shsu.edu	William Godwin Curator, SHSU Natural History Collections wbg004@shsu.edu
Southern University and A&M College	Kamran Abdollahi kamrana664@cs.com	Contact your sponsored programs office.
Stephen F. Austin State University	Pat Stephens-Williams stephensp@sfasu.edu	Carrie Brown brownch@sfasu.edu
Sul Ross University	Louis Harveson harveson@sulross.edu	Marilyn McGee mmcghee@sulross.edu
Tarleton State University	Dan Hunter dhunter@tiaer.tarleton.edu	Bert Little little@tarleton.edu
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	Debbie Danford dedanford@ag.tamu.edu	Ross Albrecht ralbrecht@tamus.edu
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension	Pete Gibbs p-gibbs@tamu.edu	Lester Crenwelge lcrenwelge@tamus.edu
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station	Dimitris Lagoudas Agency Deputy Director lagoudas@tamu.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office.
Texas A&M University, College Station	Debbie Danford dedanford@ag.tamu.edu	Ross Albrecht ralbrecht@tamus.edu
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi	Loretta Battaglia Director, Center for Coastal Studies loretta.battaglia@tamucc.edu	Kimberly Hawkenson Director, Office of Sponsored Research Administration kimberly.hawkenson@tamucc.edu
Texas A&M University, Galveston	Tammy Holliday hollidat@tamug.edu	Travis Young tyoung@tamus.edu
Texas A&M University, Kingsville	William Kuvlesky william.kulvesky@tamuk.edu	Diana P. Luna Director, Grants and Contracts diana.luna@tamuk.edu
Texas A&M University, San Antonio	Michael O'Brien Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Mike.Obrien@tamusa.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office.
Troy University	Glenn Cohen gcohen@troy.edu	Judy Fulmer jfulmer@troy.edu
Tulane University	Michael Blum mjblum@tulane.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office.
The University of Alabama	Bryan Boudouris Vice President, Office for Research and Economic Development boudouris@ua.edu Jennifer Camp Assistant VP for Research Office of Sponsored Programs jrcamp@ua.edu Michael Fedoroff Director, CONSERVE Research Program Alabama Water Institute mpfedoroff@ua.edu	Nichole Cavin Executive Director Office for Sponsored Programs amcavin@ua.edu
University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture	Phil Tappe tappe@uamont.edu	Mike Sisco msisco@uark.edu
University of Arkansas, Monticello	Phil Tappe tappe@uamont.edu	Christy Pace pacec@uamont.edu
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff	Leslie Glover gloverl@uapb.edu	Sherrie Wylie wylies@uapb.edu
University of Florida	John Davis Senior Associate Dean for Research Associate Director, Florida Agricultural Experiment Station jmdavis@ufl.edu	Stephanie Gray Assistant Vice President and Director, Division of Sponsored Programs ufawards@ufl.edu
University of Georgia	Nate Nibbelink Associate Dean – Research Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources nate2@uga.edu	Jacob Maas jnmaas@uga.edu
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Auriel Fournier Director and Associate Research Scientist Illinois Natural History Survey auriel@illinois.edu	Robin Beach Director, SPA Pre-Award Office of Sponsored Programs Administration spa@illinois.edu
University of Louisiana, Lafayette	Ruth Landry rlandry@louisiana.edu	Donna Fontenot dsf@louisiana.edu Camille Perry cperry@louisiana.edu
The University of Louisiana, Monroe	Kim Marie Tolson Director, ULM Museum of Natural History tolson@ulm.edu	LaWanna Bell Associate Director, Sponsored Programs and Research lbell@ulm.edu
The University of Mississippi	Mickey McLaurin Director of Sponsored Programs Administration research@olemiss.edu	Mickey McLaurin Director of Sponsored Programs Administration research@olemiss.edu
University of New Orleans	Martin O'Connell moconnel@uno.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office.
University of South Alabama	Philip Carr Chief Calvin McGhee Endowed Professor of Native American Studies Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work pcarr@southalabama.edu	Lynne Chronister Vice President for Research and Economic Development lchronister@southalabama.edu
University of South Florida	Lori Collins Research Associate Professor and Co-Director, Digital Heritage and Humanities Collection lcollins@usf.edu	Silvia Alvarez Associate Director – Awards and Contracts, Division of Sponsored Research silviaa@usf.edu
The University of Southern Mississippi	Marcia Landen Associate Vice President for Research Marcia.Landen@usm.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office.
University of Texas, Austin	David Mohrig Associate Dean for Research, Jackson School of Geosciences mohrig@jsg.utexas.edu	Courtney Frazier Swaney Associate Director, Office of Sponsored Projects osp@austin.utexas.edu
University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley	Alejandro Fierro Cabo Assistant Professor Department of Biology School of Earth, Environmental, and Earth Sciences alejandro.fierrocabo@utrgv.edu	Ruth Lozano Executive Director of Research Administration ruth.lozano@utrgv.edu
University of Texas, Tyler	Lance Williams Chair and Professor of Biology lwilliams@uttyler.edu	Carla Reichard Assistant Director Office of Research and Technology Transfer creichard@uttyler.edu
University of West Alabama	John McCall Dean College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics jmccall@uwa.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office.
University of West Florida	Elizabeth Benchley Director Archaeology Institute ebenchle@uwf.edu	Matthew Schwartz Assistant Vice President for Research Administration and Engagement research@uwf.edu
Valdosta State University	J. Mitchell Lockhart jmlockha@valdosta.edu	Barbara Gray bhgray@valdosta.edu
OTHER PARTNERS
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission	Garrick Dugger Chief, Private Lands Habitat Division Garrick.Dugger@agfc.ar.gov
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission	René Baumstark Rene.Baumstark@myfwc.com Brian Branciforte Brian.Branciforte@myfwc.com
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries	David Hayden dhayden@wlf.la.gov
Mississippi Department of Archives and History	Katie Blount Director kblount@mdah.ms.gov	Robert Benson Deputy Director rbenson@mdah.ms.gov
American Bird Conservancy	Anne Mini Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture Science Coordinator amini@abcbirds.org	Kayla Poyner Grants and Finance Coordinator kpoyner@abcbirds.org
Bat Conservation International	Mylea Bayless Senior Director, Network and Partnerships mbayless@batcon.org	Kenda Lovecchio Chief Development Officer klovecchio@batcon.org
Biodiversity Research Institute	Dustin Meattey Waterfowl Program Director, CESU Project Manager dustin.meattey@briwildlife.org	Sharon Oehmig Billing and Budget Manager sharon.oehmig@briwildlife.org
Dauphin Island Sea Lab	Kenneth L. Heck, Jr. kheck@disl.org	David England dengland@disl.org
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.	Dale James Director of Conservation Planning Ducks Unlimited – Southern Region djames@ducks.org
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory	Susan Heath sheath@gcbo.org
The Longleaf Alliance	Anne Rilling Vice President for Business Work anne@longleafalliance.org
The Nature Conservancy, Texas Chapter	Seth Blitch sblitch@tnc.org	Dayo Adeseum dadeseun@tnc.org
Pontchartrain Conservancy	Brady Skaggs, Jr. Water Quality Program Director brady@scienceforourcoast.org
The Rattlesnake Conservancy	Alec Jarboe Conservation Biologist ajarboe@savethebuzztails.org
Three Rivers Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc.	Steve Duncan President dunbarcreek@gmail.com	Chera Willett Chief Financial Officer cwillett@trrcd.com
White Buffalo, Inc.	Anthony DeNicola tony.denicola@whitebuffaloinc.org
Wildlands Conservation, Inc.	David Sumpter Executive Director dsumpter@wildlandsconservation.org