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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.
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Texas A&M University, AgriLife Research, Natural Resources Institute |
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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 |
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ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS | ||
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2002) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2007) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2012) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2017) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2022) |
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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 | Anthony D. Bobo, Jr. Deputy State Director, Natural Resources BLM Eastern States Office a1bobo@blm.gov |
Patricia Glass Bureau Grant Management Specialist pglass@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 |
Anna-Marie York Grants Management Specialist Science Applications anna-marie_york@fws.gov |
National Park Service | Giselle Mora-Bourgeois CESU Coordinator nps-cesu@ag.tamu.edu or giselle_mora-bourgeois@nps.gov |
Matt Hampsey Contract Officer matt_hampsey@nps.gov |
U.S. Geological Survey | Thomas Doyle Scientist Emeritus Wetland and Aquatic Research Center doylet@usgs.gov |
Faith Graves CESU Contract Specialist fgraves@usgs.gov |
U.S. Forest Service | Dana Roth Assistant Station Director Southern Research Station dana.roth@usda.gov |
Kim Parks Lead Grants Management Specialist Southern Research Station kimberly.parks@usda.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 |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Clay Porch Director, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center clay.porch@noaa.gov |
Michael Liddel CESU Program Manager Acting Branch Chief, Commercial Fishery Statistics michael.liddel@noaa.gov |
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 |
Department of Defense | James Parker Supervisory Forester james.m.parker116.civ@mail.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 |
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | G.R. (Rocky) Gillette Deputy Director, Partnerships and Innovation george.r.gillette.civ@mail.mil |
Michael Dolski Historian, Partnerships and Innovation michael.r.dolski.civ@mail.mil |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Tina Norwood Program Manager NEPA and Natural Resources NASA Headquarters tina.norwood@nasa.gov |
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UNIVERSITY PARTNERS | ||
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 |
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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 |
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The University of Alabama | Russell Mumper Vice President for Research Office of Sponsored Programs mumper@ua.edu Jennifer Camp Assistant VP for Research Office of Sponsored Programs jrcamp@ua.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office. |
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 | Scott Merkle Associate Dean – Research Professor – Forest Biology smerkle@uga.edu |
Jacob Maas jnmaas@uga.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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Cathy Dineen cdineen@utsystem.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 |
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | René Baumstark Rene.Baumstark@myfwc.com Brian Branciforte Brian.Branciforte@myfwc.com |
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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries | David Hayden dhayden@wlf.la.gov |
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Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Katie Blount Director kblount@mdah.ms.gov |
Robert Benson Deputy Director rbenson@mdah.ms.gov |
Bat Conservation International | Mylea Bayless Senior Director, Network and Partnerships mbayless@batcon.org |
Kenda Lovecchio Chief Development Officer klovecchio@batcon.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 |
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Gulf Coast Bird Observatory | Susan Heath sheath@gcbo.org |
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The Longleaf Alliance | Anne Rilling Vice President for Business Work anne@longleafalliance.org |
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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 |
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The Rattlesnake Conservancy | Alec Jarboe Conservation Biologist ajarboe@savethebuzztails.org |
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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 |
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Wildlands Conservation, Inc. | David Sumpter Executive Director dsumpter@wildlandsconservation.org |
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