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The North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (NAC - CESU) was established in June 1999 by cooperative agreement between agencies of the Department of the Interior (National Park Service and United States Geological Survey) and the University of Rhode Island, with its partner institution, University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

The North Atlantic Coast CESU is part of a national network of biogeographic programs being established to provide research, technical assistance and education to federal land management, environmental and research agencies. The CESUs will generate collaborations among federal managers and policy-makers, federal researchers and the academic community. Each partner contributes a different perspective and wealth of technical knowledge allowing for the development of new, innovative and creative solutions to the myriad environmental and social issues that confront our nation's ecosystems. Host universities are selected by a highly competitive process insuring that each CESU is founded on scientific excellence.

The University of Rhode Island, a national leader in the study of coastal and marine ecosystems, was selected as the host for the North Atlantic Coast CESU. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, a Historically Black College, offers a strong complement of marine and coastal scientists. Based on the success of initial CESU efforts, many additional federal agencies and nonfederal institutions have joined the North Atlantic Coast CESU as partners since it's formation. As a result, excellent research and cooperative education and training opportunities have been made available to numerous students from diverse backgrounds, for the mutual professional benefit of students and the federal workforce.

HOST

University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island

ESTABLISHED 1999
WEBSITE https://naccesu.uri.edu/
DIRECTOR Elin Torell
Director, Coastal Institute
University of Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay Campus
Narragansett, RI 02882
PHONE: (401) 874-6103
EMAIL: elintorell@uri.edu
ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS

Cooperative Agreement (1999)
Amendment 1 adding Rutgers University
Amendment 2 adding University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amendment 3 adding Maryland Coastal Bays Program and The Research Foundation of SUNY for Stony Brook University
Amendment 4 adding
Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Research and Development

Cooperative Agreement (2004)
Amendment 1 adding Natural Resources Conservation Service
Amendment 2 adding University of Maine
Amendment 3 adding City University of New York
Amendment 4 adding
College of the Atlantic
Amendment 5 adding U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Civil Works
Amendment 6 adding Research Foundation of State University of New York for SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Amendment 7 adding
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Columbia University in the City of New York

Cooperative Agreement (2009)
Amendment 1 adding National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bates College, and University of Massachusetts, Boston
Amendment 2 adding Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, and Cornell University
Amendment 3 adding Northeastern University and Biodiversity Research Institute
Amendment 4 adding Marine Biological Laboratory and University of New England
Amendment 5 adding Schoodic Education and Research Center Institute
Amendment 6 adding Department of Defense, Harvard University, and Manhattan College
Amendment 7 adding Narragansett Indian Tribal Historic Preservation Office (NITHPO) on behalf of the Narragansett Indian Tribe
Amendment 8 adding University of Connecticut

Cooperative Agreement (2014)
Amendment 1 adding University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) and Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc.
Amendment 2 adding Bureau of Indian Affairs
Amendment 3 adding Natural Areas Association, Bryn Mawr College, and New Jersey Audubon

Cooperative Agreement (2019)
Amendment 1 adding American Turtle Observatory, Mansfield University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Stockton University, Vermont Center for Ecostudies, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Yale University
Amendment 2 adding Brown University
Amendment 3 adding Wildlife Management Institute
Amendment 4 adding Boston University

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UNIT PARTNERS
TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
TRIBAL PARTNER
Narragansett Indian Tribal Historic Preservation Office (NITHPO) on behalf of the Narragansett Indian Tribe Doug Harris
Deputy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer/Preservationist for Ceremonial Landscapes
dhnithpo@gmail.com
 
FEDERAL PARTNERS
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

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 Ocean Energy Management Mary Boatman
Environmental Studies Chief
Office of Renewable Energy Programs
Environment Review Branch for Renewable Energy
mary.boatman@boem.gov
Jennifer Ewald
Science Communication Outreach Liaison
Division of Environmental Sciences
jennifer.ewald@boem.gov
Department of Defense Ray Rainbolt
Raymond.E.Rainbolt.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
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Scott Schwenk
Chief, Division of Natural Resources and Conservation Planning
Northeast Region
william_schwenk@fws.gov
Anna-Marie York
Grants Management Specialist
Science Applications
anna-marie_york@fws.gov
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Jon Hare
Science and Research Director
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
jon.hare@noaa.gov
LCDR James Brinkley
North Atlantic Regional Team Coordinator
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
james.brinkley@noaa.gov

Michael Liddel
CESU Program Manager
Acting Branch Chief, Commercial Fishery Statistics
michael.liddel@noaa.gov
National Park Service Brian Mitchell
NPS Research Coordinator
brian_mitchell@nps.gov
Keith Zotti
Agreements Officer
NPS Northeast Region
keith_zotti@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 Deb Epperson
Acting Deputy Director and Science Advisor
USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
depperson@usgs.gov
Faith Graves
CESU Contract Specialist
fgraves@usgs.gov
UNIVERSITY PARTNERS
Bates College Holly Ewing
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
hewing@bates.edu
Joseph Tomaras
Director, Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance
jtomaras@bates.edu

Katie Currie
Grants Coordinator, Office for External Grants
kcurrie@bates.edu
Boston University Alyssa Novak
Research Assistant Professor
Dept of Earth and Environment
abnovak@bu.edu

Zoe Hughes
Research Assistant Professor
Dept of Earth and Environment
zoeh@bu.edu
Todd Conley
Associate Director, Pre-Award Services
Office of Sponsored Programs
ospera@bu.edu
Brown University Yongsong Huang
Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS)
Yongsong_Huang@brown.edu

Tyler Kartzinel
Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and
Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
tyler_kartzinel@brown.edu
Patrice Carroll
Director, Office of Sponsored Projects
patrice_carroll@brown.edu
Bryn Mawr College Thomas Mozdzer
Associate Professor of Biology
tmozdzer@brynmawr.edu
Sarah Robertson
Director of Sponsored Research
serobertso@brynmawr.edu
City University of New York John Waldman
Professor
john.waldman@qc.cuny.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
College of the Atlantic John G.T. Anderson
Associate Dean for Advanced Studies
jga@coa.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Columbia University Steven Cohen
Executive Director, The Earth Institute
sc32@columbia.edu

Rita Ricobelli

Senior Staff Associate, The Earth Institute
rricobelli@ei.columbia.edu
Alison Miller
Deputy Executive Director
The Earth Institute
alisonmiller@ei.columbia.edu
Cornell University Magdeline Laba
Senior Research Associate
IRIS - Section of Soil and Crop Sciences
School of Integrative Plant Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
ml49@cornell.edu
Christine Ashdown
Senior Grant and Contract Officer
Office of Sponsored Programs
cma20@cornell.edu
Harvard University Brian Farrell
Museum of Comparative Zoology
farrellb@oeb.harvard.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Manhattan College Kerryanne Donohue
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
kerryanne.donohue@manhattan.edu

Kirk Barrett
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
kirk.barrett@manhattan.edu
Dominic Esposito
Certified Grants Administrator
dominic.esposito@manhattan.edu
Mansfield University Jennifer Demchak
Chair, Department of Geosciences
jdemchak@mansfield.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Northeastern University Geoffrey Trussell
Director, Marine Science Center
g.trussell@neu.edu
Eric Jones
Grant Officer
ep.jones@neu.edu
Rutgers University Norbert Psuty
Director, Sandy Hook Cooperative Research Program
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
psuty@marine.rutgers.edu

Michael DeLuca
Senior Associate Director
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
deluca@marine.rutgers.edu
Casandra Burrows
Assistant Director, Grant and Contract Administration
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
caburrow@grants.rutgers.edu

Melissa Vinch
Research Contract/Grant Specialist
mv365@grants.rutgers.edu
State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry Neil Ringler
Dean of Research
neilringler@esf.edu

John Auwaeter
Research Scientist
jeauwaer@esf.edu
Justine Gordon
Contract and Grant Specialist
Office of Sponsored Programs Services
Justine.Gordon@rfsuny.org
Stevens Institute of Technology Jon Miller
Research Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering
jmiller@stevens.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Stockton University Kimberly McKenna
Director of Sponsored Programs and Senior Project Manager
Coastal Research Center
kimberly.mckenna@stockton.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Stony Brook University R. Lawrence Swanson
Associate Dean
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
lswanson@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Anne DePietri
Contracts Administrator
Research Foundation for
The State University of New York
Office of Sponsored Programs
Stony Brook University
annette.depietri@stonybrook.edu
University of Connecticut John Volin
Professor and Head
Natural Resources and the Environment
john.volin@uconn.edu

Glenn Warner
Associate Professor
Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
glenn.warner@uconn.edu

Michael R. Willig
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering
michael.willig@uconn.edu
Andrea Kelly
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Research
andrea.kelly@uconn.edu
University of Maine, Orono Frederick Servello
Dean, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture
Director, Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station
fred.servello@maine.edu
Christopher Boynton
Director, Office of Research Administration
umgrants@maine.edu
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science David Secor, Ph.D.
Professor
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
secor@umces.edu
Barbara Jenkins
Senior Research Administrator
bjenkins@umces.edu
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Joseph Pitula
Department of Natural Sciences
jspitula@umes.edu
Catherine Bolek
Director, Sponsored Research
csbolek@mail.umes.edu
University of Massachusetts, Amherst Eric Johnson
Director
UMASS Archaeological Services
Department of Anthropology
ericjohnson@anthro.umass.edu
Office of Grant and Contract Administration
ogca@research.umass.edu
University of Massachusetts, Boston Jack Wiggin
Director, Urban Harbors Institute
jack.wiggin@umb.edu

Amy Den Ouden
Department of Anthropology
amy.denouden@umb.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
University of New England Barry A. Costa-Pierce
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Chair of Marine Sciences
Director, Marine Science Education and Research Center
bcostapierce@une.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
University of Rhode Island Judith Swift
Director, Coastal Institute
jswift@uri.edu
Ellen Mcvey
Sponsored Projects
Scientific Research Grant Assistant
emcvey@gso.uri.edu
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Britt Raubenheimer
Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering
britt@whoi.edu
Richard Murray
Deputy Director and Vice President for Research
rickmurray@whoi.edu
Yale University William Lauenroth
Professor in the Practice
Yale School of the Environment
william.lauenroth@yale.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
OTHER PARTNERS
American Turtle Observatory Lisabeth Willey
President
lisabeth.willey@gmail.com

Biodiversity Research Institute David Evers
Chief Scientist
david.evers@briloon.org
Lori Davis
Finance Director
lori.davis@briloon.org

Sharon Oehmig
Billing and Budget Manager
sharon.oehmig@briloon.org
Marine Biological Laboratory Jim Tang
The Ecosystems Center
jtang@mbl.edu
Rebecca Lynn
Manager of Sponsored Programs
rlynn@mbl.edu
Maryland Coastal Bays Program Roman Jesien
Science Coordinator
mcbp@mdcoastalbays.org or rjesien@mdcoastalbays.org
Natural Areas Association Lisa Smith
Executive Director
lsmith@naturalareas.org

New Jersey Audubon David Mizrahi
Vice President for Research and Monitoring
david.mizrahi@njaudubon.org

Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Mark Borrelli
Coastal Geologist
mborrelli@coastalstudies.org
Richard Delaney
Executive Director
delaney@coastalstudies.org
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park Mark Berry
President/CEO
mberry@schoodicinstitute.org
Phyllis Morris
Office Manager
phyllis@sercinstitute.org
Vermont Center for Ecostudies John Lloyd
Director of Science
jlloyd@vtecostudies.org
Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc. Susan Barco
Research Coordinator
sgbarco@virginiaAquarium.com
Wildlife Management Institute Scot Williamson
Vice President
swilliamson@wildlifemgt.org
Scot Williamson
Vice President
swilliamson@wildlifemgt.org