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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

University of Alaska, Fairbanks

ESTABLISHED 2003
WEBSITE http://www.uaf.edu/snre/cesu/
DIRECTOR Peter Fix
323 O'Neill Bldg
PO Box 757200
Fairbanks, AK, 99775
PHONE: (907) 474-6926
EMAIL: pjfix@alaska.edu
ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2003)
Amendment 1 adding the Natural Resources Conservation Service
Amendment 2 adding the Minerals Management Service
Amendment 3 adding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Amendment 4 adding the Alaska Pacific University and Denali Education Center

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2008)
Amendment 1 adding the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense - Installations and Environment
Amendment 2 adding U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Civil Works and Alaska Geographic
Amendment 3 adding Alaska Bird Observatory and Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
Amendment 4 adding Wildlife Conservation Society, Idaho State University, and Montana State University

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2013)
Amendment 1 adding Sitka Sound Science Center
Amendment 2 adding Bureau of Indian Affairs

Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2018)

Request updates to partner contact information.
UNIT PARTNERS
  TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
FEDERAL PARTNERS
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works Warren Lorentz
Technical Director
Civil Works, Environmental Engineering and Science
Warren.P.Lorentz@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 Alyssa Samoy (Acting)
BIA Tribal Resilience Coordinator
rachael.novak@bia.gov
Jo Ann Metcalfe
Grants Management Specialist
jo.metcalfe@bia.gov
Bureau of Land Management Randy Goodwin 
Alaska State Office
rgoodwin@blm.gov
Betty Lockard
blockard@blm.gov
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Cathy Coon
Chief, Environmental Sciences Management
catherine.coon@boem.gov
Jennifer Ewald
Science Communication Outreach Liaison
Division of Environmental Sciences
jennifer.ewald@boem.gov
Department of Defense John Haddix
Natural Resources Supervisor
John.A.Haddix.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 Cynthia Jacobson, Ph.D.
Assistant Regional Director, Office of Science Applications
cynthia_jacobson@fws.gov
Rich Primmer
Contract Specialist 
rich_primmer@fws.gov
U.S. Forest Service Linda E. Kruger
Social Science Team Leader
Pacific Northwest Research Station
lkruger@fs.fed.us
Vi Ta
Grants Management
PNW Research Station
vita@fs.fed.us
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Douglas DeMaster
Science Director, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
douglas.demaster@noaa.gov
Jennifer Lechuga
Environmental Compliance Coordinator
CESU Program Manager
jennifer.lechuga@noaa.gov
National Park Service Lois Dalle-Molle
CESU Research Coordinator
lois_dalle-molle@nps.gov
Erica Cordeiro
Grants Specialist
erica_cordeiro@nps.gov
Natural Resources Conservation Service Jacqueline Davis-Slay
National CESU Coordinator
Jacqueline.Davis-Slay@wdc.usda.gov
Aileen Anderson
Grants Management Specialist
Christopher.Watkins@ftw.usda.gov
U.S. Geological Survey Grant Hilderbrand
Chief, Marine Ecology Office
ghilderbrand@usgs.gov
Faith Graves
CESU Contract Specialist
fgraves@usgs.gov
UNIVERSITY PARTNERS
Alaska Pacific University Mike Loso
Assistant Professor of Geology and Earth Sciences
mloso@alaskapacific.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Idaho State University Ben Crosby
Assistant Professor
Department of Geosciences
crosby@isu.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
Montana State University Stephanie A. Ewing
Assistant Professor
Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
stephanie.ewing@montana.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
University of Alaska, Anchorage Peter Fix
Chair, Department of Natural Resources Management and
NWAK-CESU Campus Coordinator
University of Alaska Fairbanks
pjfix@alaska.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
University of Alaska, Fairbanks Peter Fix
Associate Professor of Outdoor Recreation Management
Chair, Department of Natural Resources Management and
NWAK-CESU Campus Coordinator
University of Alaska Fairbanks
pjfix@alaska.edu

Stephen Sparrow
Interim Dean, School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences
sdsparrow@alaska.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
University of Alaska, Southeast Peter Fix
Chair, Department of Natural Resources Management and
NWAK-CESU Campus Coordinator
University of Alaska Fairbanks
pjfix@alaska.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
University of New Hampshire John D. Aber
Vice President for Research and Public Service
john.abner@unh.edu

Kelly Giraud Cullen
Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
kelly.cullen@unh.edu
Contact your sponsored programs office
OTHER PARTNERS
Alaska Geographic Barbara Elfman Bell
Exeutive Director
bbell@alaskageographic.org
Alaska SeaLife Center Tara Riemer Jones
Interim resident and CEO
taraj@alaskasealife.org
 
Sitka Sound Science Center Lisa Busch
Executive Director
lbusch@sitkascience.org
 
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Stephen Brown
Director of Shorebird Science
sbrown@manomet.org
 
Wildlife Conservation Society Joe Liebezeit
Associate Conservation Biologist
jliebezeit@wcs.org