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The Southern Appalachian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (SA-CESU) is a group of federal and private sector partners that have joined together with a mutual mission to promote and provide effective and efficient research, technical assistance and education to federal land management, environmental and research agencies in the Southern Appalachian Mountain Region. The SA-CESU was one of the original four CESU established in 1999, at the start up of the national CESU network.

HOST	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
ESTABLISHED	1999
WEBSITE	http://cesu.utk.edu/
DIRECTOR	Donald G. (Don) Hodges, Ph.D. Professor and Director School of Natural Resources 425 Plant Biotechnology Building 2505 E. J. Chapman Drive University of Tennessee, Knoxville Knoxville, TN 37996 PHONE: (865) 974-2706 EMAIL: dhodges2@tennessee.edu
ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS
AGREEMENTS	AMENDMENTS
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (1999) Amendment 1 adding Lincoln Memorial University, Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee Technological University, Western Kentucky University, and University of Kentucky Amendment 2 adding Bureau of Land Management Amendment 3 adding U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2004) Amendment 1 adding the Natural Resources Conservation Service Amendment 2 adding the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense - Installations and Environment Amendment 3 adding Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Amendment 4 adding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2009) Amendment 1 adding Discover Life in America Amendment 2 adding the University of North Carolina, Asheville Amendment 3 adding East Tennessee State University and Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute Amendment 4 adding Austin Peay State University, Jacksonville State University, Marshall University, The University of the South Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2014) Amendment 1 adding Bureau of Indian Affairs, Ohio University, and University of Tennessee at Martin Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2019) Amendment 1 adding Washington and Lee University and West Virginia University Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2024) Amendment 1 updating Article II language
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UNIT PARTNERS
	TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE	ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
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
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	Becca Theodorakos Natural Resource Specialist BLM Eastern States Office rtheodorakos@blm.gov	Irene Sattler Grants Management Specialist isattler@blm.gov
Department of Defense	James Allen Technical Director, Operational Science and Engineering james.p.allen@usace.army.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
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Laura Brandt Regional Scientist USFWS Southeast Region laura_brandt@fws.gov	Sonja Scott Administrative Officer Science Applications sonja_scott@fws.gov
U.S. Forest Service	Dana Roth Assistant Station Director Southern Research Station dana.roth@usda.gov	Jeannette Henry Grant Specialist Southern Research Station jeannette.henry@usda.gov
National Park Service	Reggie Tiller CESU Research Coordinator reggie_tiller@nps.gov	Keith Zotti Branch Chief CESU Financial Assistance East keith_zotti@nps.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
U.S. Geological Survey	Joseph Clark Supervisory Research Ecologist Southern Appalachian Field Branch jclark1@usgs.gov	Sherri Ly Bredesen Chief, National Grants Branch Office of Acquisition and Grants sbredesen@usgs.gov
UNIVERSITY PARTNERS
Appalachian State University	Steven Seagle Professor and Chair Department of Biology seaglesw@appstate.edu	Charna Howson Director Office of Sponsored Programs grants@appstate.edu
Austin Peay State University	Steven Hamilton Director Center of Excellence for Field Biology hamiltonsw@apsu.edu	Raj Dakshinamurthy Interim Director and AOR Office of Research and Sponsored Programs dakshinamurthyr@apsu.edu
East Tennessee State University	Arpita Nandi Chair Department of Geosciences nandi@etsu.edu	William Duncan Vice Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs duncanw@etsu.edu
Florida A&M University	Michael Abazinge Professor Environmental Sciences Institute michael.abazinge@famu.edu	Glory Brown Director Office of Sponsored Programs glory.brown@famu.edu
Jacksonville State University	Lori Hensley Department Head Department of Biology lhensley@jsu.edu	Allison Newton Coordinator of Proposal Development Office of Sponsored Programs anewton@jsu.edu
Lincoln Memorial University	Adam Rollins Dean School of Mathematics and Sciences adam.rollins@lmunet.edu	Carolyn Gulley Executive Director Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs carolyn.gulley@lmunet.edu
Marshall University	Jayme Waldron Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences waldron3@marshall.edu	Joe Ciccarello Director Grant/Contract Development ciccarello@marshall.edu
Middle Tennessee State University	David Butler Vice Provost for Research Dean of Graduate Studies David.Butler@mtsu.edu	Jeffry Porter Director Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Jeffry.Porter@mtsu.edu
Ohio University	Elissa Welch Project Manager Energy and Environmental Projects welche@ohio.edu	Bethany Spurrier Sponsored Programs Manager Office of Research and Sponsored Programs spurrier@ohio.edu
Tennessee State University	Michael Busby Interim Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs for Research and Sponsored Programs research@tnstate.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office
Tennessee Tech University	Dan Combs Department of Biology dlcombs@tntech.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office
The University of the South	Sarah C. Sherwood Boeckman Director of the Sewanee Environmental Institute Co-Chair and Associate Professor, Environmental Studies sherwood@sewanee.edu Nancy J. Berner Vice Provost for Planning and Administration William Henderson Professor of Biology nberner@sewanee.edu	Pollyanne S. Frantz Sponsored Research Officer psfrantz@sewanee.edu
University of Kentucky	Terrell T. "Red" Baker Chair and Professor, Department of Forestry College of Agriculture terrellbaker@uky.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office
University of North Carolina Asheville	Jonathan Horton Assistant Professor, Biology Department jhorton@unca.edu	Contact your sponsored programs office
University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Don Hodges Professor and Department Head Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries dhodges2@tennessee.edu	Cynthia Nichols Chief Budget Officer and Budget Director UT AgResearch cnichols@utk.edu
University of Tennessee at Martin	Paula Gale Professor of Soil Science Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources pgale@utm.edu	Charley Deal Executive Director Office of Research and Sponsored Programs cdeal@utm.edu
Virginia Tech	Jay Sullivan Professor and Department Head Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation College of Natural Resources and Environment jsulliv@vt.edu	Trudy Riley Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation Office of Sponsored Programs ospdirector@vt.edu ospcontracts@vt.edu
Washington and Lee University	Bill Hamilton Chair and Professor Biology Department hamiltone@wlu.edu	PJ Townsend Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations ptownsend@wlu.edu
West Virginia University	Paul Kinder Director Natural Resource Analysis Center Paul.Kinder@mail.wvu.edu	Katie Stores Assistant Vice President for Research Administration Director, Office of Sponsored Programs katie.stores@mail.wvu.edu
Western Carolina University	Robert Young Professor Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources ryoung@email.wcu.edu	Alison Krauss Acting Director Office of Research Administration alkrauss@wcu.edu
Western Kentucky University	Albert Meier Professor, Biology Department albert.meier@wku.edu	Jenni Redifer Interim Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Education jenni.redifer@wku.edu
OTHER PARTNERS
Discover Life in America	Todd P. Witcher Executive Director Todd@dlia.org
University of Tennessee Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment	Chris Cox Director ccox9@utk.edu
Southern Appalachian Man and the Bioshpere	Alexander F. Comfort Cradle of Forestry Interpretive Association alexcfaia@citcom.net
Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute	Anna L. George Director alg@tnaqua.org Jackson C. Andrews Director of Operations and Husbandry jca@tnaqua.org	Gordon Stalans Director of Finance gas@tnaqua.org