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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 |
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| 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 |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS | ||
| AGREEMENTS | AMENDMENTS | |
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (1999) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2004) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2009) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2014) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2019) |
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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 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 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 james.p.allen@usace.army.mil Hany Zaghloul hany.h.zaghloul@usace.army.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 | Laura Brandt Regional Scientist laura_brandt@fws.gov |
Anna-Marie York Grants Management Specialist Science Applications anna-marie_york@fws.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 |
| National Park Service | Reggie Tiller CESU Research Coordinator reggie_tiller@nps.gov |
Steven Sponaugle Chief of Contracting Southeast Regional Office/Interior Region 2 steven_sponaugle@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 | Joseph Clark Supervisory Research Ecologist Southern Appalachian Field Branch jclark1@usgs.gov |
Faith Graves CESU Contract Specialist fgraves@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 |
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| University of North Carolina Asheville | Jonathan Horton Assistant Professor, Biology Department jhorton@unca.edu |
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| 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 | Cheryl Davis Interim Associate Vice Provost for Research and Creative Activities cheryl.davis@wku.edu |
Contact your sponsored programs office |
| OTHER PARTNERS | ||
| Discover Life in America | Todd P. Witcher Executive Director Todd@dlia.org |
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| University of Tennessee Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment | Chris Cox Director ccox9@utk.edu |
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| Southern Appalachian Man and the Bioshpere | Alexander F. Comfort Cradle of Forestry Interpretive Association alexcfaia@citcom.net |
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| 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 |