ESCOP Chair's Advisory Committee
ESCOP Core Committee Chairs' Subcommittee
ESCOP Nominations Subcommittee
ESCOP Resolutions Subcommittee
Joint ESCOP-ACOP Leadership Development Subcommittee

Joint ESCOP-ECOP Rural Communities and Farm Crisis Task Force
ECOP-ESCOP Food Safety Subcommittee
ESCOP Genetic Resources Subcommittee
ESCOP Genomics Steering Committee
ESCOP Pest Management Strategies Subcommittee
ESCOP Roadmap Steering Committee

Joint ESCOP-ECOP Image Enhancement Subcommittee
Regional Research Partnership Subcommittee

ESCOP-ECOP Agricultural Biotechnology Task Force [Completed 2/1/00]
ESCOP-ECOP Agricultural Biotechnology Implementation Task Force [Initiated 9/00]
ESCOP-ECOP-CSREES Environmental Initiative Task Force [Initiated 8/8/00]

ESCOP Chair's Advisory Committee
[E-mail the committee: escop-cac@lists.msstate.edu.]
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Purpose:
To meet at the request of the ESCOP Chair.

Chair: Richard Jones (FL)

Participating Members:

• McArthur Floyd (AL), Chair Elect
• Darrell Nelson (NE), Past Chair
• T. J. Helms (ED-S), Executive Vice-Chair
• Samuel Donald (ED-ARD)
• Robert Heil (ED-W)
• Richard Lower (ED-NC)
• David MacKenzie (ED-NE)
• Tom Payne (MO), Chair, ESCOP Budget and Legislative Committee
• Colin Kaltenbach (AZ), Chair, ESCOP Advocacy and Marketing Committee
• George Ham (KS), Chair, ESCOP Science and Technology Committee
• D. C. Coston (OK), Chair, ESCOP Partnership Committee
• Eric Young (NC), Chair, ESCOP Planning Committee
• Terry Nipp, President, AESOP Enterprises

ESCOP Core Committee Chairs' Subcommittee
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Purpose:

Chair: McArthur Floyd (AL)

Participating Members:

• Tom Payne (MO)
• Colin Kaltenbach (AZ)
• George Ham (KS)
• D. C. Coston (OK)
• Eric Young (NC)

ESCOP Nominations Subcommittee
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Purpose:
To prepare nominations for officers of the Section and of ESCOP (normally the same except that ESCOP operates without a secretary).

Chair: Darrell Nelson (NE)

Participating Members:

• Richard Heimsch (ID), WAAESD
• Fred Cholick (SD), NCRA
• Richard Jones (FL), SAAESD
• McArthur Floyd (AL), ARD
• Bruce Wiersma (ME), NERA

ESCOP Resolutions Subcommittee
S-9
Purpose:
To prepare and introduce ESCOP and Section resolutions.

Chair: Jim Jacobs (WY), WAAESD

Participating Members:

• P.S. Benepal (VA), ARD
• Ian Gray (MI), NCRA
• John Nye (DE), NERA
• Vance Watson (MS), SAAESD

ESCOP-ACOP Leadership Development Subcommittee
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Purpose:
To conduct leadership development programs directed at scientists in the system who have potential for, and interest in, positions of leadership in the SAESs and resident instruction system. This subcommittee also maintains liasion with other leadership development programs in the system.

Chair: Vickie McCracken (WA)

Participating Members:

• Kirby Barrick (IL)(ACOP-2001)
• George Cooper (CSREES)
• LeRoy Daughtery (NM) (ESCOP-2001)
• Frank Gilstrap (TX) (ESCOP-2002)
• Karen Kubena (TX) (ACOP, Coordinator-2002)
• Duane Larick (NC) (Past Participant-2000)
• Gary Lemme (MI) (ESCOP, Incoming Coordinator)
• Michael Olexa (FL) (Past Participant-2001)
• Tony Shelton (NY) (ESCOP-2003)
• James Wangberg (WY) (ACOP-2002)

Joint ESCOP-ECOP Rural Communities and Farm Crisis Task Force
[E-mail the committee: escop-ruralcomm@lists.msstate.edu.]
Purpose:
tba

Chair: Lou Swanson (CO)

Participating Members:
(View list of Task Force Nominees.)

Working Documents:

• Committee Report to ESCOP (7/31/00) [Posted 7/31/00]

Genetic Resources Subcommittee*
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Purpose:
To represent the SAES in the area of genetic resources of all life forms with appropriate agencies and associations; to identify opportunities and problems associated with germplasm and genome research; to develop recommendations on policy and procedures that enhance coordination between SAESs and federal agencies to participate and provide leadership in catalog and retrieval systems.

Chair: Richard Lower

Participating Members:

• Members tba

Joint ESCOP-ECOP Pest Management Strategies Subcommittee*
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Purpose:
To effect communication between the federal government and the SAES/CES Directors and stakeholders; and to perform a liaison role with the Office of Pest Management

ESCOP Co-Chair: Eldon E. Ortman (IN)
ECOP Co-Chair: Frank Zalom (CA)

Participating Members:

Committee membership includes the chair and administrative advisor(s) for each Regional IPM Research and Extension Coordinating Committee and the IPM Grants Manager from each Region, plus a research and extension faculty representative selected annually by the Regional Committees. When circumstances dictate, a broader base of representation is invited to participate in specific activities.

Joint ESCOP-ECOP Task Force on Image Enhancement**
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Purpose:
To develop and implement methods that more effectively communicate with the various publics involved benefitting either directly or indirectly from the results of Experiment Station and Extension activities; to maintain a database of relevant issue and outcome related information that can be effectively used in the advocacy of programs.

Co-Chair, ESCOP: Ron Pardini (NV)
Co-Chair, ECOP: David Foster (AR)

Participating Members:

• Carolyn Brooks (MD)
• Samuel Donald (ED-ARD)
• Larry Rogers (LA), Southern Region SERA-IEG-28 AES Advisor
• David Foster (OK), Southern Region SERA-IEG-28 CES Advisor
• Katie Smith (AL), Southern Region SERA-IEG-28 Chair
• Eldon Ortman (IN)

Chair: R.D. Heil (ED-W)

Participating Members:

• D.R. MacKenzie (ED-NE)
• R.L. Lower (ED-NC)
• T.J. Helms (ED-S)
• S.L. Donald (ED-ARD)
• M.D. Johnsrud (NASULGC)
• G.E. Cooper (CSREES)

Chair: Daryl Lund

Participating Members:

Region/Agency	ECOP	ESCOP
North Central	Luther Tweeten Ohio, Economics	Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Missouri, Economics Paul Thompson Indiana, Philosophy
North Eastern	Erik Lichtenberg Maryland, Economics	Dave MacKenzie NERA-ED, Plant Biotechnology Freddie Dixon DC
Southern	Tom Hoban North Carolina, Sociology	Susan Barefoot South Carolina, Food Science
Western	V. Phillip Rasmussen Utah, Plant Science	Noelle Cockett Utah, Animal Biotechnology
1890	Marvin Burns, Langston Univ.
CSREES	Ramkishan Rao, Food Science
ARS	K. Darwin Murrell John W. Radin

Charge to the Agricultural Biotechnology Task Force
Task Force Report - Agricultural Biotechnology: Critical Issues and Recommended Responses from the Land-Grant Universities [Requires Acrobat Reader] (Posted 1/21/00)
Suggested Action Steps for ESCOP (Posted 9/00)

Chair: Tom Hoban (NC)
Vice Chair: Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes (MO)
Administrative Advisor: Johnny Wynne (NC)

Tentative Participating Members:

• Thomas J. Hoban, Professor of Rural Sociology; NC State University (Chair)
• Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes ; Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics; University of Missouri (Vice-Chair)
• Daryl Lund - Professor of Food Engineering, Cornell University (Ex-Officio member)
• David MacKenzie - Executive Director, NERA, University of Maryland (Ex-Officio member)
• Jose Amador - Director of Texas A&M Research and Extension Center at Weslaco (Plant Pathology)
• Carol Anderson - Professor, Cornell University
• Susan Barefoot - Director of the School of Applied Science & Agribusiness; Clemson University (Food Science)
• Christine Bruhn - Director of Center for Consumer Research; University of California - Davis
• Marvin Burns - Research Director; Langston University
• Fred Buttel - Professor of Rural Sociology; University of Wisconsin
• Dwayne Buxton - Associate Administrator, BARC/NPS
• Julie Caswell - University of Massachusetts
• Cathy Champagne - Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
• Bruce Chassy - Assistant Dean for Biotechnology Outreach; University of Illinois (Food Science)
• Jim Christenson - State Extension Director and Associate Dean; University of Arizona (Rural Sociology)
• Susan Hefle - Co-Director of Food Allergy Research and Resource Program; University of Nebraska
• Catherine Ives - Director of Ag. Biotechnology Support Program; Michigan State University
• Marc Johnson - Dean, Kansas State University
• Gerry Klonglan - Associate Dean; Iowa State University (Rural Sociology)
• Eric Lichtenberg - Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Maryland
• Martina McGloughlin - Director of Biotechnology Program; University of California - Davis
• Michael Olexa - Director of the Agricultural Law Center; University of Florida
• C.S. Prakash - Professor of Plant Molecular Biology; Tuskeegee University
• Susanna Priest - Associate Professor of Journalism; Texas A&M University
• V. Phillip Rasmussen - Coordinator of Western SARE; Utah State University
• Bernard Rollin - Professor of Philosophy and Veterinary Medicine; Colorado State University
• Clifford Scherer - Associate Professor of Communication; Cornell University
• Lawrence Schook - Director of Food Animal Biotechnology Center; University of Minnesota
• Sheldon Schuster - Director of Biotechnology Program; University of Florida
• Steve Strauss - Professor of Forestry, Oregon State University
• Paul Thompson - Professor of Philosophy; Purdue University

Working Documents:

• Building Societal Consensus on Biotechnology: A Research and Education Initiative [Posted 10/9/00]

Social Sciences Subcommittee* T-5
Purpose:
(tba)

Chair: Lou Swanson, (CO)

Nominees:

• Carol Anderson, Cornell
• John Antle, Montana State University
• Ntam Baharanyi, Tuskegee
• Peter Barry, University of Illinois
• Blannie Bowen, Penn State
• Jon Brandt, North Carolina State University
• David Brown, Cornell
• Lawrence Busch, Michigan State University
• Julie Caswell, University of Massachusetts
• Mary McPhail Gray, Colorado State University
• Walter Hill, Tuskegee
• Gerald Klonglan, Iowa State University
• N. L. McCaslin, Ohio State University
• Ronald Ostman, Cornell
• Lou Riesenberg, University of Idaho
• Glen Shinn, Texas A&M University
• Jerry Skees, University of Kentucky
• Catherine Solheim, University of Minnesota
• Alton Thompson, North Carolina A&T State University
• Ron Williams, Alabama A&M University
• CSREES Representatives:
  • John Michael
  • Jane Schuchardt
  • Gladys Vaughn
• Ad-Hoc Members: Rural Development Centers:
  • Bo Beaulieu, Southern Rural Development Center
  • Steven Daniels, Western Rural Development Center
  • Cornelia Flora, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
  • Stephan Goetz, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development

Working Documents:

• Social Science Subcommittee report to ESCOP 7/31/00 [Posted 7/31/00]

ECOP-ESCOP Food Safety Task Force
[E-mail the committee: escop-foodsafety@lists.msstate.edu.]

Purpose:

• Develop a response for the land-grant system to the Draft Preliminary Food Safety Strategic Plan for Public Review.
• Recommend specific action items to help the land-grant system address high priority research and education food safety issues.

Chair: Daryl Lund
Vice-Chair: David MacKenzie

Participating Members:
(View complete listing of committee member addresses or download as a Word Perfect file).

Kathryn Boor (NYC) Guendoline Brown (WV) Michael Davidson (TN) Jim Denton (AR) Michael Doyle (GA) Cameron Faustman (CN) Curtis Kastner (KS) Janet Kurzynske (KY) David Lineback (MD) Kristy Long (AK) Michael Moody (LA) William Nganje (ND)

Steven Otwell (FL) Carolyn Raab (OR) Stephen Sapp (IA) Donald Schaffner (NJ) John Sofos (CO) Susan Sumner (VA) Steve Taylor (NE) Laurian Unnevehr (IL) Wilda Wade (NC) Jan Singleton (CSREES) William Wagner (CSREES)

Working Documents:

• Task Force Recommendations: Priority on Importance and Impact with Subsequent Action Steps [Posted 9/21/00]
• Task Force - Ranked Recommendations [Posted 7/31/00]
• Task Force Survey Questionaire [Posted 7/31/00]
• Task Force Final Report: Identifying Potential Contributions of the Land Grant Universities for the Implementation of the Preliminary National Food Safety Strategic Plan (June 2000)

Genomics Steering Committee*
[E-mail the committee: escop-genomics@lists.msstate.edu.]

Purpose:

Direct efforts in launching a major genomics initiative for the federal budget, including soliciting a high profile advocacy group and preparing an analysis of the situation. Committee will identify major tasks and design committees to address them.

Chair: Colin Kaltenbach

Participating Members:

• D. C. Coston
• S. L. Donald
• R. D. Heil
• T. J. Helms
• R. L. Lower
• D. R. MacKenzie
• T. L. Nipp
• T. L. Payne
• W. R. Woodson
• E. Young

Working Documents:

• FUNCTIONAL FOODS: The Application of Agricultural, Medical and Behavioral Sciences for Improving Human Health - A White Paper (June, 2000)

• Genome Workbook (Provided by AESOP Enterprises, 5/10/00)

Roadmap Steering Committee

Purpose:

Chair: Randy Woodson

Participating Members:

• Nancy Cox
• D. C. Coston
• Deborah Hamernik (CSREES)
• Colin Kaltenbach
• David MacKenzie
• Dan Rossi

ESCOP-ECOP-CSREES Environmental Initiative Task Force
[E-mail the committee: escop-environment@lists.msstate.edu]

Purpose:
Define how the Land-Grant system might best proceed in development of a "think-tank" to address environmental issues.

Co-Chair: Eldon Ortman
Co-Chair: Richard Wootton

Participating Members:

ESCOP representatives: Gerald F. Arkin, GA Eldon Ortman, IN Lee Sommers, CO

ECOP representatives: Nancy Bull, CT James Christenson, AZ Richard Wootton, KS

CSREES representatives: Basil Eastwood Raymond Knighton Michael O'Neill Mary Ann Rozum

Other: Terry Nipp, AESOP May Naddaf, AESOP Dave MacKenzie, NERA Chuck Krueger, PA Jill Kaveny, CO

Working Documents:

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