Membership
(Send e-mail to the committee: escop-part@lists.msstate.edu.)

Member	Assignment	Representing
D.C. Coston (OK)	Chair (03)	.
Lee Sommers (CO)	Chair-Designate (03)	.
Michael Harrington (W Region)	Executive Vice-Chair	Executive Directors
Dale Vanderholm (NE)	Delegate	SAES North Central Region
Margaret Dentine (WI)	Delegate	SAES North Central Region
Tom Fretz (MD)	Delegate	SAES Northeastern Region
Adesoji Adelaja (NJ)	Delegate	SAES Northeastern Region
Marty Fuller (MS)	Delegate	SAES Southern Region
Johnny Wynne (NC)	Delegate	SAES Southern Region
Lee Sommers (CO)	Delegate	SAES Western Region
Mike Burke (OR)	Delegate	SAES Western Region
Seyoum Gelaye (GA)	Delegate	ARD
James Walker (SC)	Delegate	ARD
Saleia Afele-Faamuli	Representative	CSREES
Mike Poth	Representative	CSREES
Will Blackburn (CO)	Representative	ARS
Susan Offutt	Representative	ERS
Ron Bosecker	Representative	NASS
Richard Herrett	Representative	ARI
Barbara Glenn	Representative	CoFarm
Tracy Hewitt	Representative	C-FARE
Dan Dooley (CA)	Representative	CARET Chair-Elect
(TBA)	Representative	ACOP
Carol Anderson (NY)	Representative	ECOP
Terry Tucker (NY)	Representative	ICOP
(TBA)	Representative	Non Land-Grant entity
(TBA)	Representative	Non Land-Grant entity
(TBA)	Representative	Non Land-Grant entity
(TBA)	Representative	Non Land-Grant entity
(TBA)	Representative	Non Land-Grant entity

Existing or Proposed Sub-Committees
(To be developed)

Proposed Assignment of Target Areas from Strategic Plan

Strategic Target 4. Expand and reinvigorate our strategic partnerships.

• Action Item: Strengthen our partnership with CSREES.
• Action Item: Jointly plan and conduct research activities with traditional, e.g., USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Economic Research Service (ERS), and Forest Service (FS); and new partners (e.g., private labs, research-based companies, commodity groups, nongovernmental organizations).
• Action Item: Develop stronger collaborative relationships with additional federal agencies (e.g., NASA, EPA).
• Action Item: Develop and enhance appropriate collaborative arrangements with the private sector.
• Action Item: Develop and enhance partnerships among states.
• Action Item: Provide leadership for expanded international partnerships.

Strategic Target 5. Foster improved integration of research, Extension, and academic programs.

• Action Item: Expand cross-functional collaborations within and among institutions.
• Action Item: Encourage more participation by Extension specialists in regional research projects and in regional coordinating committees.

• Partnership Task Force (ESCOP-ECOP-CSREES)