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The Californian CESU was established at the University of California (Berkeley) in 2003. Originally consisting of four federal agency and eight non-federal partners, the CESU has grown to include a total of ten federal partners and 22 non-federal partners.
The mission of the Californian CESU is to provide research, technical assistance and education across the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences to address natural and cultural resource management issues at multiple scales and in an ecosystem context in California and nationally as appropriate.
| HOST |  University of California (Berkeley) |
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| ESTABLISHED | 2003 | |
| WEBSITE | http://ucanr.org/sites/CCESU/ | |
| DIRECTOR | Randy Gilstrap Randy Gilstrap College of Natural Resources University of California, Berkeley 101 Giannini Hall MC #3100 Berkeley, CA 94720-3100 PHONE: 510-643-9579 EMAIL: randyg@berkeley.edu |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS | ||
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2003) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2008) |
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| UNIT PARTNERS | ||
| TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE | COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS REPRESENTATIVE | |
| FEDERAL PARTNERS | ||
| Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works | Alfred F. Cofrancesco Technical Director, Civil Works, Environmental Engineering & Science Department of the Army Engineering Research and Development Center Al.F.Cofrancesco@usace.army.mil |
Deannda Sontag Grants Officer ERDC Contracting Office (ECO) Deannda.S.Sontag@usace.army.mil Ben Smithhart Contract Specialist ERDC Contracting Office Benjamin.T.Smithart@usace.army.mil |
| Bureau of Land Management | James Weigand Ecologist California State Office |
Julia Lang Procurement Analyst California State Office julang@ca.blm.gov |
| Bureau of Ocean Energey Management | Mary Elaine Helix c/o DOI Office of the Secretary, Environmental Policy and Compliance MaryElaine.Helix@boem.gov |
Jennifer Ewald Physical Oceanographer BOEM Environmental Division - Environmental Sciences Branch Jennifer.Ewald@boem.gov |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Jobaid Kabir Chief, Decision Analysis Branch jkabir@usbr.gov |
Dion Steele Acquisition Management dsteele@usbr.gov |
| Department of Defense | Dawn M. Lawson Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific Sr. Natural Resources Specialist dawn.lawson@navy.mil |
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| Fish and Wildlife Service | Kim Webb Kim_Webb@fws.gov |
Dwight Luginbill Grants/Agreements Assistant Dwight_Luginbill@fws.gov |
| Forest Service | Jane Hayes Assistant Director Pacific Southwest Research Station jlhayes@fs.fed.us |
Brian Hanlon Grants and Agreement Specialist Pacific Southwest Research Station bhanlon@fs.fed.us Peggy O'Connell Region 5 poconnell01@fs.fed.us |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Kenneth M. Kumor Natural Resources Program Manager Environmental Management Office NASA Headquarters (MS 5B42) Kenneth.m.kumor@nasa.gov Ann Clarke, Ph.D. Chief, Environmental Division NASA Ames Research Center (MS 237-14) Ann.clarke@nasa.gov |
Beatrice Morales Grant Officer bmorales@mail.arc.nasa.gov |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Francisco Werner Director Southwest Fisheries Science Center cisco.werner@noaa.gov |
Meghan Donahue Director, Operations, Management and Information Southwest Fisheries Science Center meghan.donahue@noaa.gov |
| National Park Service | Angie Evenden, Ph.D. CESU Coordinator angela_evenden@nps.gov David M. Graber, Ph.D. Chief Scientist, Pacific West Region david_graber@nps.gov |
Jamie Sherrill MABO Lead, Acquisition Management jamie_sherrill@nps.gov |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Doris Washington National CESU/COE Coordinator Doris.Washington@ar.usda.gov |
Lillian V. Woods Team Leader/National Technology Support Coordinator National Technology Support Team Lillian.woods@wdc.usda.gov |
| United States Geological Survey | Tom Suchanek Research Manager tsuchanek@usgs.gov |
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| UNIVERSITY PARTNERS | ||
| California Polytechnic State University | Douglas D. Piirto Department Head Natural Resources Management Department dpiirto@calpoly.edu |
Contact your college's grants and sponsored programs office |
| California State University, Channel Islands | Amanda Quintero Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs amanda.quintero@csuci.edu |
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| California State University, Chico | E.K. Park Dean, Graduate School ekparks@csuchico.edu |
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| California State University, Fresno | Steve Blumenshire Associate Professor, Department of Biology sblumens@csufresno.edu |
Nancy Myers Sims Grants and Contracts Development Specialist nmyers@csufresno.edu |
| California State University, Los Angeles | Carlos Robles Director CEA-CREST (Center for Environmental Analysis-Centers for Research Excellence in Science and Technology) crobles@CalStateLA.edu |
Erik Kachmarsky Contracts Specialist EKachmar@cslanet.calstatela.edu Alma Sahagun Director of Contracts and Grants asahag@cslanet.calstatela.edu |
| California State University, Northridge | Paul Wilson Professor |
Scott Pérez Director, Research and Sponsored Programs |
| California State University, Stanislaus | Patrick A. Kelly Professor of Zoology and Coordinator, Endangered Species Recovery Program (ESRP) pkelly@esrp.csustan.edu |
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| Humboldt State University | James H. Howard Dean, College of Natural Resources cnrsdean@humboldt.edu |
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| San Diego State University | Rebecca Lewsion Assistant Professor, Biology Department rlewison@sciences.sdsu.edu |
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| San Francisco State University | Gretchen LeBuhn Assistant Professor, Department of Biology lebuhn@sfsu.edu |
Bruce Macher Interim Associate Vice President of Research and Professor of Biochemistry macher@sfsu.edu |
| University of California, Office of the President, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Deborah L. Elliott-Fisk Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology dlelliottfisk@ucdavis.edu |
Lynn E. Deetz Director, Office of Contracts and Grants ledeetz@ucdavis.edu |
| University of California, Berkeley | Steve Beissinger A. Starker Leopold Chair in Wildlife Biology and Professor of Conservation Biology beis@berkeley.edu Craig Moritz Professor of Integrative Biology and Director of Museum of Vertebrate Zoology craigm@berkeley.edu |
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| University of California, Davis | James F. Quinn Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy jfquinn@ucdavis.edu |
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| University of California, Irvine | Lynn Carpenter flcarpen@uci.edu |
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| University of California, Los Angeles | John Pollinger jpolling@ucla.edu |
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| University of California, Merced | Lara Kueppers Assistant Professor, School of Natural Sciences lkueppers@ucmerced.edu |
Keith E. Alley Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies kalley@ucmerced.edu Thea Vicari Contract and Grant Officer tvicari@ucmerced.edu |
| University of California, Riverside | Kristine Preston Assistant Research Ecologist krisp@ucr.edu |
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| University of California, San Diego | Paul Dayton pdayton@ucsd.edu |
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| University of California, Santa Barbara | Susan Warbrick Associate Director, Marine Science Institute, Natural Reserve System swarbric@lifesci.ucsb.edu |
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| University of California, Santa Cruz | Dan Costa Center for Ocean Health costa@biology.ucsc.edu |
William Clark Director, Office of Sponsored Projects wfclark@ucsc.edu |
| OTHER PARTNERS | ||
| California Department of Fish and Game | Julie Yamamoto Acting Deputy Administrator Office of Spill Prevention and Response jyamamot@ospr.dfg.ca.gov |
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| The Institute for Bird Populations | Rodney Siegel Executive Director rsiegel@birdpop.org |
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| The Institute for Wildlife Studies | David K. Garcelon President garcelon@iws.org |
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