CAES Leadership

Meet the administrators, campus leadership and department heads for the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Dean and Director

Nick Place CAES Dean and Director

Dean and Directors Office Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication

caesdean@uga.edu 706-542-3924

Associate and Assistant Deans

Leadership for academics, faculty affairs, research, international programs, and UGA Cooperative Extension

Academic and Faculty Affairs

Dean Kopsell Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs

Office of the Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs

dk86804@uga.edu 706-542-1611

Douglas A Bailey Assistant Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs

Office of the Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs

dabailey@uga.edu 706-542-1611

Research

Harshavardhan Thippareddi Associate Dean for Research, John Bekkers Professor in Poultry Science

Office of the Associate Dean for Research Poultry Science

harsha.thippareddi@uga.edu 706-542-2151

Extension

Arch D. Smith Interim Associate Dean for Extension

Office of the Associate Dean for Extension

asmith@uga.edu 912-478-8983

Timothy Coolong Interim ANR Leader, Assistant Dean for Extension | Professor, Extension Specialist, SARE State Coordinator; Emphasis: Vegetable

Horticulture Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program - Southern Region

tcoolong@uga.edu

International Programs

Todd Applegate Assistant Dean for International Programs; Department Head and R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Chair in Poultry Science

Poultry Science

applegt@uga.edu 706-542-1337

Assistant Provost and Assistant Dean

Leadership for the campuses at Tifton and Griffin

Griffin Campus

Jeffrey Dean Assistant Provost & Campus Director

Campus Director's Office - Griffin Plant Pathology

jeffdean@uga.edu 770-228-7263

Tifton Campus

Michael D Toews Assistant Dean, Tifton Campus, Professor

Tifton Campus Entomology

mtoews@uga.edu 229-386-3338

Department Heads

Our nine disciplinary departments are responsible for developing the core instruction, research and extension programming.

Agricultural and Applied Economics

Gregory Colson Interim Department Head, Interim CAED Director, Professor

Agricultural & Applied Economics

gcolson@uga.edu 706-542-2481

Ag Leadership, Education and Communication

Jennifer H Waldeck Professor and Department Head

Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication

jwaldeck@uga.edu 706-542-8913

Animal and Dairy Science

Francis Fluharty Department Head Academic

Animal & Dairy Science

ffluharty@uga.edu 706-542-1852

Crop and Soil Sciences

Jodi Johnson-Maynard Department Head

Crop & Soil Sciences

jlmaynard@uga.edu 706-542-0896

Entomology

S. Kris Braman Department Head and Professor

Entomology

kbraman@uga.edu 706-542-2816

Food Science and Technology

Manpreet Singh Department Head and Professor

Food Science & Technology

manpreet@uga.edu 706-542-9971

Horticulture

Leonardo Lombardini Professor and Head, Department of Horticulture

Horticulture

Lombardini@uga.edu 706-542-0772

Plant Pathology

Harald Scherm Professor & Department Head

Plant Pathology

scherm@uga.edu 706-542-2571

Poultry Science

Todd Applegate Assistant Dean for International Programs; Department Head and R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Chair in Poultry Science

Poultry Science

applegt@uga.edu 706-542-1337

Unit Heads

Cassie Ann Kiggen Chief Communications Officer

Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC)

cakiggen@uga.edu

Sean Rogers Senior Director, Finance and Administration

CAES Business Office - Athens

rogers@uga.edu

Mary Ann Parsons Senior Director of Development

Office of Development and Alumni Relations

parsonsm@uga.edu

CAES Organizational Chart (PDF)