Role of the CSREES National Program Leader

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Role of the CSREES National Program Leader

• Dr. Tom Bewick
• National Program Leader - Horticulture

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Outline

• Personal Background
• Staying connected to the partnership
• Representing the partnership to other federal
  agencies (and others)
• Resource development (delivering the goodies)
• Questions

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Acknowledgements

• No handbook
• Orientation process - Ted Wilson
• Strategic Plan development - Dennis Kopp
• multiple workshops, trainings and opportunities
  for interaction with other units
• Dr. Hefferan encourages creativity

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Personal Background

• BW Parkway brat
• Peace Corps 1970
• B.S. - U.C. Davis 1975 (Olericulture)
• farm management experience
• M.S. Ph.D. - U. W.- Madison 1987
• UF 1987-97
• UMass Cranberry Expt. Station 97-2000
• CSREES 2000-present

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Staying Connected

• Interaction with the COPs
• liaisons
• special task forces
• Aesop alerts
• Involvement with multi-states
• NRSPs
• research and extension committees
• Administrative committees

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Staying Connected

• Departmental reviews
• learn about departments and programs
• extends beyond department being reviewed
• candid interviews with administration
• interactions with other team members
• Interactions with other federal agencies

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Staying Connected

• Interactions with professional societies
• Interactions with industry leaders and other
  stakeholders
• managing grants
• Special Grants
• Competitive Programs

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Representing the Partnership

• USDA NIS Coordinators Council
• Bill Wagner/Kitty Cardwell/APHIS CSREES/APHIS -
  International movement
• CSREES/NRCS - train-the-trainer
• internal working group
• NISC
• x-cut budget process (NPS, FWS, USGS)
• IPM training and certification
• ISAC

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Resource Development

• Annual process to identify budget priorities and
  initiatives within CSREES
• NISC x-cut
• chair ISAC subcommittees to develop true
  x-cutting initiatives with other agencies
• volunteer programs
• APHIS
• FWS
• USGS

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Resource Development

• AG 20/20
• upcoming workshop with NASA
• CSREES/NSF microbial genomics
• potential linkages with DOD