Leadership

Meet Our Leaders in South Georgia

The UGA Tifton campus serves as a headquarters for research, extension and academic programs for the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Meet the leaders who serve in Tifton and the southwest district of the state.

Assistant Dean for the Tifton Campus

Joe W. West

Tifton Campus

dirtif@uga.edu 229-386-3338

Academic, Departmental and Unit Leaders

Academic Programs

George Vellidis Professor

yiorgos@uga.edu 229-386-3442

Agricultural & Applied Economics

Esendugue Greg Fonsah Professor

gfonsah@uga.edu 229-386-3512

Animal & Dairy Science

John K. Bernard Professor

jbernard@uga.edu 229-391-6856

Center for Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health

Michael D Toews Professor, Co-Director of the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health

mtoews@uga.edu 229-386-3374

Crop & Soil Sciences

Timothy Lane Grey Professor

tgrey@uga.edu 229-386-7239

Entomology

Phillip Marion Roberts Extension Entomologist - Cotton

proberts@uga.edu 229-386-3424

Horticulture

Patrick J. Conner Professor; Areas of Interest: Pecan breeding

pconner@uga.edu 229-386-3903

National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory

Peggy Ozias-Akins Professor; Areas of Interest: Molecular genetics of plant development

pozias@uga.edu 229-386-3902

Plant Pathology

Katherine L. Stevenson Professor and REI Coordinator, Epidemiology and Fungicide Resistance

ks@uga.edu 229-386-3652

Southwest District Extension

Andrea Scarrow Southwest District Director

ascarrow@uga.edu 229-386-3813

Support Unit Leaders

Business Office

Ken Spurlin Business Manager III

kspurlin@uga.edu 229-386-3350

Conference Center

Kim Rutland Director

krutland@uga.edu 229-386-3416

Experimental Statistics

Xuelin Luo Research Professional IV

xuelin@uga.edu 229-386-3041

IT & Computer Services

Vickie H. Garrick IT Senior Manager

garrick@uga.edu 229-386-3594

Library

Duncan McClusky Librarian IV

mcclusky@uga.edu 229-386-3447

Property Control

Bo Carver CAES Property Control Coordinator

jcarver@uga.edu 229-386-7055

Tifton Facilities Management & Operations

Kurt Seigler

Tifton Campus Physical Plant - Tifton

kseigler@uga.edu 229-386-3337

Tifton Farms

Andy Carter

Tifton Campus Field Research Services - Tifton

andyc@uga.edu 229-386-3337

Leadership for Research and Education Centers

Attapulgus

William A. Mills III

Attapulgus Research and Education Center

bmills@uga.edu 229-465-3421

C.M. Stripling

Calvin D. Perry

C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park

perrycd@uga.edu 229-522-3623

Southeast Georgia

R. Anthony Black

Southeast Research and Education Center

rablack@uga.edu 478-589-7472

Southwest Georgia

Scott Rogers

Southwest Research and Education Center

swgeorgia@uga.edu 229-824-4375