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.

Interim Assistant Dean for Tifton Campus

Timothy Lane Grey

Tifton Campus Crop & Soil Sciences

dirtif@uga.edu 229-386-3338

Departmental Leaders

Agricultural & Applied Economics

Esendugue Greg Fonsah Professor and REI Coordinator

gfonsah@uga.edu 229-386-3512

Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication

D. Barry Croom Professor

dbcroom@uga.edu 229-386-3116

Animal & Dairy Science

Jennifer J. Tucker Associate Professor

jjtucker@uga.edu 229-386-3215

Crop & Soil Sciences

Ronald Scott Tubbs Professor

tubbs@uga.edu 229-386-3360

Entomology

Phillip Marion Roberts Extension Entomologist - Cotton

proberts@uga.edu 229-386-3835

Horticulture

Patrick J. Conner Professor & Tifton REI Coordinator; Emphasis: Pecan & muscadine breeding

pconner@uga.edu 229-386-3903

Plant Pathology

Timothy Branner Brenneman Professor, Peanut and Pecan Disease Management

arachis@uga.edu

Academic, Center and Extension Leadership

Academic Programs

George Vellidis University Professor

yiorgos@uga.edu 229-402-1278

Center for Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health

Chuck Bargeron Senior Public Service Associate & Director

cbargero@uga.edu 229-386-3298 2360 Rainwater Road, Tifton, GA 31793

National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory

Peggy Ozias-Akins Distinguished Research Professor; Emphasis: Molecular genetics of plant development, peanuts

pozias@uga.edu 229-386-3902

Southwest District Extension

Andrea Scarrow Southwest District Director

ascarrow@uga.edu 229-386-3413

Support Unit Leaders

Business Office

Michelle Pitts Fiscal Affairs Manager

mpitts@uga.edu 229-386-3350

Conference Center

Kim Rutland Director

krutland@uga.edu 229-386-3412

Experimental Statistics

Xuelin Luo Statistician

xuelin@uga.edu 229-386-3041

IT & Computer Services

Vickie H. Garrick IT Senior Manager

garrick@uga.edu 229-386-3594

Precision Ag Shop

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 229-386-3831

Leadership for Research and Education Centers in South Georgia Locations

Attapulgus

Lee D. Hitson

Attapulgus Research and Education Center

ldhitson@uga.edu 229-220-1712

C.M. Stripling

Bobby J Washington

C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park

bwashing@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