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
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
Douglas A Bailey
Assistant Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Office of the Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Research
Harshavardhan Thippareddi
Associate Dean for Research, John Bekkers Professor in Poultry Science
Office of the Associate Dean for Research
Poultry Science
Robert N. Stougaard
Assistant Dean for Research
Office of the Associate Dean for Research
Extension
Laura Perry Johnson
Associate Dean for Extension
Office of the Associate Dean for Extension
International Programs
Todd Applegate
Assistant Dean for International Programs; Department Head and R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Chair in Poultry Science
Poultry Science
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
Tifton Campus
Michael D Toews
Assistant Dean, Tifton Campus, Professor
Tifton Campus
Entomology
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
Ag Leadership, Education and Communication
Jennifer H Waldeck
Professor and Department Head
Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication
Food Science and Technology
Manpreet Singh
Department Head and Professor
Food Science & Technology
Horticulture
Leonardo Lombardini
Professor and Head, Department of Horticulture
Horticulture
Poultry Science
Todd Applegate
Assistant Dean for International Programs; Department Head and R. Harold and Patsy Harrison Chair in Poultry Science
Poultry Science
Cassie Ann Kiggen
Chief Communications Officer
Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC)
Sean Rogers
Senior Director, Finance and Administration
CAES Business Office - Athens
Mary Ann Parsons
Senior Director of Development
Office of Development and Alumni Relations