Research and Education Advisory Committee (REAC)

The REAC is active in regular operations of VASG, including strategic planning, programmatic policy development, and recruitment. The REAC is composed of two representatives from each of VASG’s partner institutions and meets three to four times per year, including a winter meeting at the Annual Project Participants’ Symposium.

REAC Members

Virginia Tech
Michael Jahncke (Director, VA Cooperative Extension’s Agricultural Research and Extension Center)
Saied Mostaghimi (Director, VA Agricultural Experiment Station)

University of Virginia
David Smith (Associate Chair, Dept. of Environmental Sciences)
Kristina Hill (Director, Landscape Architecture Program)

Old Dominion University
Rodger Harvey (Chair, Dept. of Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences)
Vacant

Virginia Institute of Marine Science
John Wells (Director and Dean, School of Marine Science)
Roger Mann (Director, Research and Advisory Services)