• Provide leadership, management and vision for the COA and MAES through comprehensive efforts on-campus, off-campus, higher education officials and Regents, in the State Assembly, State Executive Offices, and with state agencies, Federal agencies, and Federal elected officials and staff

Associate Dean for Academic Programs:
Robert Gough

• Curriculum and courses
• Instructional faculty
• Student paperwork
• Student concerns
• Scholarships
• Commencement
• Recruitment and retention of students

Assistant to the Dean and Director:
Lisa Duffey

• Assist the Dean and Director
• Represent the Dean and Director when appropriate
• Coordinate the College-level promotion and tenure review
• Coordinate the MAES Advisory Council
• Coordinate the COA/MAES proposal submissions to MWBC and NWTF
• Assist with the Ag Animal Care and Use Committee

Administrative Associate:
Robin Happel

• Greet visitors in person or on the phone
• Answer general questions
• Travel for Dean’s Office staff
• Prepare Annual Productivity Report

Budget and Fiscal Director:
Jody Barney

• Prepare budgets for COA, MAES and departments
• Reconcile and monitor accounts

Fiscal Manager:
Tisha Stahly

• Prepare required MAES reports for USDA-CSREES
• MAES project reviews

Accountant:
Pam Sibary

• Process payments for Dean’s Office bills
• Reconciliation of Dean’s Office accounts
• Review and approve BPAs and P-Card reports for departments
• College of Ag apparel ordering
• COA/MAES state vehicle licensing and database

Personnel and Payroll Associate:
Brandi Clark

• Serve as liaison between College of Ag Departments and MSU Human Resources
• Review and approve departmental personnel and payroll paperwork
• Assist with faculty, staff or student positions and searches
• Assist the Budget Director with budgeting personnel services

Academic Programs Coordinator:
Misti Richardson

• Assist the Associate Dean for Academic Programs
• Recruitment and retention of students
• Orientations
• Scholarships
• Commencement

Information Technology Systems Coordinator:
Matt Rognlie

• Computer and technology support for the Dean's Office staff
• Systems administrator for College of Agriculture servers (Web, database, file, print)
• Network, phone support for remote locations
• Long-range planning, technology coordination with MSU central IT services

Computer Support Specialist:
Chris Leonti

• Computer and technology support for the departments in the College of Agriculture
• Desktop security, anti-virus, anti-spyware

Software Engineer:
Ric Roche

• Developer for AgBooks bookeeping system
• Software engineer for Dean's Office support, and College faculty and staff projects
• Data-intensive Web applications, data warehousing and processing

Plant Growth Center Manager:
David Baumbauer

• Manage the resources at the Plant Growth Center
• Work with faculty on research in the PGC
• Instructor for Commercial Plant Production, Organic Market Gardening
• Manager of MSU Horticulture Farm

Farm Operations Manager:
Bernard Schaff

• Manage the resources at the Post Farm
• Work with faculty on crop-related research
• Field work at all Bozeman area properties

Animal Operations Manager:
Bob Brekke

• Manage the resources at the BART Farm, Fort Ellis, and Red Bluff
• Work with faculty on livestock-related research
• Animal care at all Bozeman area properties