The SURA Board of Trustees has appointed a Jefferson Lab Committee Steering Group comprised of a subset of the extended Jefferson Lab Committee to guide the work of the full Committee and to oversee the implementation of Board-approved recommendations of the full Committee.

• June Matthews, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chair
• Larry Dennis, Florida State University
• Alex Dzierba, Indiana University
• Stephen Wallace, University of Maryland
• Charles Glashausser, Rutgers University
• David Ernst, Vanderbilt University
• Jerry Draayer, SURA President, ex-officio
• Christoph Leemann, Jefferson Lab Director, ex-officio
• Paul Stoler, Rensselaer, JLab User Group Chair, ex-officio

• Monitor and evaluate Jefferson Lab management and operations, including the nuclear physics and Free Electron Laser programs, and any SURA/Jefferson Lab related support activities, e.g. the Fellowship and Sabbatical/Research Leave support programs and the Residence Facility, and recommend needed changes.
• Assure effective SURA oversight of the Lab, including oversight of SURA's responsibilities as DoE contractor for the management and operation of the Lab. As a means of meeting this objective the Chair or his/her designee attends, as an observer,
  - Meetings of the Program Advisory Committee (PAC)
  - Peer and DoE reviews of Jefferson Lab, including the FEL program
  and reports on results to the Jefferson Lab Committee.
• Evaluate and make recommendations to the Board on any proposed new programs of SURA support for the Lab; monitor and evaluate the progress of such programs.

• Carolyn Thoroughgood, University of Delaware, Chair
• Arthur Vailas, University of Houston
• Kevin Smith, Louisiana State University
• Otis Brown, University of Miami
• Jonathan Pote, Mississippi State University
• Lee Williams, University of Oklahoma
• Gerard Crawley, University of South Carolina
• Richard Ewing, Texas A&M University
• Extended Committee

The SURA Coastal Research Committee will be comprised of Trustees from the SURA Board; one representative (who does not have to be a SURA trustee) from each SURA member institution; ex-officio, non-voting members from the federal agencies involved in coastal and marine sciences and research; and, ex-officio, non-voting members from other coastal ocean related programs in the SURA footprint which are not associated with SURA university members.

A Coastal Research Executive Committee will act in behalf of the larger Coastal Research Committee to forward recommendations to the SURA Executive Committee and Board of Trustees.

The SURA Coastal Research Committee is responsible for monitoring, overseeing, and evaluating the progress and outcome of all SURA-supported projects and activities in coastal research. The Committee will evaluate new project requests and make recommendations to the Executive Committee and SURA Board of Trustees for action, including the formation and or dissolution of Scientific Interest Groups (SIGs).

The SURA IT Committee is comprised of Chief Information Officers of SURA institutions, or other representatives determined by these institutions, and includes SURA Trustees as appointed by the SURA Board.

The IT Committee Steering Group acts on behalf of the larger SURA IT Committee to carry out its responsibilities. The Steering Group meets on at least a quarterly basis, coincident or just prior to scheduled SURA Executive Committee meetings. The Steering Group attends the bi-annual SURA Board of Trustees meetings. The full SURA IT Committee meets prior to Board meetings to ensure that the issues of the larger committee are represented to the SURA Board.

• David Lambert, Georgetown University, Chair
• Priscilla Hancock, University of Alabama
• Richard Newman, Florida Institute of Technology
• Don Riley, University of Maryland
• Dan Updegrove, University of Texas at Austin
• Jed Diem, Tulane University
• Jerry Draayer, SURA President, or Designee

Responsibilities:

• Seek and encourage new collaborative IT projects of benefit to SURA member institutions.
• Monitor the progress of the approved and funded SURA IT program
• Review the plans for future SURA IT projects/programs.
• Provide appropriate comments and recommendations to the Board.

• Jim Siedow, Duke University, Chair
• Ron Greenwood, University of Alabama in Huntsville
• Larry Medsker, American University
• Collis Geren, University of Arkansas
• Michael Moriarty, Auburn University
• M.J. Soileau, University of Central Florida
• Christian Przirembel, Clemson University
• John Lehman, East Carolina University
• Frank Stout, Emory University
• Larry Lemanski, Florida Atlantic University
• Robert Sullivan, Florida Institute of Technology
• Wendy Baldwin, University of Kentucky
• Duane Blumberg, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Alice Clark, University of Mississippi
• Robert Cashner, University of New Orleans
• John Gilligan, North Carolina State University
• Stephen McKeever, Oklahoma State University
• Angeline Dvorak, University of Southern Mississippi
• Fred Tompkins, The University of Tennessee
• James Blair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
• John Weete, West Virginia University
• Extended Committee

Other than for Information Technology:

• Evaluate and make recommendations as appropriate on guidelines/criteria for SURA sponsorship of new programs and projects.
• Seek and encourage new programs and projects that might be appropriate for SURA support, following the criteria for SURA sponsorship.
• Evaluate proposals for SURA sponsorship/support, following SURA guidelines and make appropriate recommendations for Board action.
• Monitor and evaluate the progress and outcome of new or ongoing SURA supported activities or projects; recommend needed funding or management changes.

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