SIPS Leadership

Directors and Associate Directors

Jocelyn Rose

Rebecca Nelson

Kathie Hodge

Awais Khan

Chelsea Specht

Magdalen Lindeberg

Learn more about the roles of SIPS Directors

Section Heads

Section Heads provide leadership for faculty, staff and graduate students in the five sections that make up SIPS. The sections are united by the school’s shared Grand Challenges and the stakeholders they serve across New York and around the world.

Horticulture Section

Plant Biology Section

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Learn more about the SIPS Sections

Directors of graduate and undergraduate studies

Chair, Directors of Graduate Study Council

Lit greenhouse range during a snowy winter night

Director of Undergraduate Studies
(Plant Sciences Major)

Jake Zajkowski/Provided Frank Rossi, associate professor of horticulture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, leads Long Island golf course superintendents on a walk and talk event at Bethpage, just weeks before the 2025 Ryder Cup.

Richard C. Call Director of Undergraduate Studies
(Agricultural Sciences Major)

Learn more about SIPS graduate and undergraduate degrees and programs

Professional Staff Leadership Team

The Professional Staff Leadership Team supervises financial, administrative and student services staff who play key roles in helping the school achieve its mission.