Idaho  |  Nevada  |  New Mexico
Gayle Dana Lead PI and Nevada Project Director Sajjad Ahmad Nevada Co-PI Fred Harris Nevada Co-PI Tom Jackman Nevada Co-PI Lynn Fenstermaker Nevada Project Manager Marcie Jackson Nevada Project Administrator William Michener PI and New Mexico Project Director Karl Benedict New Mexico Co-PI Dan Cadol New Mexico Co-PI Mary Jo Daniel New Mexico Co-PI and Deputy Director Mark Stone New Mexico Co-PI Tracy Hart New Mexico Project Administrator Peter Goodwin PI and Idaho Project Director Luke Sheneman Idaho Co-PI Lejo Flores Idaho Co-PI Donna Delparte Idaho Co-PI Rick Schumaker Idaho Assistant Project Director	Rick  Schumaker Idaho Assistant Project Director 208-885-5742 rschumak@uidaho.edu Rick Schumaker was promoted to Assistant Project Director for Idaho EPSCoR in 2012.  Rick is also the Project Administrator and has been for past eleven years.  Rick has been involved in designing, managing, and implementing various aspects of four of Idaho’s large statewide NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) awards since 2002. He came to Idaho in 1999, hired as a Science and Engineering Proposal Writer at the University of Idaho. Prior to that, he worked for four years as a Watershed Specialist in northeastern Washington. He holds two master’s degrees, one in civil engineering from the University of Minnesota and one in environmental science from Washington State University (WSU). He also earned his Bachelor’s degree in environmental science at WSU. Rick and his wife and children live in Moscow, Idaho.