Marie Scoggins
Marie Scoggins has worked with the Marine Extension Service (MAREX) since 1990, and for The University of Georgia for more than 23 years. With a thorough knowledge of MAREX’s mission, she manages all of the financial and administrative operations from Savannah to Athens. During her service with MAREX, she has managed more than $60 million of state, federal, and private funding. Additionally, she works directly with a host of agencies, including Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, and South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium.
She is the first resource for an extensive range of business issues in her department. She manages fiscal matters, human resources, procurement, promotion process, sponsored programs, and strategic planning processes. Scoggins also handles budget development and performance measure reporting to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budgets. Moreover, Scoggins initiates a number of job-related workshops on such an array of issues as proper P-card usage and hazardous chemical safety procedures for MAREX and other invited University of Georgia units, including the Marine Institute and Cooperative Extension Service.
Scoggins’ commitment to her work is evidenced by her service on the PSO Performance Measure Committee, Office of Purchasing and Procurement’s new purchasing system focus group, and as MAREX’s Automated Security Self-Evaluation Tools (ASSETs) representative, which included the development of MAREX’s Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning document that encompassed MAREX’s Hurricane Plans.
Director Randal L. Walker credits Scoggins for serving as a major bridge between the employees on UGA’s main campus and coastal employees. Her personal interactions with employees have helped her identify potential internal issues before they become problems. Certainly, Scoggins is a consummate professional who is considered a key leader in her unit.