ANR Employee News

Helen Cope Underhill, former UC Cooperative Extension home advisor, passed away Jan. 2, 2024, at age 99. After attending Cooperative Extension home demonstration club meetings with her mother when she was a young girl in Alabama, Underhill decided she wanted to become a home demonstration agent.

Jeane Greenawalt Johnson, former 4-H home advisor in Ventura County, died Feb. 2 in Los Gatos. She was 97. Johnson graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor's degree in home economics in 1947 and later a bachelor's degree in education from San Jose State University.

UC ANR academics and staff were active participants and presenters at the 44th Annual EcoFarm Conference, held Jan. 17-20 in Pacific Grove.

Schweikert joins UC ANR as controller Lana Schweikert joined UC ANR as controller on Jan. 15.

Goodhue named Agricultural and Applied Economics Association fellow UC Davis agricultural economist Rachael Goodhue was named a 2024 fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association for her significant contributions, leadership and scholarship.