UCCE Los Angeles County
Staff Directory
Administration
Keith C. Nathaniel, EdD
County Director & 4-H Youth Development Advisor
kcnathaniel@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1970
Dohee Kim, MPP
Director of Media Outreach & Advocacy Liaison
deekim@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1974
Roy Hillstock
Computer Resource Specialist II
rlhillstock@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1972
Rebecca Sanders
Administrative Assistant III
rsanders@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1971
4-H Youth Development Program
Keith C. Nathaniel, EdD
County Director & 4-H Youth Development Advisor
kcnathaniel@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1970
Charlene L. Moore
4-H YDP Antelope Valley Coordinator
moore@ucanr.edu
Community Nutrition and Health
Natalie M Price, MPH
Community Nutrition and Health Advisor
nmprice@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1948
The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
Javier F. Miramontes
Community Nutrition and Health Supervisor
jfmiramontes@ucanr.edu
Coral Burciaga-Luquin
Community Nutrition and Health Educator
cburciagaluquin@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1987
Alejandrina Orozco
Community Nutrition and Health Educator
orozco@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1977
Cynthia Orozco
Community Nutrition and Health Educator
corozco@ucanr.edu
(626) 409-2731
Aba J Ramirez
Community Nutrition and Health Educator
abaramirez@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1978
CalFresh Healthy Living, UC
Benjamin Melendrez
CalFresh Healthy Living Program Supervisor 2
bmelendrez@ucanr.edu
Daisy L Valdez
CalFresh Healthy Living Program Supervisor 1
dlvaldez@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1983
Ingrid Janneth Alarcon
Community Education Specialist 2
ijalarcon@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1979
Angeles Arroyo
Community Education Specialist 2
angarroyo@ucanr.edu
Brittany Gore
Community Education Specialist 2
bcgore@ucanr.edu
Jazmin Lopez
Community Education Specialist 2
jfrlopez@ucanr.edu
Olivia Mejia-Martinez
Community Education Specialist 2
omejiamartinez@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1973
UC Master Gardener Program
Valerie T Borel
Horticulture and Master Gardener Program Coordinator
vtborel@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1986
Jessica A Jarger
UC Master Gardener Associate Program Coordinator
jayarger@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1975
Environmental Horticulture
Janet S Hartin, MS
Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritus
jshartin@ucanr.edu
Donald R Hodel, MS
Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritus
drhodel@ucanr.edu
John N Kabashima, PhD, MBA, MS
Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritus
jnkabashima@ucanr.edu
Dennis R. Pittenger, MS
Area Environmental Horticulturist, Emeritus
drpittenger@ucdavis.edu
Christopher John Shogren, PhD
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
cjshogren@ucanr.edu
Natural Resources
Edith de Guzman, PhD
Water Equity and Adaptation Policy Cooperative Extension Specialist
eb3@ucla.edu
Esther N Lofton, PhD
Urban Watershed Resilience Advisor
enmosase@ucanr.edu
(858) 282-6737
Beatriz E Nobua-Behrmann, PhD
Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor
benobua@ucanr.edu
(949) 301-9182, ext. 1006
Niamh M Quinn, PhD
Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor
nmquinn@ucanr.edu
(707) 445-7351
Cynthia R Chavez
Community Education Specialist
Project Learning Tree
crchavez@ucanr.edu
(626) 586-1937
Eliot T Freutel
Community Education Specialist 2 for SoCal
California Naturalist Program
etfreutel@ucanr.edu
Integrated Pest Management
Siavash Taravati, PhD
Area IPM Advisor
staravati@ucanr.edu
Agriculture
Grant Edward Johnson, MS
Assistant CE Urban Agriculture Technology Area Advisor
gejohnson@ucanr.edu
(949) 414-8022
Amrita Mukherjee, MS
Urban Agriculture/Small Farms Advisor
amukherjee@ucanr.edu
(909) 602-8339