The Academic Assembly Council is composed of six standing committees and six representative committees. Click on the title of the committee to learn more about it and how you can get involved.
Executive Committee
Whitney Brim-DeForest, President
Chris Greer, Past President
VACANT, President-Elect
Rubia Branco Lopes, Secretary
VACANT, Specialist Chair
Siavash Taravati, Advisor Chair
Hope Zabronsky, Academic Coordinator Co-Chair
Personnel Committee
Aparna Gazula, Chair | Small Farms and Specialty Crops Advisor | Santa Clara, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties
Mark Bolda |Strawberry and Caneberry Advisor | Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties
Tunyalee Martin |Academic Coordinator, IPM| Statewide
Oli Bachie | Agronomy & Weed Management Advisor | San Diego and Imperial
Max Moritz | Fire Ecology & Management Specialist | Statewide
JoLynn Miller | 4-H Youth Development Advisor | Central Sierra
Jennifer Heguy | Dairy Advisor | Stanislaus, San Joaquin, and Merced Counties
Luis Espino | Rice Advisor | Butte and Glenn Counties
Chris McDonald | Inland and Desert Natural Resources Advisor | San Diego, Riverside, Imperial and San Bernardino Counties
Whitney Brim-DeForest| Ex-Officio | CE Rice and Wild Rice Advisor | Sutter, Yuba, Placer, and Sacramento Counties
Program Committee
Daniela Bruno, Chair| Dairy Advisor | Fresno, Madera and Kings Counties
Nicole Marshall-Wheeler | 4-H Youth Development Advisor | Butte, Colusa, and Glenn Counties
Tracy Schohr| Livestock and Natural Resources | Plumas, Sierra, and Butte Counties
Monica Cooper| Viticulture | Napa County
Amrita Mukherjee| Urban Agriculture/Small Farms Advisor | San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles Counties
Hung Doan | Small Farms Advisor | Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
Rules & Elections Committee
Tobias Ebong Oker, Co-Chair| Irrigation and Soils Management Advisor | Kern County
Brian Woodward, Co-Chair| Forestry Advisor | Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties
Nick Clark | Vegetable Crops and Weed Management Advisor| Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz Counties
Jaspreet Sidhu | Vegetable Crops Farm Advisor | Kern County
Hedmon Okella | 4-H Animal Science Youth Advisor| Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz Counties
Welfare & Benefits Committee
Joy Hollingsworth, Co-Chair | Viticulture Advisor | Tulare and Kings Counties
Steven Worker, Co-Chair | 4-H Youth Development Advisor | Sonoma and Napa Counties
Sarah Light | Agronomy Farm Advisor | Sutter and Yuba Counties
Laljeet Sangha | Community Water Systems Advisor | Kern, Tulare and Kings Counties
Elizabeth Fichtner| Nuts, Prunes, and Olives Advisor | Tulare County
Academic Coordinator Representative Committee
Hope Zabronsky, Co-Chair | Climate Smart Agriculture Program | Yolo, Sacramento, and Solano Counties
Katie Low, Chair-elect | UC ANR Fire Network | Statewide
Matt Baur, Western IPM Center | Statewide
Marianna Castiaux, Small Farms | Fresno and Madera Counties
Rachel Shellabarger, California Institute for Water Resources | Statewide
VACANT
Advisor Representative Committee
Siavash Taravati, Chair| IPM Advisor | Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino Counties
Yu Meng | Youth Family and Community Advisor | Riverside, Imperial, and San Bernardino Counties
Sudan Gyawaly| IPM Advisor | Butte, Glenn, Sutter-Yuba, Colusa, and Tehama Counties
Luke Milliron | Orchard Systems | Butte, Glenn, and Tehama Counties
Jeff Stackhouse | Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor | Humboldt and Del Norte Counties
Ricky Satomi | Forestry Advisor | Sutter and Yuba Counties
Cindy Kron | IPM Advisor | Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, and Lake Counties
Multiple Academic Titles Representative Committee
Annemiek Schilder, Chair | Director | Hansen REC
Peter Larbi | CE Specialist | Kearney REC
Max Moritz | CE Specialist | UC Santa Barbara
Prakash Kumar Jha | Project Scientist | UC Merced
Edith de Guzman| CE Specialist | UCLA
Jackie Atim | CE Specialist | Kearney REC
VACANT
UC Berkeley Specialist Representative Committee
Kristen Shive, AAC Representative | Specialist | UC Berkeley
UC Davis Specialist Representative Committee
Johanna Del Castillo Munera and Frank Mitloehner | AAC Representatives | Specialist | UC Davis
UC Riverside Specialist Representative Committee
Ashraf El-Kereamy, AAC Representative | Specialist | UC Riverside