Location and Contact
Meet the team
Center Administrators
Rita Louise Clemons
Area County Director
Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange
Phone Number: (951) 955-2645
Email: rlclemons@ucanr.edu
Kat Hicklin
South Coast REC, UCCE Orange, and Desert REC Business Officer
Phone: (949) 653-1812
Email: khicklin@ucanr.edu
Andrea Arellano
Administrative Assistant
Phone:(949) 653-1809
Email: andarellano@ucanr.edu
Community Educators
Jennifer Borges
UC Master Food Preserver Program Coordinator
Email: jhborges@ucanr.edu
Guadalupe L Cabrera
Community Nutrition and Health Educator
Phone: (949) 301-9182 ext. 1008
Email: glcabrera@ucanr.edu
Claudia Carlos
4-H Regional Program Coordinator
Phone: (951) 955-2613
Email: cfcarlos@ucanr.edu
Rita Jakel
4-H Program Coordinator
Phone: (949) 653-1803
Email: rmjakel@ucanr.edu
Javier F Miramontes
Community Nutrition and Health Supervisor
Email: jfmiramontes@ucanr.edu
Randy Musser
UC Master Gardener Program Coordinator
Phone: (949) 653-1808
Email: remusser@ucanr.edu
Judith Valadez
Community Nutrition and Health Educator
Email: jvvaladez@ucanr.edu
Research Programs
Beatriz E Nobua Behrmann, PhD
Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor
Phone: (949) 301-9182 ext. 1006
Email: benobua@ucanr.edu
Cristian Burgos
Urban Forestry Team, Staff Research Associate
Email: cburgos@ucanr.edu
Gabriela Guzman
Human-Wildlife Interactions Team, Staff Research Associate
Email: gguz@ucanr.edu
Brandon Hsu
Soil Health and Organic Materials Management Team, Student Assistant
Email: brhsu@ucanr.edu
Grant E. Johnson
Urban Agriculture Technology Area Advisor
Phone: (949) 414-8022
Email: gejohnson@ucanr.edu
David Landis
Urban Forestry Team, Staff Research Associate
Email: dlandis@ucanr.edu
Natalie Jane Levy, PhD
Soil Health and Organic Materials Management Advisor
Email: nlevy@ucanr.edu
Nathan Lo
Soil Health and Organic Materials Management Team, Staff Research Associate
Email: nclo@ucanr.edu
Esther N Lofton, PhD
Urban Watershed Resilience Advisor
Phone: (858) 282-6737
Email: enmosase@ucanr.edu
Randall Oliver
ISHB Communications Coordinator
Phone: (949) 301-9182 ext. 1012
Email: rdoliver@ucanr.edu
Elle Overs
Urban Forestry Team, Staff Research Associate
Email: eovers@ucanr.edu
Niamh M Quinn, PhD
Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor
Phone: (949) 301-9182 ext. 1004
Email: nmquinn@ucanr.edu
Jennifer Shedden
Urban Forestry Team, Staff Research Associate
Email: jshedden@ucanr.edu
Cross-County Advisors
Advisors who also serve Orange County but are based in other counties
Caroline D Champlin
Science Communication Specialist
Phone: (949) 439-9754
Email: cchamplin@ucanr.edu
Based at the UC Cooperative Extension office in Los Angeles
Ashley Michelle Hooper
Urban Community Resiliency Advisor
Phone: (626) 586-1981
Email: asmhoope@ucanr.edu
Based at the UC Cooperative Extension office in Los Angeles
Christopher McKerracher
Pest Management Guidelines Coordinator
Email: cmckerracher@ucanr.edu
Based at South Coast REC, part of the UC Statewide IPM Program
Eric Gordon Middleton, PhD
Area IPM Advisor
egmiddleton@ucanr.edu
Based at the UC Cooperative Extension office in San Diego
Amrita Mukherjee
Urban Agriculture/Small Farms Advisor
Phone: (909) 602-8339
Email: amukherjee@ucanr.edu
Based at the UC Cooperative Extension office in San Bernardino
Monica Palta, PhD
Cooperative Extension Specialist in Urban Water Quality, Health, and Justice
Phone: (626) 586-1948
Email: mpalta@uci.edu
Based at UC Irvine in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (School of Engineering) and the Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy (School of Social Ecology)
Natalie M Price
Community Nutrition and Health Advisor
Phone: (626) 586-1948
Email: nmprice@ucanr.edu
Based at the UC Cooperative Extension office in Los Angeles
Christopher Shogren, PhD
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Email: cjshogren@ucanr.edu
Based at the UC Cooperative Extension office in Los Angeles
Siavash Taravati, PhD
Area IPM Advisor
Email: staravati@ucanr.edu
Based at the UC Cooperative Extension office in Riverside