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Statewide Team

Name

Title

Email

Amira Resnick

 

Statewide Directorarresnick@ucanr.edu

Leslie Lipman

 

Business Managerlalipman@ucanr.edu

Kristin Cunningham

 

Statewide Initiatives Project Coordinatorkracunningham@ucanr.edu

Christie Hedrick

 

Statewide Coordinator, EFNEPclhedrick@ucanr.edu

Jan Newman

 

Nutrition Extension Assistant, EFNEPjannew@ucanr.edu

Christine Davidson

 

Training & Communications Lead, EFNEPcdavidson@ucanr.edu
VacantCommunity Education Specialist, Vaccine Education 

Carmela Padilla

 

Regional Manager, Calfresh Healthy Living, UC cmpadilla@ucanr.edu

Rosa Vargas 

 

Regional Manager, CalFresh Healthy Living, UCrivargas@ucanr.edu

 

Academic Advisors  - County-based

Name

Specialty 

Counties

Email

Alexa EricksonCommunity Nutrition, Health & Food Systems Contra Costa & Alameda americkson@ucanr.edu
Azin PourkhaliliYouth, Families & Communities  Kern, Inyo & Mono apourkhalili@ucanr.edu
Cristina Murillo BarrickBlack, Indigenous & People of Color (BIPOC) Community Development  Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco & San Mateo cmurillo@ucanr.edu
Grace BeltAssistant Cooperative Extension Area Youth, Families & CommunitiesHumboldt & Del Norte kbelt@ucanr.edu

Irene Padasas

 

Community Nutrition & Health Tulare, Kings, Fresno & Madera iopadasas@ucanr.edu

Janessa Hartmann

 

Community Health & Nutrition Shasta, Trinity, & Tehama jlhartmann@ucanr.edu
Jasmin SmithCommunity Nutrition & HealthSan Joaquin, Stanislaus & Mercedjasm@ucanr.edu
Katherine SouleYouth, Families & Communities San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara kesoule@ucanr.edu

Kitty Oppliger

 

Community Health & Nutrition Central Sierra (Placer, Nevada, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras & Tuolumne Counties)koppliger@ucanr.edu
Laurie  WayneNutrition & Food Systems Modoc, Lassen & Siskiyou lwayne@ucanr.edu; 
Marcel HorowitzYouth, Families & Communities Sacramento, Solano & Yolo mhorowitz@ucanr.edu
Mary BlackburnNutrition, Family & Consumer SciencesAlameda mlblackburn@ucanr.edu

Natalie Price

 

Nutrition, Family & Consumer Sciences Los Angeles & Orange nmprice@ucanr.edu
Veronica VanCleave-HuntCommunity Nutrition, Health & Food SecurityButte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter & Yuba vvancleavehunt@ucanr.edu

Yu Meng

 

UC Cooperative Extension Youth, Family, & CommunityImperial ucmeng@ucanr.edu
Zaw Wai HtooCommunity Nutrition & Health Marin, Sonoma & Napa zhtoo@ucanr.edu
Laura VollmerCommunity Nutrition & HealthSanta Clara, San Mateo, & San Francisco lvollmer@ucanr.edu

 

Academic Expertise  - Campus-based 

Name

Title

Campus

Email

Carly HylandCooperative Extension Specialist in Environmental Health SciencesUC Berkeley School of Public Healthchyland@berkeley.edu
Cassandra NguyenUC Cooperative Extension Nutrition SpecialistUC Daviscasnguy@ucdavis.edu
Erin DiCaprioSpecialist in Community Food Safety in the Department of Food Science & Technology UC Daviseldicaprio@ucdavis.edu
Jennifer SmilowitzUC Cooperative Extension Nutrition SpecialistUC Davisjensm@ucdavis.edu

EXTERNAL IMAGE

Karina Díaz Rios

Cooperative Extension Specialist in NutritionUC Mercedkdiazrios@ucmerced.edu
Lenna OntaiUC Cooperative Extension Family & Early Childhood SpecialistUC Davislontai@ucdavis.edu
Susana MatiasCooperative Extension Specialist in the Department of Nutritional Sciences & ToxicologyUC Berkeleyslmatias@berkeley.edu

 

Academic Expertise - Affiliated Programs and Institutes

Name

Title

Email

Hannah ThompsonDirector & UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, Nutrition Policy Institutehrthomp@ucanr.edu
Miranda WestfallAcademic Coordinator - Director, CalFresh Healthy Living Evaluation Unit, Nutrition Policy Institutemrwestfall@ucanr.edu
Danielle LeeDirector of Communications & Research Engagement, Nutrition Policy Institute dnilee@ucanr.edu
Ally Lemmer4-H Youth Development Healthy Living Academic Coordinatoralemmer@ucanr.edu