Our gratitude goes to each and every UC Master Gardener volunteer for the time, energy, and enthusiasm they display as they improve the sustainability of California landscapes and communities. Here we offer special appreciation to those volunteers whose commitment, in terms of longevity and time, inspires us all to continue working toward our program’s mission. This list is updated annually in January. The list below represents milestones reached as of January 1, 2026. Honorees are displayed in alphabetical order by last name.
35+ Years
- Lori Ann Asmus
- Gerrie Bannister
- Diana Blasingame
- Pamela Bone
- Grace Boyle
- Elaine Byrd
- Cathy Calef
- Laura Cerles-Rogers
- Frances Clarke
- Yvonne Fee
- Diane Galvan
- Carol Graham
- Caroline Hathaway
- Fred Hoffman
- Cathy Holden
- Greta Lacin
- Rosemary McCreary
- Tony Mekisich
- Val Myrick
- Linda O'Connell
- Theresa Phipps
- Diane Pollock
- Marsha Prillwitz
- Steve Radosevich
- Janice Rosales
- Stephen Savage
- Pamela Smith
- Nancy Spangler
- Robin Stanley
- June Stewart
- Toots Van Ruiten
- Cooki Vonasek
- Dmaris Whitehill
30+ Years
- Marie Antoniou
- Barbara Beck
- Joan Borgman
- Bob Bradshaw
- Carole Chavin
- John Chwistek
- Jeannie Claypoole
- Emma Connery
- Duane Cornett
- Robbie Cranch
- Loleta Cruse
- Ellen Dana
- Charlene Daniel
- Tina Fein Dinitz
- Sharon Dunbar
- Rita Evans
- Elizabeth Finley
- Charlotte Getz
- Sherrin Grout
- Julie Guagliardo
- Karen Hagen
- Margaret Hart Lewis
- Rosemary Imes
- Jessie James
- Linda Kadubec
- Nancy Lower
- Judith Macomber
- Sharon McCray
- Dorothy Notter
- Leanne O'Neal
- Mary Keith Osborn
- Bonnie Preston
- Sharon Radish
- Robin Rivet
- Prabhakar Sathe
- Harold (Hack) Severson
- Elinor Teague
- Kathy Tranmer
- Laramie Trevino
- Treva Valentine
- Dave Vaughan
- Carvill Veech
- Pam Wallace
- Vickie-Marie Ward
- Lucy Warren
- Jean Weiss
- Gay Wilhelm
- Sharon Wulff
- Alice Yee
- Margaret Yorio
- Darlene Young
25+ Years
- Denise Abella
- Joanne Abing
- Dyan Apostolos
- Jean Bainbridge
- Diane Barlow
- Gary Bartl
- Heidi Behnke
- Sylvia Bender
- Mary Bernard
- Oma Lyn Berry
- Mimi Blois-Sleigh
- David Blood
- Kate Bower
- Bonnie Bradt
- Dani Brusius
- Marsha Burlingame
- Dean Burnett
- Betsy Buxton
- Ellen Cadwallader
- Louisa Cardenas
- Janice Carey
- Lynne Carey
- Judy Carroll
- Ingrid Cebula
- Celia Chang
- Margie Chiechi
- Shan (Sam) Chien
- Kathy Cinowalt
- Cherie Ciotti-Roco
- Debbie Clinite
- Patricia Coe
- Laura Colvin
- Carolyn Craft
- Judy Crall
- Michael Crandall
- Ellen Daisher
- Julie Bawden Davis
- Liz Day
- Erica Dedon
- Dottie Deems
- Lucille Dennis
- Susan Deogracias
- Donna Diehl
- Marie Dietrich
- Jonathan Draper
- Anne Ekstrom
- Birgitt Evans
- Kim Evans
- Tom Farrell
- Janet Fletcher
- Sam Foushee
- Gail Fulbeck
- Elizabeth Gibbs
- Marlene Gidaro
- Betty Goldstein
- Kendra Gorlitsky
- Meg Grumio
- Donnie Haigh
- Brian Hale
- Laddie Hall
- Janet Hamma
- Nena Hart
- Ursula Hartmann
- Lesley Harvell
- Billi Haug
- Chris Hays
- Heather Hazen
- Dorothy Heimgartner
- Nancy Helt
- Liz Hemmerling
- Joyce Hennessey
- Carol Henrie
- Betty Hensley
- Theresa Houtman
- Karen Howland
- Carey Hultgren
- Joan Irwin
- Linda Ivie
- Gail Jankowski
- Heather Johnson
- Kay Jones
- Christine Joshel
- Jan Keahey
- Julie Keil
- Joanna Kemper
- Jan Kendel
- Peggy Kennedy
- Carole Kent
- Michael Kent
- Barbara Kiernan
- Joe Kimbrough
- Linda King
- Sandra Kuroda
- Betty Labastida
- Sharon Lampton
- Mary Ann Lawrence
- Barbara Leard
- Jean Lee
- Sandra Leich
- Carol Ann Lewin
- Mary Ann Lipsig
- Bette Lloyd
- Susan Lukens
- Patricia Lynch
- Diane Lynch
- Andrea MacDonald
- Herb Machleder
- Tamara Majcherek
- Laura Majerus
- Dawn Martella
- Joan Martin
- Sharon Matson
- Barbara Mattice
- Linda McCormick
- Sue McDavid
- Jessica McGee
- Candice McLaren
- Linnie McNaughton
- Karen Metz
- Victoria Michaels
- Rebecca Miller-Cripps
- John Mincks
- Laura Monczynski
- Mark Mueller
- Judith Myrick
- Julie Napier
- Terry Nevin
- Diane Nichols
- Dennis Norris
- Colette O'Donnell
- Mark Oertel
- Gwen Oliver
- Monika Olsen
- Paula Pashby
- Penny Pawl
- Rita Perwich
- Kortne Phillips
- Rose Pipkin
- Debbie Platt
- Linnea Polo
- Shirley Porter
- Trink Praxel
- Cathy Purlee
- Sarah Sally Pyle
- Suzan Rada
- Ann Ranish
- Yvonne Rasmussen
- Brenda Ratzlaff
- Ginni Renfrew
- Pauline Sakai
- Diane Schultz
- Chris Schwanz
- Alice Schwegman
- Robbin Scida
- Jane Scurich
- Carol Seaman
- julie Segerstrom
- Jackie Seidman
- George Shelton
- Rosalie Shepherd
- Veronica Simpson
- Joan Smith
- Mable Smith
- Jan Specht
- Gina Steinhoff
- Cynthia Stojeba
- Martha Stolp
- Julie Strnad
- Candy Talley
- Sue Temple
- Beth Teviotdale
- Janet Thomas
- Dianne Tinnes
- Sue Van Stee
- Janet Voinov
- Elaine Walter
- Mary Warner
- Anna Wattenbarger
- Hal Weimer
- Nora Weiner
- Mary Welch
- Karen White
- Teri Wohlgemuth
- Larry Wuerstle
- Yasuko Yamakawa
- Norma Yarbrough
- Bob Yocum
- Cindy Young
- Jan Youngquist
- Pamela Zuckerman
20+ Years
- Dorothy Abeyta
- Trudy Adair-Verbais
- Emmett Aepli
- Teri Akers
- Mary Alford
- Ramie Allard
- Patricia Alvarado
- Patty Amundson
- Ed Andrade
- Susan Angell
- Elaine Applebaum
- Robert Archer
- Elaine Archibald
- Wes Armstrong
- Judy Ascheman
- Jane Auerbach
- Gwen Avery
- Susan Baird
- Christine Baker
- Jill Baldwinson
- Jeanne Ballestero
- Julie Barbour
- Molly Baross
- Karen Basso
- Robin Bastianelli
- Priya Basu
- Carolynn Beard
- Diana Bebbington
- Joan Behnke
- Ann Beinhorn
- David Bellamy
- Peggy Beltramo
- Leta Bender
- Maryellen Benedetto
- Jack Bennett
- Jane Berger
- Laura Berger
- Rita Bernardi
- Sue Berry
- Susan Bettencourt
- Lynn Beveridge
- Jean Billings
- Sandra Bisbee
- Carol Bixler
- Karen Bjork
- Peggy Black
- Meg Bland
- Kris Bonner
- Frank Borkat
- Janice Bower
- David Boxerman
- Nicki Bradford
- Janet Branaman
- Marilyn Breig
- Suzanne Breshears
- Lynne Brewer
- Anne Brewer
- Melissa Bridgeman
- Linda Brinckerhoff
- Barbara Brink
- Benita Brittain
- Bonnie Brown
- Heather Brown
- Faith Brown
- Jackie Brown
- Sabrina Browne
- Cindy Bruecks
- Cindy Bruecks
- Allen Buchinski
- Miyo Burnett
- Elizabeth Burns
- Darren Butler
- Anne Caprioglio
- Kevin Carlson
- Joeana Carpenter
- Tony Carrasco
- Steve Carter
- Jan Carter
- Emi Carvell
- Alice Cason
- Dale Cecchettini
- Marian Chambers
- Marla Chase
- Pamela Chesavage
- Alan Chesterman
- Rebecca Chimenti
- Gloria Choi
- Susan Christiansen
- Laura Christman Manuel
- Annie Cipolla
- Anne Cisson
- Mary Clemons
- Anita Clevenger
- Sheri Cobble
- Jane Cohen
- Mary Collins
- Carol Coltrin
- Janis Combellack
- Graciela Conde
- Geri Cooper
- Betty Corvey
- Kathy Cotta
- Patrice Cox
- Vicki Crase
- Joann Crawford
- Jonathan Crook
- Kim Crossley-Overaa
- Robert Croutch
- Maria Culhane
- Nancy Cullen
- Jon (Jody) Daigneault
- Lori Dang
- Michelle Davis
- Barbara Dawson
- Trudy De Felice
- Electra de Peyster
- Don Deal
- Elvira DeLeon
- Kathie Dell'Aquila
- DJ DeProspero
- Darlene DeRose
- Cecelia Dickinson
- Kris Diede
- Sally diVittorio
- Bill Dobner Sr.
- Jenni Dodini
- Nilda Douma
- Zack Dowell
- Christopher Downing
- Nora Dvosin
- Kelly Eagan
- Sue Eakins
- Irene Eddy
- Diane Einstein
- Kathy Eisele
- Mimi Enright
- Gary Epstein
- Ann Erdmann
- Deborah Eslinger
- Denise Esperson
- Linda Ewing
- James (Jim) Farr
- Arlen Feldman
- Christal Ferlisi
- Tamara Fine
- Monica Finigan
- Rae Lynn Fiscalini
- Kathy Fleming
- Dale Flynn
- Shirly Flynn
- Mary Foe
- Gene Fong
- Mary Forbes
- Kay Force
- Nancy Fredinburg
- Veronika Fukson
- Barbara Fussel
- Mary Gabbard
- Stacey Gamble
- Susan Gedney
- Claire Gerard
- Judi Gerber
- Kay Gibson
- Belinda Gilbert
- Marlene Gordon
- Donna Gottfried
- Susan Grant
- Gillian Gray
- Trish Grenfell
- Sue Guerra
- Marcia Gunnarson
- Nancy Gunning
- Jose Gutierrez
- Dandi Hagler
- Linda Hales
- Candis Haley
- Devonna Hall
- Gerry Hanford
- Karla Hanson
- Mark Haprov
- Mary Jane (Jay) Hawkes
- Nancy Hawkins
- Gary Headley
- Dorian Hemington
- Hope (Nella) Henninger
- Tammy Hermes
- Marylou Hessellund
- Thorv Hessellund
- Lucy Heyming
- Jane Hirt
- Pat Hitchcock
- Karen Holleran
- Alice Houseworth
- Holly Houston
- Bill Howard
- Marilyn Howard
- Rae Howard
- Julian Hoyle
- Diana Huang
- Sally Hughes
- Carol Hughes
- Martha Hutchinson
- David Hutson
- Paul Ishii
- Paula Jaffe
- Elisa Johnson
- Mary Johnson
- Melissa Johnson
- Terry Johnson
- Cathy Jow
- Nikki Justino
- Betsy Karrer
- Nancy Kawakita
- Jeanie Kees
- Bonnie Kelley
- Priske Kelly
- Kimberlee Kelso
- Annie Kempees
- Sue Kendall
- Carol Kennedy
- Peggy Kenney
- Candee Kenny
- Pam Kern
- Sharon Kerr
- Muriel King
- EJ Kipping
- Bob Kirkeby
- Paula Kleihauer
- Paul Knowles
- Tomoko Kodama
- Bev Krassner-Bulas
- Theresa Krutsinger
- Bill Krycia
- Ann Kunczynski
- Camille La Fredo
- Susan Lackie
- Beth LaDove
- Jim Lai
- Pam Lambert
- Ginny Landes
- Charlene Landreau
- Pam Lane
- Debra Langley
- Lynn Langley
- Mary Langston
- Emily LaRue
- Mary Larwood
- Teresa Lavell
- Mary Lou Ledgerwood
- Martha Lee
- Nina Lee
- Sharon Lee
- PhD Lenz
- Sharon Leos
- Jeanne Lepowsky
- Rachel Levin
- Deborah Lewis
- Meg Lewis
- Terry Lewis
- Alison Limoges
- David Long
- Ellie Longanecker
- Anne Lowings
- Connie Lundgren-Gardner
- Carolyn Lynch
- Eileen Lynch
- Luvina MacDowell
- Sheri Mace
- Mary MacVean
- Kimberly Madison
- Dyanna Madro
- Linda Magrum
- Diane Mahan
- Erin Mahaney
- Grace Mahannah
- Yana Maloney
- Mary Manaster
- Doug Mandel
- Brenda Mannon
- Laura Manser
- Marty Marcus
- Kevin Marini
- Joan Marks
- Katie Martin
- Virginia Martin
- Esther Martinez
- Bonnie Masculine
- Gail Mason
- Anita Matlock
- Deborah Mayhew
- Barbara Maynard
- Bill Maynard
- Nancy Maynard
- Teri McConnell
- Sharon McDonnell
- Janet McMartin
- Karen McNeill
- Shirley Melnicoe
- Nydia Mendoza
- Laurie Menosky
- Tina Meyer
- Janet Miles
- Tim Milham
- Darla Mills
- Carol Mireles
- Toni Mitchell
- Brooke Moeller
- Monique Moench
- Marcella Moloshco
- Kaaren Morgner
- Joan Morrell
- Susan Morrison
- Jayne N Moulton
- Ann Murphy
- Gail Myers
- Marie Narlock
- Joan Nash
- Steven Navarro
- Jeannie Needham
- Katherine Nelson
- Loren Nelson
- Arete Nicholas
- Judy Nichols
- Todd Nicholson
- Anna Nobel
- Linda Oakley
- Carol O'Donnell
- Sara O'Keefe
- Joe Olivares
- Julie Oliver
- Kari Olsen
- Dolores O'Neal
- Gabriele O'Neill
- Ruth Ostroff
- John Otto
- Lynn Paine
- Leslie Parent
- Jeanne Homen Parzygnot
- Angela Pattison
- Jane Payne
- Kathi Perez
- George Pessin
- Gene Peterson
- Cindy Peterson
- Carol Piros
- Sharon Plein
- Phyllis Porteous
- Susan Post
- Gail Pothour
- William Powell
- Julie Pramuk
- Susan Pransky
- Sonya Prestridge
- Martha Proctor
- Curtis Purnell
- Sue Quigley
- Mary Quinlan
- Stephen Rae
- Ed Ransom
- Dolores Ransom
- Richard Rauschmeier
- Jean Reilly
- Rod Resnik
- Barbara Rice
- Sherry Richards
- Erica Richter
- Sharon Rico
- Rhonda Riddle
- Lee Ritscher
- Linda Robertson
- Armi Robles
- Vicky Rodgers
- Leonora Rodriguez
- Richard Rogers
- Jane H. Rokita
- John Rolf
- Cathy Ronk
- Bonnie Rose
- Beatrice Ross
- Arline Rowe
- Fran Ruggles
- Judy Ryan
- Julie Saare-Edmonds
- Georgia Robins Sadler
- Rodney (Sak) Sakaguchi
- Elizabeth Sala
- Veronica Salter
- Andrea Salzman
- Ellie Samuel
- Sally Sands
- Steve Sanguinetti
- Tina Saravia
- Joan Sarlatte
- Amy Jane Sawyer
- Karen Schaffer
- Janice Schmidt
- Victoria Schussel
- Carroll Schwartz
- Ken Schwarz
- Jennifer Schwind
- Alison Seaman
- Sanford Shapiro
- Nancy Shaw
- Charles Shearer
- Judy Sherrill
- Kathleen Sierra
- Elaine Sill
- Francesca Simons
- Kathi Simonsen
- Laura Simpson
- Candace Simpson
- Donna Sirimarco
- Anne Skinner
- Ann Warren Smith
- Laurie Smith
- Christine Smith
- Julie Smith
- Peggy Smith
- Mark Soulard
- Kathy Southern
- Teena Spindler
- Sarah Spitz
- Debbie Spurling
- Dawn Standke
- Don Starr
- Jerel Steckling
- Fran Steen
- Helen Stevens
- Jonnie Stone
- Audrey Stoye
- Tim Summers
- Julia Supanich
- Patty Swaaley
- Arianne Swaffar
- Janet Swanson
- Julia Szabo
- Fred Tarnay
- Lois Taylor
- Julie Taylor
- Jutta Thoerner
- Mary Thomas
- Cindy Thomason
- Lori Thorson
- Charlie Tomei
- Dee Ann Tortorice
- Brian Travis
- Spring Tseng
- Anne Marie Tsolinas
- Deb Turpin
- Phyllis Turrill
- Hedwig Van Den Broeck
- Anne Van Galder
- Lorraine Van Kekerix
- Martin Van Orsow
- Carol Vander Meulen
- Kendall Vanderford
- Lourdes Vargas-Bogardus
- Elizabeth Varner
- Dale Vassantachart
- Grace Veltman
- Kathy Vernon
- Kate Vizcarra
- Marguerite Voorhees
- Claire Wade-Hak
- Stephanie Wagner
- Anne-Marie Walker
- June Wallace
- David Warman
- Jay Warner
- Jo Anne Wayne
- Earl Weak
- Cindy Weiner
- Robert Weissman
- Shari Wentz
- Sheila Weston
- Debbie Westrick
- Katy Wheeler
- Michele Willer-Allred
- Linda Wineberg
- Susan Wittenmyer
- Linda Wold
- Margaret Wong
- Judie Marks Wood
- Jill Worley
- Adelle Yeaton
- Cindy Yee
- Linda Zala
- Grey Zimmerman
- Jerold Zimmerman
- Susan Zito