Turini, Davy named Strategic Initiative leaders

UC ANR welcomes Tom Turini as the Strategic Initiative leader for Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases and Josh Davy as the SI leader for Sustainable Natural Ecosystems. 

Tom and Josh join SI leaders Helen Dahlke for Water Quality, Quantity and Security, Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty for Healthy Families & Communities, and Rachel Surls for Sustainable Food Systems.

UC ANR's Strategic Initiative leaders work with their respective strategic initiative panels to improve communication, highlight research/extension gaps, and conduct detailed panel meetings. SI Leaders represent their panels, program teams and statewide programs/institutes at Program Council providing programmatic input into resource allocation recommendations.

We are grateful to Jim Farrar for his service as SI leader for Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases. Jim also served as the lead SI leader during the transition to the new associate vice president. We are also grateful to David Lewis, who served as SI leader for Water Quality, Quantity and Security before leading Sustainable Natural Ecosystems. 

Brent Hales
Associate Vice President

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