ANR Employees
University of California
ANR Employees

Roles & Responsibilities

Leadership

Programs

How our research is structured:

Program Planning & Evaluation: Implementation, Reporting and Evaluation

Building support: Fundraising and Government Relations

Administration and Support

Business Operations: Expense reporting, purchasing, etc.

Communication Services: Information Technology; Publishing & Production; Strategic Communications

Human Resources: Hiring and UC employment policies

Institutional Budgeting and Compliance

General
Risk and Safety Services

 Leadership

Group Primary roles Primary Contact

Vice President

Provides overall direction

Glenda Humiston 

Patricia Lonergan

Chief of Staff to the Vice President

 

Kathy Eftekhari

Assoc. Vice President - Research and Extension

Guides all ANR academic programs

Brent Hales

Savannah Hicks

Assoc. Vice President – Business Operations

Guides all ANR Administrative and budgeting

Tu Tran

Cheryl Hyland

 Programs

Strategic Initiatives, Program Teams and Workgroups

Group

Primary roles

Primary Contact

Strategic initiatives (SIs)

Unify, Communicate & Advocate

Helen Dahlke

Program Teams (PTs)

Network, focus, share

Brent Hales

Administration: Kathryn Stein

Meetings:
Maya Maniar, PSU

Workgroups (WGs)

Plan & Implement work

Statewide Programs, Institutes and RECS

SWP/I Leader

Strategic Initiatives and Statewide Programs

Missy Gable

Implemented through County Offices with Volunteers

Group

Primary roles

Primary Contact

CA 4-H Youth Development Program

Youth Development Programs

Davis: Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty, (interim)*

 

UC Master Food Preserver

Community food preserving activities with Volunteers

Davis: Amira Resnick

UC Master Gardener Program

Community gardening and horticulture through volunteers

Davis: Missy Gable*

Statewide Programs, Institutes and RECS

Implemented throughout the state in association with Volunteer organizations

Group

Primary roles

Primary Contact

UC Environmental Stewards

Introducing Californians to our unique California

Greg Ira*


 

Statewide Programs, Institutes and RECS

Nutrition-focused programs

Group

Primary roles

Primary Contact

Community Nutrition & Health

EFNEP
UC CalFresh

Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences (NFCS)

Amira Resnick

UC CalFresh: 
Kamal Khaira

Statewide Programs, Institutes and RECS

Service oriented groups

Group

Primary roles

Primary Contact

IGIS

Services: Drones, mapping; spatial data science

Maggi Kelly

Research Extension Centers (RECs)

Provide research sites throughout the state

Darren Haver

Provide policy and Research

Group

Primary roles

Primary Contact

Agricultural Issues Center (AIC)

Study agricultural research and development, agricultural policy

Karen Jetter (interim)

California Institute for Water Resources (CIWR)

Facilitating collaborative research and outreach on water

Erik Porse

Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI)

Nutrition policy and programs

UCOP: Lorrene Ritchie

UC IPM

Helps solve pest problems

Jim Farrar 

W. IPM: Matt Baur

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)

Develop sustainable agricultural practices in building healthy food systems 

Ruth Dahlquist-Willard

 Program Planning & Evaluation: Implementation, Reporting and Evaluation

Group

Primary roles

Primary Contact

County Directors, Mentor

Provide guidance on program development and implementation

Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty

Program Support Unit (PSU)

Event planning and meeting support, event equipment loans and manages the Davis Valley Conference Center

Maya Maniar
(interim)

Program Planning and Evaluation (PPE)

Coordination of statewide program planning, accountability and reporting

Oakland: Katherine Webb-Martinez

 Building support: Fundraising & Government Relations

Group

Primary roles

Primary Contact

Development Services

Raise private funds

Greg Gibbs

4-H Foundation

Raise money for 4-H

Carolyn Warne

Contracts & Grants

Development of proposals

Kim Lamar (interim)

Government and Community Relations

Help build government support

Anne Megaro

 Administration

Expense Reporting - Business Operations

Administration

Primary roles

Primary Contact

Business Operations Center

Provides financial services to all groups except SWP/I and RECs

Su-Lin Shum

Statewide Programs and REC Operations Provides financial services to SWP/I and RECs Maru Fernandez (interim)

  Communication Services

Administration

Primary roles

Primary Contact

Information Technology

Communication support in emerging and traditional media

Jaki Wojan (interim)

Strategic Communications

Publications

Shares information about UC ANR with the public

Linda Forbes

Rachel Lee (Cal Ag)

 Human Resources and UC employment policies

Administration

Primary roles

Primary Contact

Human Resources (AHR/SHR/AA)

All things HR

Bethanie Brown
(interim)

Admin Policies & Business Contracts

within Controller's Office

UC wide policies

Robin Sanchez

Risk Management

Helping keep us safe

Chris Jakober

 Institutional Budgeting and Compliance

Administration

Primary roles

Primary Contact

Office of the Controller

Compliance, Risk and Control

Legal, Audit, and Investigative Matters

Oakland: Lana Schweikert

Financial Services

within Controller's Office

Reporting and coordinating ANR financial activities

Oakland: Connie Tadesse

Procurement

 

Darryl Sweet

Resource Planning and Management  

Budget administration, analysis and reporting.

Oakland: Jennifer Bunge

Facilities Planning & Management

Design and construction of new or remodeled facilities

Brian Oatman

 

*See County of interest

 

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