Program Council
The ANR Program Council advises the Vice President on statewide planning and delivery of programs and develops recommendations for allocation of ANR resources.
Goals
- Provide coordinated statewide planning, evaluation, and prioritization for program direction and delivery of ANR programs
- Develop recommendations for ANR using a statewide perspective
- Coordinate planning, implementation and evaluation of ANR’s program teams/workgroups, conferences, strategic initiatives, and statewide programs
- Provide leadership for defining statewide goals and opportunities for dialogue across the network
Activities include being advisory on:
- Cooperative Extension Position Call
- ANR's Funding Opportunities
- ANR Budget Call for programmatic unit budget requests
- Statewide Program and Institute reviews, based on the recommendations from ad hoc committees
- Other ad hoc activities
How They Work
They meet monthly except for August. They make recommendations by consensus. The VP has final decision-making responsibility. They work collaboratively by:
- Participating in design and execution of work plans
- Providing input on key issues
- Involving key stakeholders as necessary
- Reflecting on and evaluating council activities and accomplishments
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Who They Are
The council is chaired by the Associate Vice President-Programs. Membership is listed below.

Program Council visiting UC Citrus Clonal Protection Facility at UC Riverside September 2019
Program Council
Office Information
Program Council
1111 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
katherine.webb-martinez@ucop.edu
Staff List
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Program Council Chair
Dr Wendy Powers
Title: Associate Vice President, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Address:
1111 Franklin St., 10th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: 510-987-9033
Email:
wendy.powers@ucop.edu
Executive Associate Deans
Edward R Atwill
Title: Director, Veterinary Medicine Extension
Specialty: Waterborne zoonotic disease, best management practices , microbial food safety, epidemiology
Address:
Veterinary Medicine Extension
1089 Veterinary Medicine Drive
4207 Vet Med 3B
Davis, CA 95616-8736
Phone: (530) 754-2154
Fax: (530) 752-7181
Email:
ratwill@ucdavis.edu
Nicholas J Mills
Title: Professor Entomologist-AES
Specialty: Biological control of insect pests, ecology and insect parasitoids, tree fruit pests
Address:
University of California, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
130 Mulford Hall, MC 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Phone: (510) 642-1711
Fax: (510) 643-5098
Email:
nmills@berkeley.edu
Timothy D Paine
Title: Distinguished Professor and Entomologist, Divisional Dean CNAS UCR
Specialty: Integrated pest management of insects affecting nursery stock, woody ornamental or landscape plants, and trees in urban or recreational forests; ecological interactions between environmental stress on plants and insect herbivores; chemical ecology; insect-microorganism-plant interactions; biological control
Address:
Dept of Entomology University of California
900 University Ave
239 Entomology
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: 951-827-7291
Fax: (951) 827-3087
Email:
timothy.paine@ucr.edu
Ronald Tjeerdema
Title: Associate Dean for Environmental Sciences & Professor
Specialty: Aquatic Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry
Address:
Dean's Office - CAES
One Shields Avenue
150 Mrak Hall
Davis, CA 95616-8571
Phone: (530) 752-6730
Email:
rstjeerdema@ucdavis.edu
Vice Provost, Strategic Initiatives and Statewide Programs
Mark Bell
Title: Vice Provost of Strategic Initiatives and Statewide Programs
Address:
DANR
2801 Second Street
Davis, CA 95618
Phone: (530) 750-1288
Email:
mozbell@ucanr.edu
Vice Provost, Research and Extension - currently vacant
Strategic Initiative Leaders
Dr Jim Farrar
Title: Director, Statewide IPM Program
Specialty: IPM, integrated pest management, plant pathology, vegetable diseases, fungi
Address:
UC IPM
2801 Second Street
#152
Davis, CA 95618-7774
Phone: 530-750-1249
Email:
jjfarrar@ucanr.edu
David J Lewis
Title: Director
Specialty: Water and Watershed Management and Research, Community Development, Sustainable Agricutlure
Address:
Cooperative Extension Marin County
1682 Novato Boulevard
Suite 150-B
Novato, CA 94947
Phone: (415) 473-4204
Email:
djllewis@ucanr.edu
Deanne Meyer
Title: CE Specialist
Specialty: Livestock waste management
Address:
Animal Science
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8521
Phone: (530) 752-9391
Email:
dmeyer@ucdavis.edu
Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty
Title: Statewide 4-H Director
Specialty: Positive Youth Development, Youth Science Literacy, Leadership
Address:
California State 4-H Office
2801 Second Street
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Davis, CA 95618-7774
Phone: 530-750-1334
Fax: 5307561148
Email:
lschmittmcquitty@ucanr.edu
At Large Representatives
Jennifer Sowerwine
Title: Associate Specialist
Specialty: Metropolitan Agriculture, Sustainable Food Systems, Agroecology and Food Sovereignty.
Address:
University of California, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
130 Mulford Hall, MC 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Email:
jsowerwi@berkeley.edu
Dr Georgios Vidalakis
Title: Professor & UC Extension Specialist in Plant Pathology - Director, Citrus Clonal Protection Program (CCPP)
Specialty: Graft-transmissible diseases of citrus diagnosis and therapy & Citrus germplasm.
Address:
Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology
900 University Avenue
1463 Boyce Hall
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: (951) 827-3763
Fax: (951) 827-4294
Email:
vidalg@ucr.edu
Support Staff
Katherine Webb-Martinez MPA
Title: Associate Director
Specialty: Strategic planning, program evaluation, reporting, and impact writing
Address:
UC ANR
1111 Franklin St.
Franklin 10205
Oakland, CA 94607-5200
Phone: (510) 987-0029
Fax: (510) 832-8612
Email:
katherine.webb-martinez@ucop.edu
Ex Officio Members
Joni L Rippee
Title: Director, Program Planning & Evaluation
Specialty: ANR - Program Planning, Financial and Budget Management
Notes: Program Council
Address:
ANR, 1111 Franklin St., 10th floor
Franklin 10203
Oakland CA, CA 94607
Phone: 510-987-0136
Fax: (510) 832-8612
Email:
joni.rippee@ucop.edu
Tu Tran
Title: Associate Vice President - Business Operations
Address:
1111 Franklin St.
Franklin 10118
Oakland, CA 94607-5200
Phone: 510-987-0022
Fax: 510-587-6203
Email:
tu.tran@ucop.edu