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Workgroup Information Native American Community Partnerships
Summary	The purpose of the Native American Community Partnerships workgroup is to strengthen UC ANR’s relationships and extension programming with California Native American communities through increasing a) UC ANR’s knowledge of Native American culture, science and government to better work with Tribal communities, b)  UC ANR’s capacity for effective outreach to Tribal communities across the state and c) Tribal communities’ understanding and knowledge of resources within UC ANR.
Website:	https://ucanr.edu/sites/nacp/
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	Christopher Mcdonald (Co-Chair)
Phone	(909) 387-2171
E-Mail	cjmcdonald@ucanr.edu
Unit:	San Bernardino County
Name	Jennifer Sowerwine (Co-Chair)
Phone
E-Mail	jsowerwi@berkeley.edu
Unit:	Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)

Membership List
AES Scientist
CANNON, CLARE
	Assistant Sociologist	Environmental justice, health disparities, gender inequality, climate change and hazards, mixed-methods
Dahlke, Helen		Land, Air & Water Resources
	Professor in Integrated Hydrologic Sciences	physical hydrology, surface water - groundwater interactions, groundwater recharge, on-farm recharge, nutrient transport, stochastic hydrology, DNA tracer technology
Elias, Damian		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Associate Professor of Animal Behavior	Bioacoustics, behavioral ecology, arachnology, evolutionary ecology, entomology, neuroethology, ethology
Eviner, Valerie		Department of Plant Sciences
	Professor	Using a mechanistic understanding of plant-soil interactions to increase our understanding and effective management of: invasions, restoration, biogeochemical cycling, global change, grazing systems, wildfire recovery, and sustainable agriculture.
FALOONA, IAN		Land, Air & Water Resources
	Biomicrometeorologist	Air quality; turbulent mixing; atmospheric chemistry; clouds and marine meteorology
Gepts, Paul		Department of Plant Sciences
	AES, Geneticist, Distinguished, Professor	Crop evolution, genetic conservation, gene flow, molecular evolution, genetics and genomics of beans, breeding of dry beans (lima, garbanzo, common)
HOPKINS, FRANCESCA MIA
	ASST AGRON AES-AY
Huntsinger, Lynn		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Professor and Associate Dean of Instruction & Student Affairs	Rangeland management and ecology, Native American natural resource management, pastoralism, China, culture and natural resources
Ingram, Kimberly		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Forest Stewardship Education Coordinator	Forest and natural resources education; adult education; facilitation
Kueltz, Dietmar		Animal Science
	Professor	Physiological Genomics, Environmental stress response, Fish adaptation biology, Fish osmoregulation, Comparative adaptation proteomics
Lieth, Johann		Department of Plant Sciences
	Professor Emeritus, Crop Ecologist-AES, CE Crop Ecologist	Crop ecology, systems analysis, greenhouse environment control systems, mathematical modeling, floriculture, ornamental and nursery crop production, computer programming, biomathematics, automatic drip irrigation, systems analysis.
Marco, Maria		Food Science & Technology
	Professor	Food fermentation, Probiotics, Gut microbiology
NICKLISCH, SASCHA CT
	ASST AGRON AES-AY	Xenobiotic ABC transporters, Membrane Protein Biochemistry, Molecular Toxicology
Paw U, Kyaw Tha		Atmospheric Science Program
	Professor of Atmospheric Science and Biometeorologist-AES	Biomicrometeorology, biometeorology, evapotranspiration, carbon and trace gas fluxes, turbulence, land surface models, field measurements and modeling, surface renewal, boundary layer meteorology, aerosol physics
STAJICH, JASON		Plant Pathology
	Professor	Fungal Genomics, evolutionary biology, Mycology, fungal-insect interaction, microbiome, environmental and molecular ecology, arid ecosystems, plant-fungal interactions, bacteria-fungi interactions
Tomich, Thomas		Environmental Science and Policy
	Distinguished Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy	Food systems, natural resource management, integrated ecosystem assessment, sustainability science and policy
Waines, J. Giles		Botany & Plant Sciences
	Geneticist Professor Director-Botanic Gardens and Herbarium	Cytogenetics, plant breeding and crop evolution-emphasis on wheat, beans,salvia, lilac, delphinium; roots, drought tolerance
ZIVKOVIC, ANGELA M
	ASST AGRON AES-AY	Personalized nutrition, Precision nutrition, Lipoproteins, HDL, Alzheimers disease
CE Advisor
Aram, Kamyar		Contra Costa County Cooperative Extension
	Specialty Crops Advisor
Bird, Marianne		Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension
	4-H Youth Development Advisor	Program development, science literacy; work with Expanded Learning (afterschool) programs, youth-adult partnership, camping and environmental education, volunteer and non-profit management.
Black, Randi		Sonoma County
	Dairy Advisor	Dairy Advisor
Blakey, Dustin		Inyo-Mono Counties
	County Director / Farm Advisor
Brim-Deforest, Whitney		Sutter-Yuba Counties
	CE Rice and Wild Rice Advisor, Master Gardener Advisor, UC Integrated Pest Management Program Afilliate	Rice, Weeds, Wild Rice
Clark, Nicholas		Kings County
	Agronomy and Nutrient Management Farm Advisor	Agronomic Cropping Systems and Nutrient Management
Davy, Josh		Tehama County
	Livestock, Range, and Natural Resources Advisor / County Director	Livestock, Range and Irrigated Pasture
Desmond, Daniel		El Dorado County
	4-H Youth Development Advisor   Emeritus	4-H youth development, environmental education including garden based learning and Master Food Preserver program.
Diaz Carrasco, Claudia		Riverside County
	4-H Youth Development Advisor
Diekmann, Lucy		Santa Clara County
	Urban Agriculture/Food Systems Advisor, Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties
Drill, Sabrina		Los Angeles County
	Natural Resources Advisor - Emeritus	Climate resilience, urban ecology, watershed education, community science and engagement, environmental justice, conservation and restoration of aquatic and wildland habitats and anadramous fishes, aquatic and terrestrial invasive species, fire ecology and landscape preparation, land use and conservation planning
Espinoza, Dorina		Humboldt County Office
	Youth, Families and Communities Advisor	Positive Youth Development, Nutrition Education, Food Preservation, Food Systems with a focus on emergency response
Fichtner, Elizabeth		Tulare County
	Farm Advisor	Orchard Systems
Forero, Larry		Shasta County
	Emeritus: County Director	Livestock and Natural resources
Ganthavorn, Chutima		Riverside County
	Cooperative Extension Advisor Emerita	Nutrition Education and Evaluation, Consumer Food Safety, Community Garden
Gispert, Carmen		San Diego North County Office
	UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor, Emeritus.	Wine and table grapes
Harper, John		Mendocino County
	Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor - Emeritus	Sheep & goat production, range cattle production, rangeland, watershed, water quality, computer applications.
Hill, Russell		Merced County
	Associate 4-H Youth Development Advisor IV	Ethnic and Racial Identity Development. Science literacy, after-school programming, outdoor/environmental education, program development, and organizational change.
Jones, Michael		Mendocino County
	Forestry Advisor - Mendocino, Lake and Sonoma Counties	Forest Health; Disturbance Ecology; Entomology; Integrated pest management of invasive and endemic forest pests
Latack, Brooke		Imperial County
	Livestock Advisor
McDonald, Chris		San Bernardino County
	Inland and Desert Natural Resources Advisor	invasive plants, weeds, native plant restoration, vegetation management, sensitive species management, habitat restoration, restoration planning, environmental education, partnerships with Tribes and tribal communities
Miyao, Eugene		Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension
	Emeritus Farm Advisor, Vegetable Crops	Processing tomato production.
Price, Natalie		Los Angeles County
	Community Nutrition and Health Advisor	Public health nutrition, food security, social determinants of health.
Quinn, Niamh		Orange County - UC Cooperative Extension
	Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor
Rios, Sonia
	Area Subtropical Horticulture Advisor
Spinelli, Gerardo		San Diego County
	Production Horticulture Advisor	Nurseries and Floriculture
Srivastava, Deepa		CalFresh Healthy Living, UC
	Nutrition, Family & Consumer Sciences Advisor	EFNEP & SNAP-Ed Nutrition Education programs, program planning, implementation & evaluation, childhood obesity prevention, Food security and resiliency.
Sullins, Jim		Tulare County
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Livestock, Range and Natural Resources, Public Policy, Community Development
Tompkins, Ryan		Plumas Sierra
	UC Cooperative Extension Forest & Natural Resource Advisor
Turini, Thomas		Fresno County
	Vegetable Crops Advisor	Vegetable crops production with emphasis in plant disease management and activities in entomology and nutrient management.
Vollmer, Laura		Santa Clara County
	Community Nutrition & Health Advisor	Community Nutrition & Health
CE Specialist
Bruno, Ellen		Agricultural & Resource Economics & Policy
	CE Specialist in Quantitative Policy Analysis	Agricultural economics, water resource economics
Busch, Roselle		Veterinary Medicine Extension
	Sheep and Goat Veterinary Medicine Extension Specialist	Sheep and Goat Herd Health and Production
Crisosto, Carlos		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	CE Postharvest Physiologist	Extension and research on postharvest biology and technology of fruits; fruit and nuts quality and deterioration and handling systems
Crohn, David		Environmental Sciences
	Associate Professor of Environmental ScienceáááExtension Biological Systems Engineer	Biological systems for municipal waste management, nonpoint source pollution, design of land application systems, water resource management, surface water quality.
Daugherty, Matthew		Entomology (UCR)
	CE Specialist and Entomologist	population biology, invasion biology, plant disease ecology, regulatory entomology, quantitative ecology
Ferguson, Louise		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	CE Pomologist	Tree crop physiology and production of pistachio, olive, citrus, fig, and persimmon. Areas of expertise include seasonal growth phenology, salinity tolerance, alternate bearing, canopy management, mechanical pruning, mechanical harvesting, root stock int
Khan, Safeeq		UC Merced - Cooperative Extension Specialist
	Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Water and Watershed Sciences	Watershed Hydrology, Hydrological Modeling, Climate Change
Lemaux, Peggy		Plant & Microbial Biology
	Professor of Cooperative Extension	Research interests focus on using 'omic technologies to understand interactions between plants, microbes and the environment. Efforts specifically focus on understanding abiotic and biotic stresses and carbonsequestration to combate climate change. Outreach efforts focus on communicating about food, agriculture and modern genetic technologies.
Mcgiffen Jr., Milton		Botany & Plant Sciences
	CE Specialist and Plant Physiologist	Vegetable Crops, Invasive Species, Weed Science, Sustainable Agriculture, and Alternatives to Methyl Bromide
Merenlender, Adina		Hopland Research & Extension Center
	Professor of Cooperative Extension in Conservation Science	conservation biology, land use planning, habitat connectivity, environmental education, climate stewardship
Muramoto, Joji		UC Santa Cruz - Cooperative Extension Specialist
	CE Specialist	Organic Agriculture, Soil Health, Nitrogen Management in Organic Systems, Soilborne Disease Management in Organic Systems
Nemati, Mehdi		Dean's Office CNAS
	Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy	Environmental and Water Resource Economics, Agricultural Economics, Applied Econometrics
Nocco, Mallika
	Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist	Soil-Plant-Water Relations; Irrigation Management
Ontai, Lenna		Human & Community Development
	Family and Early Childhood Specialist	parent-child interactions; parenting; early socialization; parenting and child feeding
Pitesky, Maurice		Veterinary Medicine Extension
	Associate Specialist	Poultry Health and Food Safety Epidemiology
Scott, Thomas		Earth Sciences
	Natural Resources, Wildlife Specialist	Conservation of wildlife, wildlife/urban interface. Response of wildlife to human disturbances
Sowerwine, Jennifer		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Associate Specialist	Metropolitan agriculture, sustainable food systems, agroecology, food security, food sovereignty.
Temple, Steven		Department of Plant Sciences
	WOS   CE Specialist III & Lecturer	Agronomy and host plant resistance breeding of grain legumes, legume cover crops, sustainable farming systems; fluent in Spanish.
Other ANR
Anderson, Nicole		Ventura County
	Community Education Specialist	Climate Smart Agriculture
Beck, Jacalyn
	Academic Programs Manager
Bergren, Caddie		Merced County
	Climate Smart Agriculture Program Specialist	Climate Smart Agriculture Technical Assistance
Bishop, Joyce		San Joaquin County
	CalFresh Healthy Living, UC - Community Education Specialist	Family Nutrition Education
Borel, Valerie		Los Angeles County
	Horticulture and Master Gardener Program Coordinator	Sustainability and fire-safe landscaping
Brodt, Sonja		Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP)
	Academic Coordinator (Agriculture & Environment), UC SAREP	Agriculture and Environment
Burciaga-Luquin, Coral		Los Angeles County
	Community Nutrition and Health Educator	Adult Nutrition Education (Adult EFNEP)
Carlos, Claudia		Riverside County
	CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE Riverside County Program Supervisor
Clark, Julie		Ventura County
	Education Specialist III
Coker, Lori		Shasta County
	Community Health Education Specialist II	Nutrition and Food Safety Education
Denton, Denneigh		Riverside County
	Master Food Preserver Coordinator	UCCE Master Food Preserver
Drazba, Monica		Community Nutrition and Health
	Program Supervisor	Community Nutrition and Health, CalFresh Healthy Living UCCE Yolo
Fisher, Shawnice		Community Nutrition and Health
	CES Supervisor II
Freutel, Eliot		Environmental Stewards (formerly California Naturalist Program)
	Community Education Specialist 2 (SoCal)
Hecht, Christina		Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI)
	UC ANR Nutrition Policy Institute Academic Coordinator	Water; Policy; Child Nutrition Programs
Jensen, Leslie		Elkus Ranch
	RETIRED: Elkus Ranch Coordinator
Johnson, Beryl		Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension
	Sacramento County 4-H Program Representative
Jones, Ira		Mariposa County
	Community Education Specialist / 4-H Youth Development Coordinator	4-H Youth Development
Kooyumjian, Dawn		Contra Costa County Cooperative Extension
	Coordinator -UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County
Kosina, Petr		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	Content Development Supervisor
Lopez, Gabriel		South Coast Research & Extension Center
Lyons, Andrew		Informatics and GIS (IGIS) Statewide Program
	Program Coordinator
Majcherek, Tamara		South Coast Research & Extension Center
	Community Educator Specialist II
Maser, Mary		Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
	Community Education Specialist I	Adult EFNEP
Mcclure, Judy		Sacramento County
	Master Gardener Program Coordinator, Landscape Horticulturist	Master Gardener Program, Landscape horticulture in general.
McLaughlin, Cailin		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Garden Coordinator, CFHL, UCCE Central Sierra
Montano, Catherine		Controller
	Policy Analyst, Administrative Policies and Business Contracts	Policy, Contracts, Compliance, Delegations of Authority, Support Groups
Murrietta, Maria		San Luis Obispo County
	Program Coordinator MG/MFP	San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara Counties
Nicoli, Andra		CalFresh Healthy Living, UC
	UC CalFresh State Office
Nola, Princess
	Community Education Specialist 1
O'Neill, Gabriele		UC Master Gardener Program
	UC Master Gardener	Vegetables, Fruit trees, admin and policy questions (former coordinator)
O'neill, Margaret		San Bernardino County
	Master Gardener Coordinator, Environmental Education Supervisor	Manages Master Gardener Program; provides educational programs for adults and youth engaged in environmental education; provides education to the general public on plant pest management
Orozco, Alejandrina		Community Nutrition and Health
	Community Nutrition and Health Educator	Youth EFNEP
Pacheco, Alena		San Luis Obispo County
		Work-Based Mentoring
Padilla, Carmela		Placer-Nevada Counties
	Regional Manager, CFHL UCCE (Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Merced, Nevada, Placer, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties)	Program Development and Youth Engagement
Pagone, Louise		Lake County
	Master Gardener Coordinator
Patton, Mackenzie		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Integrated Pest Management Advisor
Plank, Kaela		Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI)
Price, Roxana		Riverside County
	Community Education Specialist II EFNEP - TFTST Trees for Tomorrow Start Today Coordinator	Delivery of Evidenced Based Nutrition Education Palm Desert - Trees for Tomorrow Start Today Coordinator
Rebholtz, Jessica		Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
	Community Nutrition Educator II	EFNEP Youth/ Adult
Spicer, Teresa		Tulare County
	Program Supervisor, Tulare/Kings Counties	CalFresh Healthy Living, UC Program
Rodriguez, Sonia C		Butte County
	Community Education Specialist II	Nutrition
Rodriguez, Patricia
	Administrative Assistant	General Office and Social Media
Seward, Thomas		Hopland Research & Extension Center
	Skilled Trades and Crafts Supervisor II
Simmons, Jill		Nevada County Office
	Nevada Co. 4-H Youth Development Education Specialist
Smith, Alison
	Animal Health Technician	Small Ruminants, Wildlife Ecology
Sourbeer, Leah		Community Nutrition and Health
	EFNEP Nutrition Program Supervisor	EFNEP
Stout, Michelle		Mendocino County
	Office Manager/Office Service Supervisor & Master Gardener Coordinator
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Valdez, Daisy		Los Angeles County
	CalFresh Community Education Specialist II	Community Education Specialist 2
Vasilis, Hannah
	Statewide Survey and Trapping Coordinator	Invasive Shot Hole Borer/Fusarium Dieback
Velarde, Jackie
Vincelli, Chanelle		Shasta County
	Community Education Supervisor 1	Nutrition Education, CalFresh Program
Vollinger, Mary
	Supervisor 2	CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE
Weaver, Susan		Santa Clara County
	4-H Youth Development Program Regional Coordinator, Region 7	Youth Leadership Development, Teens as Teachers, In-school programs, Youth camps, Mentor development, Professional Development for educators.
Wilshire, Clara		San Bernardino County
	EFNEP Family Nutrition Program Coordinator	Adult EFNEP
Wininger, Kerry		Sonoma County
	Outreach Coordinator - Sudden Oak Death
Womack, Melissa		UC Master Gardener Program
	Assistant Director, Impact & Communications
Woodward-Lopez, Gail		Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI)
Non-UC
gmail.com, carolynmartus
gmail.com, rachelsurls94
Taber, Danica
	Master Gardener Program Coordinator
Other UC
Andreozzi, Chelsea
	postdoctoral scholar	conservation, wildlife, forestry
Johnson, Mackenzie
McBride, Joe		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Professor	Forest ecology; influence of land use on natural patterns of forest succession; riparian woodlands restoration; urban forestry
Membership Totals
Number of Members		132
ANR Members		129
Non-ANR		3
Info Only		0