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Workgroup Information Disaster Preparedness and Response
Summary	Disasters are increasingly common in California, ranging from droughts, floods and wildfires to human health (e.g. COVID-19). Given the frequency of disasters in California, it is important that UC ANR is prepared to engage before, during, and after emergencies across California. A recent study conducted by some of the members of this workgroup identified the needs of UC ANR personnel to work on disaster management with California communities (Koundinya, Chiarella, Kocher, and Kearns, 2020). This new UCANR Workgroup on “Disaster Preparedness and Response” will create a forum to bring together colleagues across multiple disciplines to support our communities through trainings, grants, research and extension projects. This new “Disaster Preparedness and Response Workgroup” will provide structure for an interdisciplinary team that has already worked together on the UCANR Disaster Happen Guide, Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) Community Listening Sessions and on a recently submitted a RREA grant and other grant applications. -Community Resilience to climate change related disasters and public health emergencies -Protecting where we live. Healthy landscapes and urban forests Main Outputs: Research, Extension actvities, Product and material development (including online)
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	Sabrina Drill (Co-Chair)
Phone	3238425399
E-Mail	sldrill@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Los Angeles County
Location:	UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County 700 W. Main Street Alhambra, 91801
Name	Tracy Schohr (Co-Chair)
Phone	(916) 716-2643
E-Mail	tkschohr@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Plumas Sierra

Membership List
CE Advisor
Bennaton, Rob		Master Food Preservers
	Bay Area Urban Agriculture Advisor	Small Scale Food Production and Soil Quality/Resource Management ; Food and Land Access and Security
Blackburn, Mary		Alameda County Cooperative Extension
	Family and Consumer Sciences, Health & Nutrition Advisor	Family and consumer sciences, EFNEP and FSNEP
Caeton, Nathaniel		Shasta County
	4-H Youth Development Advisor	4-H Youth Development Program
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
Kocher, Susie		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Forestry/ Natural Resources Advisor	Forestry, wildfire, prescribed fire, post-fire recovery, adult education, facilitation, public participation
Macon, Daniel		Placer-Nevada Counties
	County Director, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor	Rangeland livestock production, economics, and management
Neelon, Marisa		Community Nutrition and Health
	Community Nutrition and Health Advisor, Emeritus	Food security and the prevention of childhood obesity and chronic disease in populations with low-income.
Schohr, Tracy		Plumas Sierra
	Livestock & Natural Resource Advisor	Research and extension in the region focused on irrigated pasture, invasive species, mountain meadows, water quality and business management. Catastrophic fires in her counties have also lead to an evolving program on urban fire implications to natural resources, disaster preparedness and shelter management.
CE Specialist
Koundinya, Vikram
	Evaluation Specialist (Assistant CE Specialist)	Program evaluation, needs assessment, mixed-methods evaluation/research
Other ANR
Ira, Gregory		Environmental Stewards (formerly California Naturalist Program)
	Director, UC Environmental Stewards Statewide Program	Environmental Stewardship, Environmental Education, Climate Change Education, Natural History Training, Program Management, Collective Impact, Workforce Development, Social Franchise.
Kearns, Faith		California Institute for Water Resources
	Academic Coordinator II	water and drought, fire, climate change,science communication
Lee, Danielle		Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI)
	Director of Communications & Research Engagement	Public Health Nutrition
Membership Totals
Number of Members		12
ANR Members		12
Non-ANR		0
Info Only		0