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Workgroup Chair Information

Name	Jhalendra Rijal (Co-Chair)
Phone	209-525-6800
E-Mail	jrijal@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Stanislaus County

Name	Kris Tollerup (Co-Chair)
Phone	559-646-6527
E-Mail	ketollerup@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center

Membership List
AES Scientist
Crump, Amanda
	Lecturer, International Agricultural Development	Extension Education, Postsecondary Education, Women and Vulnerable Groups, International Agricultural Development, International Program Management and Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Integrated Pest Management, Tree Health, Technology Transfer Evaluation
Reid, Michael		Department of Plant Sciences
	Cooperative Extension Specialist	Postharvest biology and technology of ornamentals, cut flowers, flowering plants, foliage plants. Physiology of flowering and flowering control, chilling injury, mode of action of ethylene and inhibition of ethylene responses.
Roderick, George		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	William Muriece Hoskins Professor and Chair	global change, environmental science, sustainability, biodiversity, invasive species, genomic observatories
Trumble, John		Entomology (UCR)
	Distinguished Professor	Plant compensation for insect herbivory; impact of air and heavy metal pollution on plant-insect interactions; biological and microbial control in sustainable agriculture; chemical ecology; participate on the celery and tomato guidelines
CE Advisor
Bethke, James		San Diego County
	Farm Advisor - Emeritus	Nurseries and Floriculture
Bolda, Mark		Santa Cruz County
	County Director, Santa Cruz County and Farm Advisor, Strawberries & Caneberries	Strawberry and caneberry culture - horticulture, fertility, pest management practices, closed environment agriculture
Clark, Nicholas		Kings County
	Assistant CE Advisor	Agronomic Cropping Systems and Nutrient Management
Dahlquist-Willard, Ruth		Fresno County
	Small Farms Advisor
Dara, Surendra		Santa Barbara County
	Cooperative Extension Advisor-Entomology and Biologicals	Small fruits, vegetables, and other major crops - Entomology, integrated pest management, microbial control, biostimulants, biopesticides, and biocontrol; endemic and invasive pests; biological solutions for plant diseases.
Daugovish, Oleg		Ventura County
	Strawberry and Vegetable Crop Advisor	Ag and Environmental Issues for Veg Crops and Strawberries
Del Pozo-Valdivia, Alejandro		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	Area IPM Advisor - Entomology	Biology, ecology, and management of arthropod pests
Espino, Luis		Butte County
	Rice Farming Systems Advisor & Butte County Director	Entomology, Agronomy
Faber, Ben		Ventura County
	Advisor	Soils and water, avocados and minor subtropicals in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
Gispert, Carmen		Riverside County, Indio Office
	Area Viticulture/Pest Management Advisor-Indio Office	Wine and table grapes
Goodell, Peter		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	Cooperative Extension Advisor Emeritus, IPM	Development and delivery of IPM tactics, nematode and insect pest management in field crops, (cotton, alfalfa, melon) developing IPM strategies at the ecological landscape level
Haviland, David		Kern County
	Farm Advisor	Entomologist and Pest Management. Advise in identification and control of Pest.
Kron, Cindy		Sonoma County
	North Coast Area IPM Advisor	Integrated Pest Management, Entomology, Viticulture
Long, Rachael		Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension
	Farm Advisor for Field Crops, Pest Management	Pest management, agronomy, dry beans, alfalfa, water quality, oil seed crops
Lund, Karl		Madera County
	Area Viticulture Advisor
Mueller, Shannon		Fresno County
	Agronomy Farm Advisor	Agronomy, alfalfa seed, hay production, seed certification, forage crops, pollination and honeybee management, oil seed crop production, and dry beans.
Natwick, Eric		Imperial County
	Entomology Advisor, emeritus	Entomology, Pest Management
Rethwisch, Michael		Riverside County
	Field Crops University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Palo Verde Valley Vegetables	Entomology, Agronomy (Crop Production)
Rijal, Jhalendra		Stanislaus County
	Area IPM Advisor	Entomology, insect pest management, insect mating disruption, insect spatial distribution and quantitative sampling, insect behavior and chemical ecology
Sidhu, Jaspreet		Kern County
	Vegetable Crops Farm Advisor
Sutherland, Andrew		Alameda County
	Integrated Pest Management Advisor	urban IPM of arthropods
Symmes, Emily		Tehama County
	Area IPM Advisor	Integrated pest management
Taravati, Siavash		Los Angeles County
	Area IPM Advisor
Tollerup, Kris		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	Cooperative Extension Advisor, IPM	Almond, Pistachio, Tree Fruit, Grapes
Varela, Lucia		Sonoma County
	North Coast IPM Advisor - Emeritus	Apples, pears, wine grapes, pest management
Vinchesi-Vahl, Amber		Colusa County
	Area Vegetable Crops Advisor	Entomology, Integrated Pest Management, Pollinators, Insect-vectored diseases, vegetable crops, soilborne fungal pathogens, processing tomatoes, muskmelons
Wilen, Cheryl		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor - Emeritus	Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for ornamental plant production and maintenance including nurseries, greenhouses, field production, floriculture, turf and landscape, pesticide reduction and alternatives. Research specialty in weed management, snails & slugs.
Wunderlich, Lynn		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Farm Advisor	Viticulture and Pomology for the foothills; Sprayer calibration; Integrated Pest Management; Biological Control
CE Specialist
Choe, Dong		Entomology (UCR)
	Associate CE Specialist / Associate Professor	Urban entomology
Daane, Kent		ESPM - Organisms and the Environment
	CE Specialist	Biological control and IPM of insect pests in perennial crops (almond, grape, stone fruit, olives, pistachios), annual crops (lettuce) and ornamentals (eucalyptus, ornamental).
Godfrey, Larry		Entomology (UCD)
	CE Specialist	Extension Entomology Specialist
Grafton-Cardwell, Elizabeth		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	Emeritus Entomology Cooperative Extension Specialist	Citrus Integrated Pest Management
Grettenberger, Ian

Hoddle, Mark		Entomology (UCR)
	Entomologist, CE Entomology Specialist	Biological control of invasive arthropod pests of importance to agricultural, urban, and wilderness areas. Foreign exploration, host range and host specificity testing of natural enemy species under consideration for possible release in California. Pest
Lewis, Vernard		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	CE Entomologist	Urban entomology
Rivera, Monique		Entomology (UCR)
	Cooperative Extension Specialist	Subtropical Entomology
Wilson, Sam		Entomology (UCR)
	Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist	Orchard/vineyard IPM, insect ecology, organic agriculture, agroecology
Zalom, Frank		Entomology (UCD)
	Distinguished Professor and CE Specialist	Fruit and Vegetable Crop Entomology; Integrated Pest Management
Other ANR
DeBiase, Ria		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	PMG Coordinator
Farrar, Jim		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	Director, Statewide IPM Program	IPM, integrated pest management, plant pathology, vegetable diseases, fungi
Kosina, Petr		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	Content Development Supervisor
Lander, Elaine		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	Urban & Community IPM Educator
Parreira, Stephanie		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	IPM Writer/Editor
Windbiel-Rojas, Karey		Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Statewide Program
	Associate Director for Urban & Community IPM/ Area IPM Advisor	Integrated Pest Management
Non-UC
Beucke, Kyle
	Primary State Entomologist
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Membership Totals
Number of Members		51
ANR Members		48
Non-ANR		3
Info Only		1