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Joni Rippee retires
Joni Rippee, director of Statewide Programs and Research and Extension Center Operations, retired on July 1 from her 39-year career with UC ANR.
She joined UC ANR in 1985 at the UC Berkeley campus as a Secretary 2 in the Extension Forestry Office for UCCE Specialist Rick Standiford. “In those days, all CE Specialists were provided permanent funds for a 50% Secretary,” Rippee explained.
In 1989, she transitioned to a job in UC Berkeley's Department of Forestry and Range Management, doing accounting for the Extension Forestry program and UC ANR's newly created Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program. “I promised I would stay two years if they would teach me accounting and the rest is history!” Rippee said.
She worked at UC Berkeley for 20 years – moving up to become the management services officer for the Center for Forestry, working directly for the Associate Dean. The center managed the financial administration for the UC Berkeley forest properties, four ANR statewide programs and all Cooperative Extension forestry activities.
In 2005, Rippee was “borrowed” from the College of Natural Resources to centrally coordinate all ANR Statewide Programs, ANR Workgroup Funds and other programmatic activity under the Associate and Assistant Vice Presidents for Programs, while that manager was on a special assignment.
In 2007, she permanently joined UC ANR at UC Office of the President in Oakland and assumed responsibility for the ANR REC system accounting. When she became the director of Program Planning and Evaluation, she was co-located in Oakland and Davis and worked out of both ANR offices until 2020. When the Statewide Programs and REC Operations financial support unit was created, Rippee transitioned away from Program Planning and Evaluation to focus on financial support.
