Become a Staff Assembly ambassador

Staff Assembly ambassadors keep colleagues apprised of opportunities including the Staff Assembly education reimbursement program, which provides financial assistance to UC ANR Staff to pursue career interests.

UC ANR's Staff Assembly invites staff members to serve as ambassadors for their colleagues at their locations.

Staff Assembly ambassadors represent all UC ANR and County paid staff in their local office at ambassador meetings. It is a great way to develop relationships and enjoy networking opportunities with other ANR staff members throughout the state.

ANR locations needing ambassadors:

• Hopland REC
• Intermountain REC
• Kearney Agricultural REC
• UCCE Butte/Glenn
• UCCE Central Sierra (Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado and Tuolumne)
• UCCE Colusa
• UCCE Humboldt/ Del Norte
• UCCE Kern
• UCCE Lake
• UCCE Lassen
• UCCE Mendocino
• UCCE Merced/Mariposa
• UCCE Modoc
• UCCE Napa
• UCCE Plumas/Sierra
• UCCCE San Benito/Santa Cruz
• UCCE San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara
• UCCE Solano/Yolo/Sacramento
• UCCE Sonoma

Each ambassador acts as a conduit for Staff Assembly, relaying messages (via email, flyers, verbal communication) to staff members at their location. They informally collect information, ideas and suggestions from local staff and share them with ANR Staff Assembly Council.

Ambassadors also encourage and promote participation in Staff Assembly activities and opportunities – such as ANR Grows, education reimbursements, wellness activities and council vacancies – and UC ANR activities.

When possible, ambassadors may attend monthly drop-in-meetings via Zoom and attend the annual UC ANR ambassador meeting via Zoom or in person during their two-year term.

If you would like to be a Staff Assembly ambassador, email co-chairs Suzanne Lake at slake@ucanr.edu and Rosalinda Ruiz at rlruiz@ucanr.edu.

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