Planning Committee

Statewide Conference Planning Committee

Co-Chair Edie Allen, CE Specialist and Professor in the Dept. of Botany & Plant Sciences at UC Riverside, Natural Resources and Plant Ecology

Co-Chair Morgan Doran, CE Advisor in Solano, Napa and Yolo Counties, Livestock and Natural Resources

Sherry Cooper, Coordinator, Program Support Unit

Dorina Espinoza, Youth, Families, and Communities CE Advisor in Humboldt-Del Norte Counties

John Kabashima, CE Adviser in Los Angeles County, Environmental Horticulture

Maggi Kelly, CE Specialist and Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley, Ecosystem Sciences and Faculty Director of Geospatial Innovation Facility, College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley

Peter King, Public Affairs Director, UC Office of the President

Cynthia Kintigh, Marketing Director, Communication Services & Information Technology

Doug Parker, Director of the California Institute for Water Resources and Leader for the Water Strategic Initiative

Dan Putnam, CE Specialist and AES Agronomist in the Dept. of Plant Sciences at UC Davis

Jennifer Rindahl, Director of Advocacy Communications, Communication Services & Information Technology

Kim Rodrigues, Executive Director, Academic Personnel

Ann Senuta, Publications Manager, Communication Services & Information Technology

Martin Smith, CE Specialist in Veterinary Medicine Extension at UC Davis, Youth Development Curriculum

Global Food Systems

Rose Hayden-Smith, CE Advisor in Ventura for 4-H Youth, Family and Community Development, Leader for Sustainable Food Systems Strategic Initiative

Chair Peter King, Public Affairs Director, Office of the President

Alan McHughen, CE Specialist and Geneticist in the Dept, of Botany & Plant Sciences at UC Riverside, Biotechology

Jennifer Rindahl, Director, Advocacy Communications

Kim Rodrigues, Executive Director, Academic Personnel

Tom Tomich, Director, Sustainable Agricultural Research & Education Program

Poster Session

Lisa Fischer, Associate Director, Research and Extension Center System

Jeremy James, Director, Sierra Foothill Research and Extention Center

Chair Maggi Kelly, CE Specialist in the Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy & Management at UC Berkeley, and Director, Statewide IGIS Program

Susie Kocher, CE Advisor in Central Sierra Counties, Natural Resources

David Lewis, CE Advisor in Marin and Napa Counties, Watershed Management

Maxwell Norton, CE Advisor in Merced and Mariposa Counties, Tree Fruit and Farmland Preservation

Doug Parker, Director of the California Institute for Water Resources and Leader for the Water Strategic Initiative

Matthew Portillo, CE Advisor in Butte County, 4-H Youth Development

Ann Senuta, Coordinator, 4-H Science, Engineering and Technology

Steven Worker

Science Sessions
Kassim Al-Khatib, Director, Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
Edie Allen, CE Specialist and Professor in Platn Ecology at UC Riverside, Plant Ecology
Rob Atwill, CE Specialist at UC Davis, Veterinary Medicine Extension
Morgan Doran, CE Advisor and County Director in Solano, Napa and Yolo Counties, Livestock and Natural Resources
Dorina Espinoza, CE Advisor in Del Norte, Lake and Mendocino Counties, Youth, Families and Communities
Shermain Hardesty, CE Specialist in the Dept. of Agricultural & Resource Economics at UC Davis, Cooperative Theory, Management & Finance
Janet Hartin, CE Advisor in San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties, Environmental Horticulture
Terry Lehenbauer, Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis, and Director of VM Teaching and Research Center
Toby O'Geen, CE Specialist in the Dept of Plant Sciences at UC Davis, Soil Resources
Chair Doug Parker, Director of the California Institute for Water Resources and Leader for the Water Strategic Initiative
Dan Putnam, CE Specialist and Agronomist in Plant Sciences at UC Davis, Alfalfa and Forage Crops Systems
Martin Smith, CE Specialist in Veterinary Medicine Extension at UC Davis, Youth Curriculum Development
Bill Stewart, CE Specialist in the Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy & Management at UC Berkeley, Forest Management
Rachel Surls, CE Advisor in Los Angeles, Sustainable Food Systems
Lucia Varela, CE Advisor in Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino Counties, Integrated Pest Management

Tours

Jim Bethke, CE Advisor in San Diego County, Nurseries and Floriculture

Darren Haver, CE Advisor and County Director in Orange County, Water Resources/Water Quality, and Director, South Coast REC

John Kabashima, CE Advisor in Los Angeles County, Environmental Horticulture

Workshops

Sherry Cooper, Coordinator, Program Support Unit

Melanie Curtis, Coordinator, 4-H Youth Development Program

Nikki Humphreys, Associate Director, Business Operations Center at Kearney

Linda Manton, Executive Director, Staff Personnel

Cherie McDougald, Director, Business Operations Center at Kearney

Kim Rodrigues, Executive Director, Academic Personnel

Katherine Webb-Martinez, Principal Program Analyst, Program Planning & Evaluation