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Planning Team

Coordination & Support

First Last Title Unit
Sherry Cooper Director Program Support Unit
Kathy Eftekhari Chief of Staff VP's Office
Kathryn Stein Project Manager VP's Office

Steering Committee

First Last Title Representing
Hannah Bird Community Educator, Hopland Research &Extension Center CES
Bethanie Brown Interim Executive Director, Human Resources HR
Mary Ciricillo Director, Development Development Services
Jim Farrar Strategic Initiatives Lead, and Director, UC Integrated Pest Management Program Strategic Initiatives
Linda Forbes Director, Strategic Communications Strategic Comm.
Darren Haver Associate Director, Research & Extension Centers, and Director, South Coast Research & Extension Center RECs
Mark Hoddle AES Specialist, Entomology, UC Riverside Academics
Greg Ira Statewide Programs & Institutes Lead, and Director, California Naturalist Program SWP/Is
Fadzayi Mashiri Director, Mariposa County, and Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor Mariposa and Merced Counties Advisors & Co. Directors
Deanne Meyer Interim Associate Vice President Research & Extension
Keith  Nathaniel Director, Los Angeles County and 4H Youth Development Advisor, and DEI Advisory Council Vice Chair DEI Advisory Council & County Directors
Karmjot  Randhawa Director, Fresno, Madera, Tulare and Kings Counties County Directors
Nikolai Schweitzer Agriculture Supervisor, Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center, and Staff Assembly Chair Staff Assembly
Katherine  Webb-Martinez Director Program Planning and Evaluation

Learning & Poster Sessions

First Last Title and Program Representing
Stacey Amparano Farm Smart Manager, Hopland Research & Extension Center CES
Jodi Azulai Learning & Development Coordinator L&D
John  Bailey Director, Hopland Research & Extension Center RECs
Lyn Brock Nutrition Education Professional Development Coordinator, Community Nutrition and Health Nutrition
Helen Dahlke Associate Professor in Integrated Hydrologic Sciences, AES/UCD, and Water Quality, Quantity & Security Strategic Initiatives Lead Water SI
Missy Gable Director, UC Master Gardener Program MG
Tina Jordan Manager, Academic HR Academic HR
Pam Kan-Rice Assistant Director, News & Information Outreach Strategic Comm.
David Lewis Director, Marin & Napa Counties, and Advisor, Watershed Management, and Sustainable Natural Ecosystems Strategic Initiative Lead SNE SI
David Lile Director, Lassen County, and Advisor, Natural Resource/Livestock Co. Dir & past SNE SI Lead
Anne Megaro Director, Government & Community Relations Gov/Comm Relations
Brian Oatman Director, Risk & Safety Services Risk & Safety
Daniel Obrist Vice Provost, Academic Personnel & Development Academic Personnel
Tapan Pathak Specialist, Climate Adaptation, UC Merced Specialist UCM
Amira Resnick Statewide Director, Community Nutrition and Health Nutrition
Michael Rethwisch Advisor, Field Crops, and Endemic and Invasive Pests & Diseases Strategic Iniatives Member EIPD SI
Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty Director, 4-H Youth Development Program and Healthy Families and Communities Strategic Initiative Lead HFC SI
Rachel Surls Advisor, Sustainable Food Systems, and Sustainable Food Systems Strategic Initiatives Lead SFS SI
Fiona Wei Supervisor, Staff Human Resources HR

 

Strategic Visioning

First Last Title Unit
Kathy Eftekhari Chief of Staff VP's Office
Katherine Webb-Martinez Director PP&E