People
Erik Porse, PhD
Director, Cooperative
Extension Specialist
Sam Sandoval Solis, PhD
Lead Faculty Affiliate,
Professor of Cooperative
Extension
Rachel Shellabarger, PhD
Academic Coordinator,
Nitrogen-Irrigation Initiative
Program Manager
Hope Zabronsky
Academic Coordinator,
Climate Smart Agriculture
Program Manager
Divya Prakash
Research Data Analyst
Climate Smart Agriculture Team
Nicki Anderson
Community Educator,
Ventura
Caddie Bergen
Community Educator,
Merced
Amber Butland
Community Educator,
Fresno-Madera
Amanda Charles
Community Educator,
Sonoma
Michael Jaquez
Community Educator,
San Diego
Lizzeth Mendoza
Community Educator,
Glenn
Heather Montgomery
Community Educator,
Sutter-Yuba
Bailey Smith-Helman
Community Educator,
Santa Cruz
Ana Resendiz
Community Educator,
Imperial
Fellows
Celeste Navarrete
UC Berkeley GrizzlyCorps Fellow
2023-2024
Based at UC Merced
Student Employees
Alma Romo
Environmental Studies
Sacramento State,
Spring 2023
Riley Currey
Environmental Studies
Sacramento State,
Fall 2023-Spring 2024
Affiliate Researchers
Erin Bray, PhD
Assistant Professor in
Earth and Climate Sciences,
San Francisco State
University
Kristin Dobbin, PhD
Assistant Professor of
Cooperative Extension in
Water Justice Policy
and Planning, UC Berkeley
Danielle Zoe Rivera, PhD
Assistant Professor of Landscape
Architecture and Environmental
Planning, UC Berkeley
Qicheng Tang, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
UC Cooperative Extension Napa
Chris Oliveras, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Civil and Environmental
Engineering, UC Irvine
Joanna Solins, PhD
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
UC Cooperative Extension
Sacramento, Solano, and Yolo
Edith de Guzman, PhD
Cooperative Extension Specialist in
Water Equity and Adaptation Policy
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation