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 Specialist

Erika Cassio Madrazo, PhD
Project Scientist

Hope Hauptman, PhD
Project Scientist

Daniel Swain, PhD
Associate Professional
Researcher, Climate Scientist

Camilo Salcedo, PhD
Project Scientist

Darrene Hackler, PhD
Project Scientist, Water and
Workforce Initiatives Manager

Jonathan Kaplan, PhD
Senior Economist and
Project Scientist

Nicki Anderson
Community Educator,
Ventura

Caddie Bergren
Community Educator,
Merced

Amanda Charles
Community Educator,
Sonoma

Danielle Duyst
Community Educator,
Tulare and Kern

Juan Gonazales
Community Educator,
Fresno

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

Nate Barton
Department of Political Science
UC Riverside,
Fall 2025-Summer 2026

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

Chris Oliveras, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Civil and Environmental
Engineering, UC Irvine

Joanna Solins, PhD
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
UC Cooperative Extension
Sacramento, Solano, and Yolo

Alicia Kinoshita, PhD
Associate Professor
San Diego State University
Civil, Environmental, and
Construction Engineering

Esther (Mosase) Lofton, PhD
Urban Watershed
Resilience Advisor
UCCE South Coast REC

Edith de Guzman, PhD
Cooperative Extension
Specialist in Water Equity
& Adaptation
UCLA Luskin Center

Laljeet Sangha, PhD
Cooperative Extension
Advisor in in Community
Water Systems,
Kern County

Alma Romo
Environmental Studies
Sacramento State,
Spring 2023

Riley Currey
Environmental Studies
Sacramento State,
Fall 2023-Spring 2024

Omar Elnashar
Managerial Economics
UC Davis,
Spring 2024

Bethany Rader
Applied Economics, PhD Student
Oregon State,
Summer 2024

Ben Witeck
Conservation and Resources
UC Berkeley,
Fall 2024-Spring 2025

Celeste Navarrete
UC Berkeley GrizzlyCorps Fellow
2023-2025
Based at UC Merced