Staff
UCCE Director
Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, Ph.D.
Director and Delta Crops Resource Management Advisor
209-953-6100
Farm Advisors
Brenna Aegerter, Ph.D.
Vegetable Crops Advisor
San Joaquin County
209-953-6100
Theresa Beccetti
Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties
209-525-6800
Giuliano Galdi
Agronomy and Weed Management Advisor
Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties
209-385-7403
Jennifer Heguy
Dairy Advisor
Stanislaus, San Joaquin, and Merced Counties
209-525-6800
Brent Holtz, Ph.D.
Orchard Systems Advisor
San Joaquin County
209-953-6100
Abdelmoneim Mohamed
Irrigation and Soils Advisor
Stanislaus, San Joaquin, and Merced Counties
209-525-6800
Justin Tanner, Ph.D.
Viticulture Advisor
San Joaquin County
209-953-6100
Mick Canevari
Emeritus Advisor
San Joaquin County
209-953-6100
Small Farm Program
Vong Moua
Small Farms Staff Research Associate II
Stanislaus, San Joaquin, and Merced Counties
209-525-6800
Nutrition Program - CalFresh Healthy Living
Lorena Hoyos
CalFresh Healthy Living UC Supervisor II
San Joaquin County
209-953-6121
Maricarmen Anaya-Rodriguez
Community Education Specialist II
San Joaquin County
209-953-6105
Joyce Bishop
Community Education Specialist II
San Joaquin County
209-953-6123
Annabelle Factura
Community Education Specialist II
San Joaquin County
209-953-6059
Racquel Fernandez
Community Education Specialist II
San Joaquin County
209-953-7805
Houa Lee
Community Education Specialist II
San Joaquin County
209-953-6123
Nutrition Program - Expanded Food and Nutrition Education (EFNEP)
Deanna Cruz-Ortiz
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Supervisor
San Joaquin County
209-953-6117
Susana Gonzalez
Community Education Specialist II
San Joaquin County
209-953-6131
Danny Vang
Community Education Specialist II
San Joaquin County
209-953-6129
4-H Youth Development Program
Jose Campos
Region 8 4-H Program Supervisor
Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus Counties
209-953-6118
Vacant
Community Education Specialist II
San Joaquin County
209-953-6110
Master Gardener Program
Marcy Sousa
Master Gardener Program Coordinator
San Joaquin County
209-953-6111
Administrative Staff
Genara Longoria
Jr. Administrative Assistant / Office Manager
San Joaquin County
209-953-6113
Angela Tipsey
Senior Office Assistant
San Joaquin County
209-953-6106
Mirra Aijaz
Senior Office Assistant
San Joaquin County
209-953-6100
Field and Laboratory Staff
Shirley Alvarez
Field and Laboratory Technician II
San Joaquin County
209-953-7133
Daniel Rivers
Staff Research Associate
San Joaquin County
209-953-6100
Donald Colbert
Lab Assistant III
San Joaquin County
209-953-6100
Randall Wittie
Lab Assistant III
San Joaquin County
209-953-6100