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Los Angeles County
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 586-1971
Fax: (626) 943-3840

Director

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Keith C Nathaniel Ed.D.
Title: County Director & 4-H Youth Development Advisor
Specialty: Adolescent Development; Educational Planning; Social Capital and Community Networks
Notes: Mailing address: PO Box 22255, Los Angeles, CA 90022
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 586-1970
Fax: (626) 943-3840
Email: kcnathaniel@ucanr.edu

Director

Administrative Office

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Dohee Kim M.P.P.
Title: Director of Media Outreach and Advocacy Liaison
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 586-1974
Fax: (626) 943-3840
Email: deekim@ucanr.edu
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Rebecca Sanders
Title: Administrative Assistant III
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: 626 586-1971
Fax: 626 943-3840
Email: rsanders@ucanr.edu

4-H Youth Development

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Roy Hillstock
Title: Computer Resource Specialist II
Notes: Mailing address: University of California Cooperative Extension-LA Attn: Roy Hillstock 700 W. Main St. Alhambra, CA 91801
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 586-1972
Fax: (626) 943-3840
Email: rlhillstock@ucanr.edu
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Charlene L Moore
Title: 4-H YDP Antelope Valley Coordinator
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Email: moore@ucanr.edu

Food and Health

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Ingrid Janneth Alarcon
Title: Communty Education Specialist II
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: 626 586-1979
Fax: (626) 943-3840
Email: ijalarcon@ucanr.edu
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Coral Burciaga-Luquin
Title: Community Nutrition and Health Educator
Specialty: Adult Nutrition Education (Adult EFNEP)
Address:
700 West Main St.
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626)586-1987
Fax: (626)943-3840
Email: cburciagaluquin@ucanr.edu
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Olivia Mejia-Martinez
Title: CalFresh Community Education Specialist II
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: 626 586-1973
Fax: (626) 943-3840
Email: omejiamartinez@ucanr.edu
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Benjamin Melendrez
Title: CalFresh Healthy Living Program Supervisor
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Fax: (626) 943-3840
Email: bmelendrez@ucanr.edu
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Javier F Miramontes
Title: Community Nutrition and Health Supervisor
Address:
Orange County - UC Cooperative Extension South Coast Research and Extension Center
7601 Irvine Blvd
Irvine, CA 92618
Email: jfmiramontes@ucanr.edu
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Alejandrina Orozco
Title: Community Nutrition and Health Educator
Specialty: Youth EFNEP
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: 626-586-1977
Fax: 626-943-3840
Email: orozco@ucanr.edu
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Cynthia Orozco
Title: Program Representative I
Notes: Mailing address: PO Box 22255, Los Angeles, CA 90022
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: 6264092731
Fax: (626) 943-3840
Email: corozco@ucanr.edu
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Natalie M Price M.P.H.
Title: Community Nutrition and Health Advisor
Specialty: Public health nutrition, food security, social determinants of health.
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 586-1948
Fax: (626) 943-3840
Email: nmprice@ucanr.edu
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Mrs Aba J Ramirez
Title: Community Nutrition and Health Educator
Specialty: Adult Nutrition Education
Address:
700 W. Main Street
626-586-1978
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: 626-586-1978
Fax: 626-943-3840
Email: abaramirez@ucanr.edu
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Daisy L Valdez
Title: CalFresh Community Education Specialist II
Specialty: Community Education Specialist 2
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W Main St
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: 626 586-1983
Fax: (626) 943-3840
Email: dlvaldez@ucanr.edu
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Rosa Vargas
Title: Regional Manager
Address:
2156 Sierra Way
Suite C
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Email: rivargas@ucanr.edu

Master Gardener Program

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Valerie T Borel
Title: Horticulture and Master Gardener Program Coordinator
Specialty: Sustainability and fire-safe landscaping
Address:
University of California Cooperative Extension Los Angeles
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 586-1986
Fax: (626) 943-3840
Email: vtborel@ucanr.edu
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Jessica A Yarger
Title: UC Master Gardener Associate Program Coordinator
Address:
700 W Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 586-1975
Fax: (626) 943-3840
Email: jayarger@ucanr.edu

Sustainable Food Systems

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Rachel A Surls Ph.D.
Title: Sustainable Food Systems Advisor Emerita
Specialty: urban agriculture, urban gardening, food systems
Address:
Cooperative Extension Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
(626) 586-1982
Alhambra, CA 91801
Email: ramabie@ucdavis.edu

Natural Resources

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Cynthia Chavez
Title: Community Education Specialist
Specialty: Project Learning Tree
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: 6265861937
Fax: 6269433840
Email: crchavez@ucanr.edu
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Dr Edith de Guzman
Title: Water Equity and Adaptation Policy Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Climate adaptation, urban forestry, water management, heat mitigation, art & science collaborations
Address:
337 Charles E. Young Dr. East
3323J Public Affairs Building
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656
Email: eb3@ucla.edu
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Sabrina L. Drill Ph.D.
Title: Natural Resources Advisor - Emeritus
Specialty: Climate resilience, urban ecology, watershed education, community science and engagement, environmental justice, conservation and restoration of aquatic and wildland habitats and anadramous fishes, aquatic and terrestrial invasive species, fire ecology and landscape preparation, land use and conservation planning
Notes: Covers Los Angeles and Ventura Counties and the California Naturalist Statewide Program
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: 3238425399
Email: sldrill@ucanr.edu
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Eliot T Freutel
Title: Community Education Specialist 2 (SoCal)
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension Los Angeles
700 W. Main St.
Alhambra, CA 91801
Email: etfreutel@ucanr.edu
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Natalie Jane Levy
Title: Soil Health and Organic Materials Management Advisor
Address:
7601 Irvine Boulevard
Irvine, CA 92618
Email: nlevy@ucanr.edu
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Dr Esther N Lofton
Title: Urban Watershed Resilience Advisor
Specialty: Water Resources Engineering, Surfacewater Modeling, Groundwater Modelling, LID Practices, Remote Sensing, GIS, Climate Resources, Programming
Address:
South Coast Research and Extension Center
7601 Irvine Blvd.
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: 8582826737
Email: enmosase@ucanr.edu
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Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann Ph.D.
Title: Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor
Address:
South Coast Research and Extension Center
7601 Irvine Blvd.
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: (949) 301-9182 Ext 1006
Email: benobua@ucanr.edu

Integrated Pest Management

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Niamh M Quinn Ph.D.
Title: Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor
Address:
South Coast Research and Extension Center
7601 Irvine Blvd.
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: 949 301-9182 x1004
Email: nmquinn@ucanr.edu
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Siavash Taravati Ph.D.
Title: Area IPM Advisor
Address:
2980 Washington St
Riverside, CA 92504
Email: staravati@ucanr.edu

Environmental Horticulture

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Janet S Hartin
Title: Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Specialty: Environmental horticulture, urban greening, climate-ready trees, "Trees for Tomorrow" arboriculture, irrigation needs of landscape plants
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (951) 313-2023
Email: jshartin@ucanr.edu
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Donald R. Hodel
Title: Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritus
Specialty: Selection & management of palms and other woody ornamentals in the landscape
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main St.
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: 626-586-1973
Fax: 626-943-3480
Email: drhodel@ucanr.edu
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John N Kabashima M.B.A., Ph.D.
Title: Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Emeritus
Specialty: Ornamental horticulture, nursery crops, pest management, exotic and invasive pests, water runoff, water quality
Address:
7601 Irvine Blvd.
Irvine, CA 92618
Email: jnkabashima@ucanr.edu
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Mr Dennis Pittenger
Title: Area Environmental Horticulturist, Emeritus
Specialty: Functional use of ornamental plants in urban landscapes. Landscape irrigation management, urban tree management, species selection, woody plant soil/root interactions.
Address:
Botany & Plant Sciences
2150 Batchelor Hall
Riverside, CA 92521-0124
Phone: (951) 236-9723
Email: drpittenger@ucdavis.edu
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Christopher John Shogren
Title: Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Specialty: Horticulture, nursery crops, pest management, exotic and invasive pests
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Email: cjshogren@ucanr.edu

Urban Community Resiliency

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Ashley Michelle Hooper Ph.D.
Title: Urban Community Resiliency Advisor
Specialty: urban and environmental planning and policy, community resilience, urban food systems, water resource policy, transportation policy, healthy communities.
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: 626 586-1981
Fax: (626) 943-3840
Email: asmhoope@ucanr.edu

Agriculture

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Grant Edward Johnson
Title: Assistant CE Urban Agriculture Technology Area Advisor
Specialty: Irrigation management, horticulture, nursery crops, indoor production, urban agriculture
Address:
7601 Irvine Boulevard
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: (949)-414-8022
Email: gejohnson@ucanr.edu
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Amrita Mukherjee M.S.
Title: Urban Agriculture/Small Farms Advisor
Specialty: Urban Farms and food system, Organic Vegetable Production, Nutrient Management, Small Farms, Control Environment Agriculture
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Bernardino County
7863 Central Avenue
Highland, CA 92346
Phone: 909-602-8339
Fax: (909) 387-3306
Email: amukherjee@ucanr.edu