Meet Our Team

Leonel Roberto Jimenez
Area Director
Phone: (559) 684-3300
Email: lrjimenez@ucanr.edu

Mohammad Yaghmour
Area Orchard Systems Advisor
Phone: (661) 868-6211
Email: mayaghmour@ucanr.edu

Cayci Hill
4-H Community Education Specialist
Phone: (559) 852-2743
Email: cdahill@ucanr.edu

Joy N Hollingsworth
Table Grape Advisor
Phone: (559) 684-3313
Email: joyhollingsworth@ucanr.edu

Enedina Ledesma
Administrative Services Assistant
Email: eledesma@ucanr.edu

Francielle Lima
Associate Specialist
Email: frdlima@ucanr.edu

Mandeep Riar
Restoration Ecology and Weed Science Advisor
Phone: (661) 868-6216
Email: mriar@ucanr.edu

Laljeet Singh Sangha
Community Water Systems Advisor
Email: lsangha@ucanr.edu

Douglas Amaral
Area Farm Advisor
Phone: (559) 852-2737
Email: amaral@ucanr.edu

Jorge Antonio Angeles
Weed Management Advisor
Phone: (559) 684-3300
Email: jaangeles@ucanr.edu

Aliya Bayless
Master Gardener Program Coordinator
Phone: (559) 684-3343
Email: ambayless@ucanr.edu

Ruben Chavez
Laboratory Assistant II
Email: rjrchavez@ucanr.edu

Nicholas E Clark
Agronomy and Nutrient Management Farm Advisor
Phone: (559) 852-2788
Email: neclark@ucanr.edu

Elizabeth J Fichtner
Farm Advisor
Phone: (559) 684-3310
Email: ejfichtner@ucanr.edu

Julie A Finzel
Farm Advisor
Phone: (661) 868-6219
Email: jafinzel@ucanr.edu

Thiese L Freitas
Community Education Specialist 3
Phone: (559) 852-2734
Email: tlfreitas@ucanr.edu

Arianna Nava
Adult Nutrition
Phone: (559)-852-2742
Email: acnava@ucanr.edu

Teresa Rios-Spicer
Program Supervisor
Phone: (559) 684-3323
Email: trspicer@ucanr.edu

Irene Padasas
Community Health and Nutrition Advisor
Phone: (559) 684-3318
Email: iopadasas@ucanr.edu