Contact Us

Rita Louise Clemons
Area County Director
Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange
Phone Number: (951) 955-2645
Email: rlclemons@ucanr.edu

Noreen Shein
Executive Assistant III/Office Manager
Phone Number: 951-955-2644
Email: nshein@ucanr.edu

Minh Nguyen
Riverside Office Assistant III
Phone Number: (951) 955-0170
Email: tpmnguyen@ucanr.edu

Suzanne Tippit
Blythe-Palo Verde Valley Office Assistant III 
Phone Number: (760) 921-5060
Email: stippit@ucanr.edu

Stephanie Louise Barrett
4-H Regional Program Coordinator
Phone Number: (951) 236-7007
Email: slbarrett@ucanr.edu

Denneigh Jo Denton
Master Food Preserver Coordinator
Phone Number: (909) 289-6823
Email: djdenton@ucdavis.edu 

Marlen Gaspar
EFNEP, CES II
Phone Number: (951) 955-2602
Email: mgaspar@ucanr.edu

Marilynn Kiska Ljungberg
EFNEP Program Supervisor, San Bernardino & Riverside Counties
Phone Number: (760) 885-2019
Email: margueta@ucanr.edu

Esmeralda Nunez
UC CalFresh Healthy Living, CES III
Phone Number: 951-827-0208 Ext.4
Email: eannunez@ucanr.edu

Vianca Nunez
EFNEP, CES II
Phone Number: 951-827-0208 Ext.5
Email: vnunez@ucanr.edu 

Rosa Olaiz
Master Gardener Coordinator
Phone: (951) 955-2594
Email: rmolaiz@ucanr.edu

Jenifer Poulsen
UC CalFresh Healthy Living Program, CES II
Phone: (951) 827-0208 Ext. 3
Email: rmolaiz@ucanr.edu

Leslie Rendon
4-H Program Coordinator
Phone Number: (951) 955-2679
Email: lrendon@ucanr.edu

Rosa Vargas
UC CalFresh Healthy Living Program Regional Manager
Email: rivargas@ucanr.edu

Hung Kim Doan, PhD
Small Farms and Specialty Crops Advisor
Phone Number: (408) 717-0161
Email: hkdoan@ucanr.edu 

Haris Gilani, PhD
Biomass & Bioenergy Advisor
Phone Number: (951) 955-2601
Email: hgilani@ucanr.edu

Md Sahadat Hossain
Biomass and Bioenergy Program, Assistant Specialist
Email: sahossain@ucanr.edu

Yu Meng
Youth Family and Community Advisor
Phone Number: (951) 955-2597
Email: ucmeng@ucanr.edu

Maddy Grisel Morataya-Rodriquez
Small Farms Community Educator
Phone Number: (951) 955-2677
Email: mmorataya@ucanr.edu

Michael D Rethwisch
Field Crops Farm Advisor, Palo Verde Valley Vegetables
Phone Number: (760) 921-5064
Email: mdrethwisch@ucanr.edu

Naychi Shein
Biomass and Bioenergy Program, Research Data Analyst II
Email: nwshein@ucdavis.edu

Siavash Taravati, Ph.D.
 Area IPM Advisor
Phone Number: (951) 955-2599
Email: staravati@ucanr.edu

Lydia Tymon
Environmental HorticultureAdvisor
Phone Number: 951-955-2653
Email: ltymon@ucanr.edu

Philip Waisen
Vegetable Crops Advisor
Phone Number: 951-827-0208 Ext.2
Email: pwaisen@ucanr.edu

Marisela Chavez
Indigenous Food Systems and Food Sovereignty Advisor
Phone Number: 858-822-1156
Email: mvez@ucanr.edu

Matthew Fatino
Subtropical Crops Advisor
Phone Number: (949) 466-6288
Email: mfatino@ucanr.edu

Janet S. Hartin
Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor (Emeritus)
Phone Number: (951) 313-2023
Email: jshartin@ucanr.edu

Brooke C Latack
Livestock Advisor
Phone Number: (442) 265-7700
Email: bclatack@ucanr.edu

Esther N Lofton
Urban Watershed Resilience Advisor
Phone Number: (858) 282-6737
Email:  enmosase@ucanr.edu

Chris J McDonald
Inland and Desert Natural Resources Advisor
Phone Number: (909) 387-2171
Email: cjmcdonald@ucanr.edu

Aliasghar Montazar
Irrigation and Water Management Advisor
Phone Number: (442) 265-7707
Email: amontazar@ucanr.edu

Amrita Mukherjee
Urban Agriculture/Small Farms Advisor
Phone Number: (909) 602-8339
Email: amukherjee@ucanr.edu

Ana Maria Pastrana Leon
Plant Pathology Advisor
Phone Number: (442) 238-3950
Email: ampastranaleon@ucanr.edu

Etaferahu Takele
Area Advisor Farm Management/Agricultural Economics
Phone Number: (951) 243-6513
Email: ettakele@ucdavis.edu