Staff Directory

County Director Alameda & Contra Costa Counties/Urban Agriculture Advisor

Rob Bennaton
Title: County Director in Alameda/Contra Costa and Bay Area Urban Agriculture Advisor
Specialty: • Small Scale Food Production and Soil Quality/Resource Management
Address:
University of California Cooperative Extension – Alameda County
224 W. Winton Avenue
Rm 134
Hayward, CA 94544
Phone: 510-670-5621
Email: rbennaton@ucanr.edu

Office Staff

Sheree Nuxoll
Title: Contra Costa Office Manager
Address:
Cooperative Extension
75 Santa Barbara Road
2nd Floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4215
Phone: 925-646-6134
Email: slnuxoll@ucanr.edu

Commercial Agriculture

Janet Caprile
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Commercial fruit, nut, vine, vegetable, field, specialty crops
Address:
Cooperative Extension
75 Santa Barbara Road
2nd Floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4215
Phone: (925) 646-6129
Email: jlcaprile@ucanr.edu

Delta Crops

Michelle Leinfelder-Miles Ph.D.
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Crop Production, Soil and Water Quality, the Delta
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Joaquin County
2101 East Earhart Avenue, Suite 200
Stockton, CA 95206
Phone: 209-953-6100
Email: mmleinfeldermiles@ucanr.edu

Food and Money

Eli Figueroa
Title: Community Nutrition Educator
Address:
Cooperative Extension 75 Santa Barbara Road 2nd Floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4215
Phone: (925) 646-6540
Fax: (925) 646-6708
Email: eifigueroa@ucanr.edu

Santos Lopez
Title: Community Nutrition Educator
Address:
Cooperative Extension
75 Santa Barbara Road
2nd Floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4215
Phone: (925) 646-6119
Email: sanlopez@ucanr.edu

Carla M. Moore
Title: EFNEP Administrative Assistant
Specialty: Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
Address:
Cooperative Extension
75 Santa Barbara Road
2nd Floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4215
Phone: (925) 646-6118
Email: carmoore@ucanr.edu

Marisa Neelon
Title: Nutrition, Family & Consumer Sciences Advisor
Address:
Cooperative Extension
75 Santa Barbara Road
2nd Floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4215
Phone: (925) 646-6128
Email: mqneelon@ucanr.edu

Adan Osoria
Title: Community Nutrition Educator
Specialty: Youth EFNEP Educator
Address:
Cooperative Extension
75 Santa Barbara Road
2nd Floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4215
Email: jaosoria@ucanr.edu

Leah Sourbeer
Title: Community Nutrition Program Supervisor
Specialty: EFNEP
Address:
75 Santa Barbara Rd., 2nd Floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Phone: (925) 646-6127
Fax: (925) 646-6708
Email: ljelmazati@ucanr.edu

Home Gardening and Master Gardeners

Dawn Kooyumjian
Title: Master Gardener Program Coordinator - Contra Costa and Alameda Counties
Address:
Cooperative Extension
75 Santa Barbara Road
2nd Floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4215
Phone: 925-646-6130
Email: dakooyumjian@ucanr.edu

Dr Igor Lacan
Title: Interim County Co-Director in San Mateo/San Francisco and Bay Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Specialty: Urban Forestry
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Mateo-San Francisco Counties
1500 Purisima Creek Road
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Phone: 650-276-7428
Email: ilacan@ucanr.edu

Dr Andrew Mason Sutherland BCE
Title: Integrated Pest Management Advisor
Specialty: urban IPM of arthropods
Address:
University of California Cooperative Extension – Alameda County
224 W. Winton Avenue
Rm 134
Hayward, CA 94544
Phone: 510-670-5624
Fax: 510-670-5671
Email: amsutherland@ucanr.edu

Natural Resources

Sheila J. Barry
Title: County Director Santa Clara / Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor, San Francisco Bay Area
Specialty: Rangeland Ecology and Management, Beef Cattle Production, Rangeland Conservation, Grazing Management,
Address:
UCCE Santa Clara County
1553 Berger Drive, Bldg. 1
San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: (408) 282-3106
Email: sbarry@ucanr.edu

4-H Youth Development Program - Club Information

Lisa Arbuckle
Title: 4-H Program Representative
Email: lafrederickarbuckle@ucdavis.edu

Dr Charles Go
Title: 4-H Youth Development Advisor - Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
Specialty: Applied research and extension of knowledge in the areas of fostering and implementing programs that focus on youth life skills development and working with communities to build capacities to support youth development.
Phone: 510-963-0659
Email: cggo@ucanr.edu

4-H Youth Development Program - Club Information
Phone: (925) 646-6543
Email: fourhcontracosta@ucdavis.edu

Angela Shields
Title: 4-H Program Representative
Specialty: Project 4H2O , Youth, Nutrition, Community Development
Phone: 925-646-6543
Fax: 925-646-6708
Email: ajshields@ucanr.edu