The Academic Assembly Council is composed of six standing committees and six representative committees. Click on the title of the committee to learn more about it and how you can get involved.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chris Greer, President
Aliasghar Montazar, Past President
Whitney Brim-DeForest, President-Elect
Rubia Branco Lopes, Secretary
VACANT, Specialist Chair
Mohammad Yaghmour, Advisor Chair
Hope Zabronsky and Krista Marshall, Academic Coordinator Co-Chairs
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
Mark Bolda | Chair | Strawberry and Caneberry Advisor | Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties
Carolyn Rider | Nutrition Program Evaluator Academic Coordinator
Oli Bachie | Agronomy & Weed Management Advisor | San Diego and Imperial Counties
Aparna Gazula | Small Farms and Specialty Crops Advisor | Santa Clara, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties
Max Moritz | Fire Ecology & Management Specialist
Karey Windbiel-Rojas | Associate Director for Urban and Community IPM & Urban and Community IPM Advisor | Yolo, Sacramento, and Solano Counties
JoLynn Miller | 4-H Youth Development Advisor | Central Sierra
Jennifer Heguy | Dairy Advisor | Stanislaus, San Joaquin, and Merced Counties
Luis Espino | Rice Advisor | Butte and Glenn Counties
Chris McDonald | Inland and Desert Natural Resources Advisor | San Diego, Riverside, Imperial and San Bernardino Counties
Chris Greer | Ex-Officio | Area IPM Advisor | San Luis Obispo County
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Daniela Bruno Chair| Dairy Advisor | Fresno, Madera and Kings Counties
Nicole Marshall-Wheeler | 4-H Youth Development Advisor | Colusa County
Tracy Schohr| Livestock and Natural Resources | Plumas, Sierra, and Butte Counties
Monica Cooper| Viticulture | Napa County
Amrita Mukherjee| Urban Agriculture/Small Farms Advisor | San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles Counties
Hung Doan | Small Farms Advisor | Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
RULES & ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
Julie Finzel , Chair| Rangeland Advisor | Kern, Tulare and Kings Counties
Tobias Ebong Oker | Irrigation and Soils Management Advisor | Kern County
Brian Woodward | Forestry Advisor | Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties
Jaspreet Sidhu | Vegetable Crops Farm Advisor | Kern County
Hedmon Okella | 4-H Animal Science Youth Advisor| Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz Counties
WELFARE & BENEFITS COMMITTEE
Joy Hollingsworth, Co-Chair | Viticulture Advisor | Tulare and Kings Counties
Steven Worker, Co-Chair | 4-H Youth Development Advisor | Sonoma and Napa Counties
Sarah Light | Agronomy Farm Advisor | Sutter and Yuba Counties
Jimmy Nguyen | Food Safety and Organic Agriculture Advisor | Imperial and Riverside Counties
Elizabeth Fichtner| Nuts, Prunes, and Olives Advisor | Tulare County
ACADEMIC COORDINATOR REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE
Hope Zabronsky, Co-Chair | Climate Smart Agriculture Program | Yolo, Sacramento, and Solano Counties
Krista Marshall, Co-Chair | UC Organic Agriculture Institute | Statewide
Katie Low, Chair-elect | UC ANR Fire Network | Statewide
Matt Baur, Western IPM Center
Marianna Castiaux, Small Farms | Fresno County
VACANT
VACANT
ADVISOR REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE
Mohammad Yaghmour, Chair | Orchard Systems | Kern/Kings
Nick Clark | Agronomy and Nutrient Management Farm Advisor | Kings, Tulare and Fresno Counties
Luke Milliron | Orchard Systems | Butte/Glenn/Tehema
Jeff Stackhouse | Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor | Humboldt and Del Norte Counties
Siavash Taravati | IPM Advisor | Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino Counties
Ricky Satomi | Forestry Advisor | Sutter and Yuba Counties
Cindy Kron | IPM Advisor | Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, and Lake Counties
MULTIPLE ACADEMIC TITLES REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE
Annemiek Schilder, Chair | Director | Hansen REC
Peter Larbi | CE Specialist | Kearney REC
Max Moritz | CE Specialist | UC Santa Barbara
Lorrene Ritchie | CE Specialist and Director of the Nutrition Policy Institute
Francisco Benitez | Project Scientist | Kearney REC
Jackie Atim | CE Specialist | Kearney REC
VACANT
UC BERKELEY SPECIALIST REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE
Kristen Shive, AAC Representative | Specialist | UC Berkeley
UC DAVIS SPECIALIST REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE
Johanna Del Castillo Munera and Frank Mitloehner | AAC Representatives | Specialist | UC Davis
UC RIVERSIDE SPECIALIST REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE
Ashraf El-Kereamy, AAC Representative | Specialist | UC Riverside