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University of California

UC IPM Staff

2022 IPM staff

Our Vision:  Making ecosystem-based integrated pest management THE way Californians manage pests

Leadership Team

Jim Farrar

Director James Farrar provides overall program leadership to ensure UC IPM delivers science-based IPM information, expands our collaborations and partnerships, and documents the impacts of IPM in California agriculture, communities and natural areas. Jim was previously a plant pathology professor at Fresno State University for 12 years and most recently was Director for the Western IPM Center.

Associate Director for Urban Karey Windbiel-Rojas and Community IPM Karey Windbiel-Rojas is responsible for developing and supporting teams engaged in planning and implementing IPM programs for public agency, residential, landscape, and structural audiences.

Tunyalee MartinAssociate Director for Communications Tunyalee Martin manages activities related to program communications, coordinating with the programmatic associate directors and ANR experts to produce informational products about IPM for growers, residents, and other practitioners.

Jhalendra Rijal Associate Director for Agricultural IPM Jhalendra Rijal is responsible for planning, coordinating, and integrating outreach, research, and extension products related to IPM in agriculture.

Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla runs the pesticide safety training and train-the-trainer programs. Ramirez Bonilla ensures pesticide handlers, mixers and loaders, and pesticide applicators safely work with pesticides and receive training on regulation changes.

Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination Coordinator Matt Baur serves as UC ANR’s pesticide coordinator. Baur provides pesticide policy trainings to UC ANR employees and verifies that mentions of pesticides in publications comply with state and federal regulations.

Business Manager
Brooke Herevia leads the business operations of the program, including budget and financial management, and management of human and physical resources. She also works with the Director in support of special projects and new initiatives.

Staff

Maria Alfaro
Pesticide Safety Education Program Educator
With UC IPM since 2013

Priyanka Bandapalli
Applications Programmer
With UC IPM since 2022

Matt Baur
Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination Coordinator
With UC IPM since 2022

Marianna Cherry
IPM Writer/Editor
With UC IPM since 2022

Samantha Conselman
IPM Writer/Editor
With UC IPM since 2022

Steve Elliott
Western IPM Center Communications Coordinator
With UC IPM since 2013

Jim Farrar
Director
With UC IPM since 2015

Lauren Fordyce
Urban IPM Educator
With UC IPM since 2022

Lindsey Hack
Community Educator
With UC IPM since 2024

Brooke Haley-Herevia
Business Manager
With UC IPM since 2022

Krystle Hickman
Photographer/Videographer
With UC IPM since 2023

Petr Kosina
Content Development Supervisor
With UC IPM since 2015

Chinh Lam
Lead Programmer/IT Supervisor
With UC IPM since 2013

Tunyalee Martin
Associate Director for Communications
With UC IPM since 2008

Christopher McKerracher
Pest Management Guidelines Coordinator
With UC IPM since 2022

Belinda Messenger-Sikes
Urban Writer/Editor
With UC IPM since 2017

Jennifer Neumann
IPM Writer/Editor
With UC IPM since 2022

Timothy Nguyen
Applications Programmer
With UC IPM since 2023

Randall Oliver
Invasive Shot Hole Borer Communications Coordinator
With UC IPM since 2020

Stephanie Parreira
IPM Writer/Editor
With UC IPM since 2017

Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla
Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator
With UC IPM since 2023

Cheryl Reynolds
Interactive Learning Developer
and Photo Librarian
With UC IPM since 1995

Fernanda Guimaraes Rosa
Web Production Specialist
With UC IPM since 2006

Joseph Simpson
Web Application Developer
With UC IPM since 2023

Cherie Shook
Community Educator
With UC IPM since 2024

Cynthia Stapleton
Video Production Assistant
With UC IPM since 2019

Bobby Tooyserkani
Computer Resources Specialists and Programmer
With UC IPM since 2021

Emma Tribble
Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination Writer/Editor
With UC IPM since 2022

Shannah Whithaus
Pesticide Safety Writer/Editor
With UC IPM since 2011

Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Associate Director for Urban and Community IPM and Area IPM Advisor
With UC IPM since 2006

Hanna Zorlu
UI/UX Specialist and Production Coordinator
With UC IPM since 2020

Area IPM Advisors

Dylan Beal
Area IPM Advisor, Central Coast
With UC IPM Since 2024

Sandipa Gautam
Area IPM Advisor, San Joaquin Valley
With UC IPM Since 2021

Chris Greer
Area IPM Advisor, Central Coast
With UC IPM since 2017

Sudan Gyawaly
Area IPM Advisor, Sacramento Valley
With UC IPM since 2022

Cindy Kron
Area IPM Advisor, North Coast
With UC IPM since 2019

Sang-Bin Lee
Area IPM Advisor, Capitol Corridor
With UC IPM since 2024

Eric Middleton
Area IPM Advisor, Southern California
With UC IPM since 2022

Idongesit Mokwunye
Area IPM Advisor, San Joaquin Valley
With UC IPM since 2023

MacKenzie Patton
Area IPM Advisor, Central Sierra
With UC IPM since 2023

Jhalendra Rijal
Area IPM Advisor, North San Joaquin Valley
With UC IPM since 2015

Andrew Sutherland
Area IPM Advisor, San Francisco Bay Area
With UC IPM since 2012

Siavash Taravati
Area IPM Advisor, Southern California
With UC IPM since 2015

Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Area IPM Advisor, Sacramento Valley
With UC IPM since 2006

Affiliated Academics

Whitney Brim-DeForest
Rice and Wild Rice Advisor, Sutter-Yuba counties
Since 2020

Thomas Getts
Weed Ecology and Cropping Systems Advisor, Lassen County
Since 2020

David Haviland
Entomology Advisor, Kern County
Since 2002

Neil McRoberts
Plant Pathology Associate Professor, Plant Pathology Department, UC Davis
Since 2019

Niamh Quinn
Area Vertebrate Pest Advisor, South Coast Research & Extension Center
Since 2014

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