Office Information
Riverside County
Cooperative Extension Riverside County
21150 Box Springs Road, Ste 202
Moreno Valley, CA 92557-8718
Phone: (951) 683-6491
Fax: (951) 788-2615
Email: ceriverside@ucdavis.edu
Satellite Offices
Indio Office
81-077 Indio Blvd.
Suites H, I, J
Indio, CA 92201-1994
Phone: (760) 342-6437
Fax: (760) 342-6490
Email: ceindio@ucdavis.edu
Palo Verde Office
290 North Broadway
Blythe, CA 92225-1680
Phone: (760) 921-7884
Fax: (760) 921-7887
Email: cepaloverde@ucdavis.edu
County Director
Etaferahu Takele
Title: County Director/Area Advisor Farm Management/Agricultural Economics
Specialty: Area Advisor - Farm Management /Agricultural Economics - Production economics, decision-making at the farm level, integrated input management, risk managementSubtropical Fruit Crops (Citrus, Avocados) Vegetable crops, Field CropsRiverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Imperial, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Los Angles, Orange and Ventura.
Email: ettakele@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (951) 683-6491 x243
Riverside County Staff List
Myriam Acevedo
Title: EFNEP Community Health Program Representative
Specialty: Nutrition education
Email: macevedo@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (951) 683-6491 x246
Fatima Afana
Title: FSNEP Program Coordinator EFNEP
Specialty: Nutrition Education
Email: fafana@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (951) 683-6491 x234
Jose L Aguiar
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Vegetable crops and small farms
81-077 Indio Blvd.
Indio, 92201-2552
Email: jlaguiar@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (760) 342-2467
Fax: (760) 342-6490
Liz Armijo
Title: Youth EFNEP Program Representative
Specialty: Nutrition education
82-675 Highway 111
Indio, 92201-2552
Email: learmijo@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (760) 863-7948
Fax: (760) 775-0600
Vonny M. Barlow Ph.D.
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Biological Control and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Forage, Field and Vegetable Crops
290 N. Broadway
Blythe, 92225-1649
Email: vmbarlow@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (760) 921-5064
Fax: (760) 921-5059
Carl E. Bell
Title: Regional Advisor, head quartered in San Diego
Specialty: Invasive Plants
5555 Overland Ave.
San Diego, 92123-1219
Email: cebell@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (858) 694-3386
Fax: (858) 694-2849
Chutima Ganthavorn
Title: Nutrition Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor
Email: cganthavorn@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (951) 683-6491x223
Carmen Gispert Ph. D.
Title: Area Viticulture/Pest Management Advisor
Specialty: Wine and table grapes
81-077 Indio Blvd. Suite H
Indio, 92201-8362
Email: cgispert@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (760) 342-6437
Fax: (760) 342-6490
Dr Juan N Guerrero
Title: Area Livestock Farm Advisor, Emeritus
Specialty: Livestock; alfalfa and irrigated pasture; feedlot cattle; waste management; biosolids
1050 East Holton Road
Holtville, 92250-9615
Email: jguerrero@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 760-352-9474
Fax: (760) 352-0846
J Michael Henry
Title: Farm Advisor, Emeritus
Specialty: Turf and landscape, Master Gardener Program
Email: mjhenry@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (951) 683-6491 x222
Chung Huynh
Title: Accounting Assistant
Email: chuynh@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (951) 683-6491 Ext. 238
Douglas R Kuney
Title: Area Extension Poultry Farm Advisor
Specialty: Poultry and egg production, emphasizing public and environmental health issues, poultry health and disease prevention, nutrition and general management.
Highlander Hall
Riverside, 92521
Email: drkuney@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (951) 827-2099
Fax: 951-827-3349
Jeanne Lothridge
Title: 4-H Youth Development Program Representative II
Email: cjlothridge@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (951) 683-6491 Ext. 229
Nyles G Peterson
Title: County Director & Dairy Advisor
Specialty: Dairy Advisor for dairy management, waste management, milk quality and milking managment
777 East Rialto Avenue
San Bernardino, 92415-0730
Email: ngpeterson@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (909) 387-3318
Fax: (909) 387-3306
Stephanie Pocock
Title: Volunteer Services Coordinator
Specialty: Master Gardener volunteer managment
Email: sapocock@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 951 683-6491 ext. 230
Gustavo Rimada
Title: Adult EFNEP Program Representative
Specialty: Nutrition education
82-675 Highway 111
Indio, 92201-2552
Email: grimada@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (760) 863-7947
Fax: (760) 775-0600
Wendy Ruiz
Email: wzruiz@ucdavis.edu
Ihab Sharabeen
Title: Staff Research Associate
Specialty: Farm Management/Agricultural Economics
Email: iesharabeen@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 951-683-6491 x 227
Tom Shea
Title: Staff Research Associate Subtropical Horticulture Program
Specialty: Citrus, avocado, dates
Email: tshea@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (951) 683-6491 x224
Sharon Southworth
Title: Nutrition Education Assistant (EFNEP)
Email: ssouthworth@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (951) 683-6491 x233
Vada Wright
Title: Receptionist/4-H Youth Development Program Assistant
Email: vwright@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (951) 683-6491 x228
Indio Office Staff List
Jose L Aguiar
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Vegetable crops and small farms
81-077 Indio Blvd.
Indio, 92201-2552
Email: jlaguiar@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (760) 342-2467
Fax: (760) 342-6490
Liz Armijo
Title: Youth EFNEP Program Representative
Specialty: Nutrition education
82-675 Highway 111
Indio, 92201-2552
Email: learmijo@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (760) 863-7948
Fax: (760) 775-0600
Carmen Gispert Ph. D.
Title: Area Viticulture/Pest Management Advisor
Specialty: Wine and table grapes
81-077 Indio Blvd. Suite H
Indio, 92201-8362
Email: cgispert@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (760) 342-6437
Fax: (760) 342-6490
Gustavo Rimada
Title: Adult EFNEP Program Representative
Specialty: Nutrition education
82-675 Highway 111
Indio, 92201-2552
Email: grimada@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (760) 863-7947
Fax: (760) 775-0600
Wendy Smith
Email: ceindio@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (760) 863-8293
