Office Information
San Luis Obispo County
Cooperative Extension San Luis Obispo County
2156 Sierra Way
Suite C
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone: (805) 781-5940
Fax: (805) 781-4316
County Director
Richard P Enfield
Title: County Director and 4-H Youth Development Advisor; Acting Co-County Director in Santa Barbara County
Specialty: Positive youth development, nonformal science projects, experiential education, John Dewey, community collaborations and the concepts of social capital, resiliency and developmental assets.
Email: rpenfield@ucdavis.edu
Phone: CD: (805) 781-5940 4-H: (805) 781-5943
Staff List
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Specialists
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Program Staff
4-H Youth Development Program
Administrative Staff
Advisors
Mark Battany
Title: Viticulture Farm Advisor
Specialty: Grapes, soils and irrigation in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.
Email: mcbattany@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (805) 781-5948
Fax: (805) 781-4316
Mary L Bianchi
Title: Horticulture Farm Advisor
Specialty: Horticulture, pomology, subtropicals, water management and water quality. Horticulture in San Luis Obispo County and Northern Santa Barbara County.
Email: mlbianchi@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (805) 781-5949
Dr Royce Larsen E.
Title: Area Natural Resource Watershed Advisor
Specialty: Water Quality and Non-point Source Pollution on Rangelands. Also, othe natural resource issues including: Rangeland Improvements, Noxious Invasive Weeds, Wildland Fires, Grassland Restoration and Endangered Species.
350 N. Main Street, Ste. B
Templeton, CA, 93465
Email: relarsen@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (805) 434-4106
Fax: (805) 434-4881
Shirley S Peterson M.S., R.D.
Title: Extension Advisor Nutrition, Family & Consumer Sciences
Specialty: Nutrition, food safety, & consumer economics.
Email: sspeterson@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (805) 781-5951
Specialists
William D Tietje
Title: Area Natural Resource Specialist
Specialty: Oak woodland ecology and management, human impacts on wildlife, oak regeneration, land use planning
2156 Sierra Way, Suite C
San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401
Email: tietje@berkeley.edu
Phone: (805) 781-5938
Cross County Advisors
Dr Surendra Dara
Title: Strawberry and Vegetable Crops Advisor
Specialty: Entomology
624 A West Foster Rd
Santa Maria, 93455
Email: skdara@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 805-934-6240
Fax: 805-934-6333
Mark Gaskell Ph.D.
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Specialty crops, small fruit crops, vegetables, sustainable agriculture, small farms
Email: mlgaskell@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (805) 934-6242
Franklin F Laemmlen Ph.D.
Title: Farm Advisor Emeritus
Specialty: Vegetable crops (leafy greens, parsley, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, carrots, nappa, bok choy, cilantro, spinach, squash, peppers (bell), plant pathology, nematology, entomology, farm safety, plant problem diagnosis, cut flowers
Email: fflaemmlen@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (805) 934-6240
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
Program Staff
Amy Breschini
Title: Farm Advisor Assistant
Email: abreschini@co.slo.ca.us
Phone: 805-781-5946
Kimberlee Hampton
Title: Youth FSNEP Program Representative
Specialty: Nutrition education for teachers
Email: hampton@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (805) 781-5947
Lisa Harrah
Title: Program Rep II
Specialty: FSNEP Nutrition Education
Email: lmharrah@ucdavis.edu
Jim Zingo
Title: Staff Research Associate
Email: jzingo@co.slo.ca.us
Phone: 805-781-5938
4-H Youth Development Program
Heather Dauer
Title: 4-H Program Representative
Specialty: SLO Scientists
Phone: (805) 781-5944
Cindy Hansen
Title: 4-H Program Representative II
Email: chansen@co.slo.ca.us
Phone: (805) 781-5950
Denise Harris
Title: 4-H Program Assistant
Email: dharris@co.slo.ca.us
Phone: 805-781-5943
Julie Maggiore
Title: Administrative Assistant III
Specialty: San Luis Obispo County 4-H Youth Development Program
Email: jmaggiore@co.slo.ca.us
Phone: (805)781-5941
Administrative Staff
Sue Lake
Title: Office Manager
Email: slake@co.slo.ca.us
Phone: 805-781-5942
Ingrid Schumann
Title: Administrative Assistant III
Email: ischumann@co.slo.ca.us
Phone: 805-781-5940