Office Information
Tulare County
Cooperative Extension Tulare County
4437-B S. Laspina St.
Tulare, CA 93274
Phone: (559) 684-3300
Fax: (559) 685-3319
County Director
Jim Sullins
Title: County Director
Specialty: Livestock, Range and Natural Resources, Public Policy, Community Development
4437 S. Laspina St.
Email: cdtulare@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3309
Staff List
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AGRICULTURE
NUTRITION, FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCE
4H / YOUTH DEVELOPEMENT
ADMINISTRATION & PROGRAM SUPPORT
AGRICULTURE
Lalo Banuelos
Title: Staff Research Associate
Specialty: Cotton, Small Grains, Weed Control
Email: gbanuelos@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 559-684-3334
Kevin R Day
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Fresh-shipping deciduous tree fruits. Cultural practices and production, fruit growth and development, pruning and training systems
4437 S. Laspina St.
Email: krday@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3311
Elizabeth J Fichtner
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Orchard Systems
Email: ejfichtner@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 559-684-3310
Fax: (559) 685-3319
Carol A Frate
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Alfalfa, dry beans, sugarbeets, corn, plant pathology
4437 S. Laspina St.
Email: cafrate@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3314
Manuel J Jimenez
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Small farms, vegetable crops, integrated pest management
4437 S. Laspina St.
Email: mjjimenez@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3316
Michelle Le Strange
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Vegetable crops, turf & landscape management, weed management (vegetable crops, turf and ornamentals), Master Gardener Program Advisor
4437-B South Laspina St.
Tulare, 93274
Email: mlestrange@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3320
Fax: (559) 685-3319
Neil V O'Connell
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Citrus, Avocado
4437 S. Laspina St.
Email: nvoconnell@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3312
William L Peacock
Title: Farm Advisor, Emeritus
Specialty: Viticulture and irrigation, soils
4437 S. Laspina St.
Tulare, 93274
Email: wlpeacock@ucdavis.edu
Noelia Silva-del Rio
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Dairy Science
Email: nsilvadelrio@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 559-684-3313
Steven D Wright
Title: Farm Advisor- Tulare and Kings Counties
Specialty: Cotton, small grains, weed control
4437 S. Laspina St.
Tulare, 93274-9537
Email: sdwright@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3315
Fax: 559-685-3319
NUTRITION, FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCE
Reyes R Flores
Title: Program Representative
Specialty: Nutrition Education
Email: rrflores@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 559-684-3328
Cathi Lamp
Title: Nutrition, Family, and Consumer Sciences Advisor
Specialty: Nutrition, food safety, food access, nutrition education, nutrition monitoring
4437 S. Laspina St.
Email: cllamp@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3318
Teresa Rios-Spicer
Title: Program Representative
Specialty: Nutrition Education
Email: trspicer@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 559-684-3323
Michelle C Santibanez
Title: Program Representative
Specialty: Nutrition Education
Email: mcsantibanez@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 559-684-3327
Angie Tazio R.D.
Title: Nutrition Education Program Manager
Specialty: Nutrition Education
4437 S. Laspina St.
Email: aftazio@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3319
Mrs Dolores Vallejo
Title: Nutrition Education Assistant
Specialty: Nutrition Education
4437 S. Laspina St.
Tulare, 93274
Email: DVallejo@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3329
4H / YOUTH DEVELOPEMENT
Carla M Sousa
Title: 4-H Youth Development Advisor
Specialty: Youth-at-risk
4437 S. Laspina St.
Email: cmsousa@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3321
Leah Spaulding
Title: 4-H Youth Development Program Representative
Specialty: 4-H Youth Development
4437 S. Laspina St.
Email: laspaulding@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3322
ADMINISTRATION & PROGRAM SUPPORT
Edna Blackhurst
Title: Office Supervisor
Specialty: Personnel, Master Gardener
Email: elblackhurst@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 559-684-3307
Robert Hamlin
Title: Office Manager
Specialty: Staff Services Analyst for County of Tulare
4437 S. Laspina St.
Email: rjhamlin@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 684-3308
Mrs Mary Ann Lawrence
Title: Master Gardener Program Coordinator
Specialty: Master Gardener
Email: mlawrence@co.tulare.ca.us
Phone: 559-684-3343
