Our Team
Leadership
Cyndi Daley
- Director and Co-founder of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems; Rawlins Endowed Professor for Environmental Literacy; Organic Dairy Program Supervisor; Professor College of Agriculture
Tim LaSalle
- Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Co-Founder; regenerative agriculture systems specialist, consultant and independent contractor.
Garrett Liles
- Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Co-Founder and Faculty Affiliate; Soil Scientist
Lee Altier
- Co-Founder of The Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems; Faculty Affiliate; Organic Vegetable Cropping Systems
Maria Giovanni
- Professor College of Natural Sciences in Food Science; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
Betsy Boyd
- Professor College of Agriculture; Entomology; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
Jake Brimlow
- Professor College of Agriculture; Agricultural Economics; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
Noelle Ferdon Brimlow
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Professor of Political Science and Criminal Justice
CRARS Faculty Affiliate
Hossein Zakeri
- Assistant Professor College of Agriculture; Agronomy; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
Jim Pushnik
- Professor Emeritus College of Natural Sciences; Plant Pathology; Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development - retired; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
Logan Smith
- Assistant Professor; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
Jamal Javanmardi, Ph.D.
- Professor College of Agriculture; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
John Knowles
- Assistant Professor of Ecohydrology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, CRARS Faculty Affiliate
Patricia Stock
- Former Dean of the College of Agriculture, CSU Chico, CRARS Faculty Affiliate
Sandrine Matiasek
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Associate Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Center for Water and the Environment, CSU Chico
CRARS Faculty Affiliate
Christine Carroll
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Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture
CRARS Faculty Affiliate
Patty Oikawa
- Assistant Professor & Chair in the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, CSU East Bay, CRARS Faculty Affiliate
Hannah Gosnell
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Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
CRARS Faculty Affiliate
Mollie Aschenbrener
- Professor in the College of Agriculture, Lead Teacher Educator & Graduate Coordinator, CRARS Faculty Affiliate
Staff
Michele Auzenne
- Assistant Director
Sheryl Karas
- Communications and Outreach Specialist
Raquel Krach
- Staff Research Associate, Data Management Specialist, and Graduate Student Coordinator
Darby Heffner
- ATRC Organic Dairy Manager
Lindsey Hethcote
- Conservation Project Coordinator
Scott Grist
- Organic Vegetable Project Coordinator
Sue Mylin Silvera
- Office Manager
Students
Tyler Burke
- Graduate Student
Justin Vigil
- Graduate Student
Daniel Rodriguez
- Student Research Assistant
Alex Lee Woodward
- Research Intern
Karla Ahumada Regalado
- RAD Lab Student Intern
Christabel Siemens
- RAD-Lab Student Data Intern
Jasmin Mejia-Mejia
- College Corps Fellow / Special Projects
Elijah Zazueta
- College Corps Fellow / Special Projects