Our Team
Leadership
Cindy 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
- cdaley@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-4335
Tim LaSalle
- Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Co-Founder; Director of Outreach & Development; Adjunct Professor College of Agriculture
- tim.lasalle@gmail.com
David Johnson
- Director of the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture at New Mexico State University; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate & Research Scientist; Adjunct Professor College of Agriculture
- johnsoda@nmsu.edu
Garrett Liles
- Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Co-Founder and Faculty Affiliate; Soil Scientist
- gcliles@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-4642
Lee Altier
- Co-Founder of The Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems; Faculty Affiliate; Organic Vegetable Cropping Systems
- laltier@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-4137
Maria Giovanni
- Professor College of Natural Sciences in Food Science; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
- mgiovanni@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-4023
Betsy Boyd
- Professor College of Agriculture; Entomology; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
- eaboyd@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-6879
Jake Brimlow
- Professor College of Agriculture; Agricultural Economics; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
- jbrimlow@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-4250
Hossein Zakeri
- Assistant Professor College of Agriculture; Agronomy; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
- hzakeri@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-5753
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
- jpushnik@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-3331
Logan Smith
- Assistant Professor; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
- lbsmith@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-4539
Jamal Javanmardi, Ph.D.
- Professor College of Agriculture; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
- jjavanmardi@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-5723
Staff
Priya Tuvell
- Program Manager
- pmtuvell@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-3335
Carmy Miller
- Office Manager
- cmiller80@csuchico.edu
Sheryl Karas
- Communications and Outreach Specialist
- skaras1@csuchico.edu
Michele Auzenne
- Grant Writer
- micheleauzenne@gmail.com
Aundrea Asbell
- Soils Lab Technician
- amasbell@csuchico.edu
Seth Myrick
- Staff Research Associate
- smyrick1@mail.csuchico.edu
Constantin Raether
- Staff Research Associate
- craether@csuchico.edu
Devin Pike
- Staff Research Associate
- dpike2@csuchico.edu
Darby Heffner
- ATRC Organic Dairy Manager
- dheffner@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-6022
Scott Grist
- Organic Vegetable Project Coordinator
Kyle Brasier
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- kgbrasier@csuchico.edu
Students
Matthew Housley
-
Graduate Student
Manager, Ornamental Horticulture Unit, CSUC Farm - mhousley@csuchico.edu
- 530-898-6343
Clayton Handy
- Graduate Student
Irfan Ainnuddin
- Graduate Student
Raquel Krach
- Graduate Student
Cooper Davis
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
- cdavis2@mail.csuchico.edu
Jordan Atmore
- Undergraduate Research Intern
- jtatmore@mail.csuchico.edu
Sara Johnson
- Marketing and Communications Coordinator for the TWTS Conference
- srjohnson@mail.csuchico.edu
Angelita Cisneros-Aguilar
- Student Research Assistant
- acisneros-aguilar@mail.csuchico.edu
Maura Rasmussen
- Student Research Assistant
- mrasmussen@mail.csuchico.edu
Cassidy Giorgi
- TWTS Hospitality and Special Events Coordinator
- cgiorgi@mail.csuchico.edu
Kate Ratajczak
- TWTS Sponsorship Coordinator
- ratajczakkate@yahoo.com