Our Team
Leadership
Cynthia Daley
- Director and Co-founder, Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems; Founder, Regenerative/Organic Dairy Program; Past Rawlins Endowed Professor for Environmental Literacy; Professor, College of Agriculture, CSU Chico
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
Trung Nguyen
- Director, RegenAI Solutions LLC
Jamal Javanmardi, Ph.D.
- Professor College of Agriculture; Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems Faculty Affiliate
John Knowles
- Assistant Professor of Land-Atmosphere Exchange and Ecohydrology at Montana State University, Land Resources & Environmental Sciences, CRARS Project Partner
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
Robin Donatello
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Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
CRARS Faculty Affiliate - rdonatello@csuchico.edu
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Staff
Michele Auzenne
- Associate Director
Sheryl Karas
- Communications and Outreach Specialist
Raquel Krach
- Project Manager: Data and Publications and Graduate Student Coordinator
Darby Heffner
- ATRC Organic Dairy Manager
Lindsey Hethcote
- Project Manager Conservation Planning and Education
Scott Grist
- Organic Vegetable Project Program Manager
Ted Gailey
- Technical Assistance Provider
Zion Brigham
- Technical Assistance Provider
Dunbar Mecklin
- Grazing Management Technical Assistance Provider
Benjamin Lewis
-
Implementation Specialist for the North Valley Food Hub
CRARS Grower Outreach Coordinator
Joey Haney
- North Valley Food Hub Market Manager
Annette Heinemeyer
- Project Portfolio Manager
Hope Coulter
- Staff Research Associate (SRA)
Bryna Gegg-Mitchell
- Staff Research Associate
Emily Moore
- Administrative Coordinator
Students
Tyler Burke
- Graduate Student
Steven Jake Wallin
- Graduate Student
Linda Figueroa
- Graduate Student
Consuelo Baez Vega
- Graduate Student
Alex Woodward
- Graduate Student
Karla Ahumada Regalado
- Student Research Assistant
Ezaz Ahamad Mohammad Abdul
- Student Research Assistant
Jade Dorfman
- Student Research Assistant
Koris Haq
- Student Research Assistant
Tatum Raymond
- Student Research Assistant
Jamie Johnson
- Student Research Assistant
Jessica Portera
- Student Research Assistant
Flor E. Ibarra
- Curriculum Support Intern
Guadalupe Reyes Paz
- Curriculum Support Intern
Kaylee Mulhearn
- Student Research Assistant
Paige Flaig
- Student Research Assistant
Sabrina Garden
- Student Research Assistant
April Garcia
- CSC² Agriculture Summer Research
Ashlee Guzman
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Undergraduate Research
CSC2 Summer Research Program
Annalise Thorpe
- Graduate Research Assistant
Katelyn Fansler
- Student Research Assistant