How to Reach Us
Tulare County Cooperative Extension
4437 S. Laspina St
Tulare, Ca 93274
Phone Main: 559-684-3300
Fax: 559-685-3319
Email: uccooperativeextension@tularecounty.ca.gov
Meet Our Team
County Director
Leonel Jimenez
Area Director for Tulare, Kings, and Kern Counties
Email: lrjimenez@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-571-5349
Farm Advisors
Elizabeth Fichtner
Orchard Systems Advisor
Tulare and Kings Counties
Email: ejfichtner@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Raymond Mireles
Stone Fruit and Almond Advisor
Tulare and Fresno Counties
Email: jrmireles@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Joy Hollingsworth
Table Grapes Advisor
Tulare and Kings Counties
Email: joyhollingsworth@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Rúbia Branco Lopes
Dairy Advisor
Tulare and Kern Counties
Email: rbrancolopes@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Jorge Angeles
Weed Management and Ecology Advisor
Tulare, Kings, and Fresno Counties
Email: jaangeles@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Haramrit Gill
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Tulare, Kings, Fresno Madera Counties
Email: hamgill@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Nicholas Clark
Agronomy and Nutrient Management Advisor
Kings, Tulare, and Fresno Counties
Email: neclark@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-852-2788
Doug Amaral
Pomology and Water/Soils Advisor
Kings and Tulare Counties
Email: amaral@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-852-2730
Mandeep Riar
Restoration Ecology and Weed Science Advisor
Kern and Tulare Counties
Email: mriar@ucanr.edu
Phone: 661-868-6216
Laljeet Sangha
Community Water Systems Advisor
Kern and Tulare Counties
Email: lsangha@ucanr.edu
Phone: 661-868-6221
Julie Finzel
Range/Natural Resources and Livestock Advisor
Kern and Tulare Counties
Email: jafinzel@ucanr.edu
Phone: 661-868-619
Community Nutrition and Health
Irene Padasas, PhD
Nutrition, Family & Consumer Sciences Advisor
Tulare, Kings, Fresno and Madera Counties
Email: iopadasas@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Teresa Rios-Spicer
Community Nutrition Supervisor
Tulare and Kings Counties
Email: trspicer@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3323
Grilda Gomez
Community Education Specialist
Email: grigomez@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Marina Aguilera
Community Education Specialist
Email: mcaguilera@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Alyssabeth Navarro
Community Education Specialist
Email: aanavarro@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Haramrit Gill
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Tulare, Kings, Fresno Madera Counties
Email: hamgill@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Martha Ramos Lopez
Community Education Specialist
Email: mramoslopez@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Marianna Lopez
Community Education Specialist
Email: mvdlopez@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Master Gardener/Master Food Preserver Program
Aliya Bayless
Master Gardener Coordinator
Tulare and Kings Counties
Master Food Preserver Coordinator
Tulare County
Email: ambayless@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
4-H Program
Rochelle Mederos
4-H Community Education Specialist
Tulare County
Email: mederos@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Office Administration
Shelley Magana
Administrative Services Manager
Email: smagana@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3307
Veronica Morales
Financial Business Operations
Email: velmorales@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3308
Shari Connelly
Office Assistant IV
Email: sdconnelly@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Ashlee Tindle
Office Assistant III
Email: atindle@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Pete Olguin
Office Assistant III
Email: olguin@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300
Walter Martinez
Ag Tech II
Email: wcmartinez@ucanr.edu
Phone: 559-684-3300