2025-2026 Executive and Governing Board Members

California Chapter – American Society of Agronomy

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS – Public

Role

Name

Title and Affiliation

President

Nick Clark

Farm Advisor

UCCE – Kings County

neclark@ucanr.edu

1st Vice President

Lauren Hale

Soil Scientist

USDA-ARS

lauren.hale@usda.gov

2nd Vice President

Mae Culumber

Farm Advisor

UCCE – Fresno County

cmculumber@ucanr.edu

Secretary-Treasurer

Michael Cahn

Farm Advisor

UCCE – Monterey County

mdcahn@ucanr.edu

Past President

Mark Cady

Senior Environmental Scientist

CDFA

mark.cady@cdfa.ca.gov

GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS

Term

Name

Title and Affiliation

3rd Year

Mark Bolda

Farm Advisor and County director

UCCE- Santa  Cruz County

mpbolda@ucanr.edu

3rd Year

Wendy Rash

State Water Quality Specialist

USDA-NRCS

wendy.rash@usda.gov

3rd Year

Elia Scudiero

Associate Research Agronomist

UC Riverside

Environmental Sciences Dept.

elias@ucr.edu

2nd Year

Jeff Mitchell

Cropping Systems Specialist

UC Kearney REC

jpmitchell@ucdavis.edu

2nd Year

Sangeeta Bansal

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Plant Science, CSU Fresno

sbansal@mail.fresnostate.edu

2nd Year

Charlotte Decock

Associate Professor

Natural Resources Management & Environmental Sciences, Cal Poly SLO

cdecock@calpoly.edu

1st Year

Giuliano Galdi

Farm Advisor

UCCE – Merced County

gcgaldi@ucanr.edu

1st Year

Zheng Wang

Farm Advisor

UCCE – Stanislaus County

zzwwang@ucdavis.edu

1st Year

Margaret Smither-Kopperl

Lockeford Plant Materials Center Mgr

USDA-NRCS

margaret.smither-kopperl@usda.gov