Contact Us
Santa Barbara County
Cooperative Extension
Please forward all inquiries to: 2156 Sierra Way, Suite C
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone:
(805) 781-5940
Fax:
(805) 781-4316
County Director
![Photo of Shannon Klisch](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/27531.jpg)
Title: Area Director for UCCE in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties
Specialty: Community Health Education
Phone: (805) 235-7474
Email: sklisch@ucanr.edu
Cross County Advisors
![Photo of Ben A Faber , Ph.D.](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/638.jpg)
Title: Advisor
Specialty: Soils and water, avocados and minor subtropicals in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
Phone: (805) 645-1462
Email: bafaber@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Christopher A Greer PhD](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/861.jpg)
Title: Area Cooperative Extension Advisor - Integrated Pest Management
Specialty: Integrated Pest Management of Agricultural Crops
Notes: cell: 805-888-1355
Phone: 805-781-5161
Email: cagreer@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Dr Royce E Larsen E.](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/1296.jpg)
Title: Area Natural Resource/Watershed Advisor
Specialty: Water Quality and Non-point Source Pollution on Rangelands. Also, other natural resource issues including: Rangeland Improvements, Noxious Invasive Weeds, Wildland Fires, Grassland Restoration and Endangered Species.
Phone: (805) 434-4106
Email: relarsen@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Dr Katherine E Soule](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/19602.jpg)
![Photo of Emma Volk](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/51175.jpg)
Specialists
![Photo of Max Alan Moritz Ph.D.](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/1595.jpg)
Title: Specialist in Cooperative Extension
Specialty: Fire Ecology and Management; Disturbance Regimes; Spatial Analysis; Fire Policy; Climate Change Adaptation
Notes: Publications via Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A_0DKxMAAAAJ
Phone: 805-893-8747
Email: mmoritz@ucanr.edu
Administrative Staff
![Photo of Hiromi Peck](http://ucanr.edu/sb3/display_2018/images/default-user.png)
![Photo of Mary Stason](http://ucanr.edu/sb3/display_2018/images/default-user.png)
CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE
![Photo of Mishelle Costa](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/33950.jpg)
![Photo of Miguel Diaz](http://ucanr.edu/sb3/display_2018/images/default-user.png)
![Photo of Kelly Q Hong](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/38931.jpg)
Title: Community Nutrition Specialist 3
Specialty: Nutrition Education and Youth Engagement
Email: kqhong@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Abbi Marrs](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/38829.jpg)
Title: Community Education Specialist 3
Specialty: Garden Sustainability
Phone: 805-781-5947
Email: mbmarrs@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Betsy Plascencia](http://ucanr.edu/sb3/display_2018/images/default-user.png)
Title: Community Education Specialist 2
Phone: 805-781-5947
Email: bgplascencia@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Melissa S Rorabough](http://ucanr.edu/sb3/display_2018/images/default-user.png)
Title: UC CalFresh NEP Community Education Specialist 2
Phone: 805-781-5947
Email: mslafreniere@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Rosa Vargas](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/42468.jpg)
4-H Youth Development
![Photo of Ana M Torres](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/42111.jpg)
Title: 4-H YDP Community Education Specialist II
Phone: 805-781-5941
Email: amltorres@ucanr.edu
Master Gardeners
Statewide Program Staff and Academics
![Photo of Maria De Lourdes Orozco Ramirez](http://ucanr.edu/sb3/display_2018/images/default-user.png)
Emeritus
![Photo of Mary L Bianchi](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/167.jpg)
Title: Emeritus - Horticulture Farm Advisor
Specialty: Horticulture, pomology, subtropicals, water management and water quality. Horticulture in San Luis Obispo County and Northern Santa Barbara County.
Email: mlbianchi@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Richard P Enfield](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/613.jpg)
Title: 4-H Youth Development Advisor-Emeritus
Specialty: Positive youth development, nonformal science projects, experiential education, John Dewey, community collaborations and the concepts of social capital, resiliency and developmental assets.
Phone: CD: (805) 781-5940 4-H: (805) 781-5943
Email: rpenfield@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Mark L Gaskell Ph.D.](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/762.jpg)
Title: Emeritus - Farm Advisor
Specialty: Specialty crops, small fruit crops, vegetables, sustainable agriculture, small farms in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.
Email: mlgaskell@ucanr.edu
![Photo of A Michael Marzolla , M.A.](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/1441.jpg)
Title: Emeritus
Specialty: Youth development, environmental & science education, educational materials development, critical pedagogy
Email: ammarzolla@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Julie P Newman , M.S.](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/1656.jpg)
Title: Emeritus
Specialty: Floriculture and nursery production in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
Email: jpnewman@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Phil Phillips](http://ucanr.edu/sb3/display_2018/images/default-user.png)
Title: Area IPM Advisor, Emeritus
Specialty: Extension of IPM information and adoption of IPM through demonstration and adaptive local research; in citrus, avocados, grapes, strawberries and vegetables
Phone: (805) 645-1457
Email: paphillips@ucdavis.edu
![Photo of Carol J Powell](http://ucanr.edu/sb3/display_2018/images/default-user.png)