Office Information

Contra Costa County
Cooperative Extension
75 Santa Barbara Road
2nd Floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4215
Phone: (925) 646-6540
Fax: (925) 646-6708

County Director

Shelley Murdock
Title: County Director   4-HYD Advisor
Email: swmurdock@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (925) 646-6124

Staff List

Helle M. Andersen
Title: School & Community Nutrition Educator
Email: handersen@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 925-646-6125

Sheila Barry
Title: Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Rangeland Management
Email: sbarry@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (408) 282-3106

Janet Caprile
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Commercial fruit, nut, vine, vegetable, field, specialty crops
Notes: Office Hours: Mondays 1:30-4:30 pm Diablo Valley Farm Center, Delta Rd & 2nd St., Knightsen (925)427-8532
Email: jlcaprile@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (925) 646-6129

Jodi Cassell
Title: Area Marine Advisor
Specialty: Coastal resource management, water quality issues, marine fisheries, waterfront management
300 Piedmont Avenue
San Bruno, 94066
Email: jlcassell@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (925) 646-6127
Fax: (650) 726-9267

Emma Connery
Title: Urban Horticulture / Master Gardener Program Coordinator
Specialty: Entomology
Email: edconnery@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (925) 646-6130
Fax: (925) 646-6708

Joyce Guevara
Title: EFNEP/FSNEP Administrative Assistant
Email: jkguevara@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (925) 646-6118

M. Ali Harivandi Ph.D
Title: Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Specialty: Turfgrass, Soils, and Water
Email: maharivandi@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (510) 639-1271

Mr Santos Lopez
Title: Community Nutrition Educator
Email: sanlopez@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 925-646-6540, ext. 219

Nikki Merritt
Title: Office Manager
Specialty: Office and fiscal management; administrative support supervision.
Email: ndmerritt@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (925) 646-6119

Marisa Neelon
Title: Nutrition, Family & Consumer Sciences Advisor
Email: mqneelon@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (925) 646-6128

Stephen L Quarles
Title: CE Advisor   Wood Durability
Specialty: Performance of materials in wood-frame buildings
1301 S. 46th Street, Bldg 478
Richmond, 94804
Email: steve.quarles@berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 665-3580

John Shelly Ph.D.
Title: CE Advisor   Forest Products and Biomass Utilization
Specialty: Forest Products, Wood manufacturing methods, biomass utilization,physical properties of wood
1301 South 46th Street, Bldg 478
Richmond, 94804
Email: jshelly@berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 665-3491
Fax: 510-665-3427

Linda Whalen
Title: 4-H Youth Development Program Secretary
Email: llwhalen@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (925) 646-6543