Partner Universities
Partners
Education Team
The Education Team consists of the four core faculty members from our partner universities plus four other team members. The group meets twice a year to discuss curriculum design and implementation, program evaluation, session scheduling, speaker needs, participant progress, program logistics, the application process and other program related matters.
Core Faculty Members
University Deans
CALF works in partnership with California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; California State University, Fresno and the University of California, Davis. Most of the monthly seminars rotate between these four universities.
Deans
Shelli Hendricks, Director of Education
California Agricultural Leadership Foundation
Phone: 831-585-1030
Email: shendricks@agleaders.org
Dr. Charlie Crabb, Program Advisor
California Agricultural Leadership Foundation
Phone: 831-585-1030
Email: ccrabb@agleaders.org
Dr. Sandra Witte
Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology
California State University, Fresno
Phone: 559-278-2061
Email: sandraw@csufresno.edu
Dr. Athanasios "Alex" Alexandrou
Industrial Technology
Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences & Technology
California State University, Fresno
Phone: 559-278-1951
Email: aalexandrou@csufresno.edu
Dr. Peggy Sears Perry
Plant Science Department
College of Agriculture
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Phone: 909-869-2173
Email: psmclaughlin@cpp.edu
Campus Coordinator: Dr. Eileen Cullen
Plant Science Department
Don B. Huntley College of Agriculture
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Phone: 909-869-2189
Email: emcullen@cpp.edu
Dr. Lisa Kessler
Don B. Huntley College of Agriculture
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Phone: 909-869-2200
Email: lakessler@cpp.edu
Dr. Robert Flores
Agricultural Education & Communication Department
College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Phone: 805-756-2169
Email: rflores@calpoly.edu
Dr. Andy Thulin
College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Phone: 805-756-2161
Email: athulin@calpoly.edu
Dr. Louise Ferguson
Plant Sciences Department
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
University of California, Davis
Phone: 559-737-3061
Email: LFerguson@ucdavis.edu
Dr. Helene Dillard
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
University of California, Davis
Phone: 530-752-2161
Email: hrdillard@ucdavis.edu
Additional Education Team Members
Sal Parra, Jr.
Class 46 Alumnus
Corrie Davis
Class 45 Alumnus