About UC IPM

Director
Kassim Al-Khatib is a professor and Cooperative Extension specialist. He is also a weed scientist specializing in integrated weed management, vegetation management, and pesticide drift. He received his doctorate from Kansas State and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from University of Baghdad.

Agricultural IPM
Kassim Al-Khatib currently serves as Acting Associate Director for Agricultural IPM. In this role he is responsible for planning, coordinating, and integrating outreach, research, and extension materials related to agricultural IPM. 

Urban and Community IPM
Mary Louise Flint, Associate Director for Urban and Community IPM, is responsible for developing and supporting teams engaged in planning and implementing IPM programs for public agency, residential, landscape, and structural audiences.  She is also CE Specialist in the UC Davis Department of Entomology.

Natural Resources IPM
Jim Stapleton, Coordinator for Natural Resources IPM, is focal point for UC IPM programs in natural systems. Jim is also IPM Advisor and plant pathologist in the Central Valley.

Communications
As Associate Director for Communications, Joyce Strand manages activities related to program communications, coordinating with the programmatic associate directors and ANR experts to produce informational products about IPM for growers, residents, and other practitioners.

Administrative Manager
Cheryl Gould leads the business operations of the program, including budget and financial management, and management of human and physical resources.  She also works with the director in support of special projects and new initiatives.

Assistant to the Director
Rick Melnicoe serves as assistant to the UC IPM director, working with the program particularly on pesticide issues. He is also director of the Western IPM Center and director of the UC Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination.

Kassim Al-Khatib
Director
With UC IPM since 2010

Jodi Azulai
Program Representative
With UC IPM since 2004

Romy Basler
Pest Management Guidelines Coordinator
With UC IPM since 2012

Lisa Blecker
Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator
With UC IPM since 2011

Roger Baldwin
IPM Wildlife Pest Management Advisor, Statewide
With UC IPM since 2008

Walt Bentley
IPM Advisor
With UC IPM since 1994

Steve Dreistadt
Principal Editor
With UC IPM since 1989

William (Buz) Dreyer
Programming and Technology Supervisor/Programmer
With UC IPM since 1980

Michelle Fayard
Editor
With UC IPM Since 2009

Mary Louise Flint
Associate Director for Urban and Community IPM
With UC IPM since 1980

Peter B. Goodell
IPM Advisor, Central Valley
With UC IPM since 1981

Chris Laning
Web/Print Production Supervisor
With UC IPM since 2011

Tunyalee Martin
Content Development Supervisor
With UC IPM since 2008

Marty Martino
Meteorology Assistant/Computer Resource Specialist
With UC IPM since 1994

Rick Melnicoe
Assistant to the Director
With UC IPM since 2002

Mary Jane O'Neill
Photo Library/Administrative Assistant
With UC IPM since 2007

Cheryl Reynolds
Interactive Learning Developer
With UC IPM since 1995

Fernanda Guimaraes Rosa
Web Production Specialist
With UC IPM since 2006

Leon Salcedo
Programmer
With UC IPM since 2010

Jim Stapleton
Coordinator for Natural Resources IPM
IPM Advisor, Central Valley
With UC IPM since 1988

Joyce Strand
Associate Director for Communications
With UC IPM since 1980

Lucia Varela
IPM Advisor, North Coast
With UC IPM since 1992

Shannah Whithaus
Pesticide Writer/Editor
With UC IPM since 2011

Kimberly Osienski
Program Representative
With UC IPM since 2010

Cheryl Wilen
IPM Advisor
With UC IPM since 1995

Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Urban IPM Educator
With UC IPM since 2006

Affiliated Advisors

David Haviland
Entomology Farm Advisor, Kern County
Since 2002

John Roncoroni
Weed Science Farm Advisor, Napa County
Since 2007

Steve Swain
Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Marin County
Since 2007

Surendra Dara
Strawberry and Vegetable Crops Advisor, San Luis Obispo County
Since 2011

Vonny Barlow
Entomology Advisor, Riverside County
Since 2011