Western Region, WRO

State

Western Region Organizations (WRO)

Geographic Service Areas

Contact

Email

Phone

AK

Alaska Village Initiatives

Alaska

Red Bradley

red@akvillage.com

(907) 830-5862

AK

Kodiak Archipelago Leadership Institute

Alaska

Roberta Townsend Vennel

robbietownsendvennel.kali@gmail.com

(907) 299-6185

AK

Kodiak Rural Leadership

Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska

Roberta Townsend Vennel

robbietownsendvennel.kali@gmail.com

(907) 299-6185

CA

Agriculture Land-Based Training Association

Counties: Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz. Salinas Valley, California

Nathan Harkelroad, Patricia Carrillo

nathan@albafarmers.org

patricia@albafarmers.org

(831) 758-1469

(831) 758-1469

CA

Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation

Napa Valley

Sonya DeLuca

sdeluca@napagrowers.rog

(707) 944-8311

CA 

Pie Ranch

San Mateo County & immediately surrounding counties

Sira Anderson

sira@pieranch.org

(510) 384-6012
(650) 766-0346

CA

Kitchen Food Ventures, Inc.

Counties: San Bernardino, Riverside Cities: Adelanto, Aguanga, Bryn Mawr, Calimesa, Forest Falls, Grand Terrace, Joshua Tree, Lucerne Valley, Mentone, Mira Loma, Newberry, Phelan, Thermal, Wildomar, Yucca Valley

Cherie Beasley

kitchenfoodventures@msn.com

(310) 920-7001

CA

Multi-national Exchange Stustainable Ag-MESA

Counties: San Francisco, Marin, Solano, Stanislaus, Sacremento, Fresno, Alameda, Contra

Leah Andrea Atwood

leah@mesaprogram.org

(510) 654-8858

CA

Peoples Foundation Connecting Community

United States: Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California, Washington State. Outside the United States: Jamaica, Ghana, South Africa

Tameka Peoples

contact@peoples-foundation.org

(805) 738-3123

HI

Kohala Center, Inc.

Hawaii

Nicole Milne, Ph.D.

nmilne@kohalacenter.org

(808) 887-6411

HI

Sustainable Molokai

Hawaii, Island of Molokai

Jamie Ronzello

jamie@sustainablemolokai.org

(808) 560-5410

ID

Jannus, Inc.

Southwest Idaho

Karan Tucker

karan.stephanie@jannus.org

(208) 336-5533
(208) 947-4300

NV

Nevada System of Higher Education (Reno)

11 Western States

Staci Emm

emms@unr.edu

(775) 475-4227
(775) 945-3444
ext. 10

OR

Oregon State University

Rogue Valley, and locations across Oregon: The South Willamette Valley, Central Oregon, Portland Metro

Maud Powell, Garry Stephenson

Maud.powell@oregonstate.edu

Garry.stephenson@oregonstate.edu

(541) 776-7371

WA

Northwest Agriculture Business Center

Counties: King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom

David Bauermeister

david@agbizcenter.org

(360) 336-3727

WA

Grow Food DBA Viva Farms

Counties: Skagit, King

Michael Frazier

michael@vivafarms.org

(360) 696-7191

USDA Liaisons serve as a key representative of USDA in communities across America. USDA Liaisons advise and assist communities, students, faculty, universities and colleges, farmers, ranchers, foresters, and others on USDA programs and initiatives. USDA liaisons develop and maintain partnerships with key USDA stakeholders in order to enhance greater outreach between USDA stakeholders and USDA agencies, mission areas, and staff offices.

State

USDA Liaison East Offices

Contact

email

Phone

   

Bryan J. Zulko, National Outreach Coordinator (Western)

Bryan.Zulko@usda.gov

(202) 604-5976

CA

California State University, Fresno

Juan M. Alvarez

Juan.Alvarez@usda.gov

(559) 278-8311

CA

San Diego State University – Imperial Valley

Roberto González Jr.

Roberto.Gonzalez@usda.gov

(760) 768-5523