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Barbara Allen-Diaz Named ANR Assistant Vice President for Programs
August 7, 2007

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT COMMUNITY:

Dear Colleagues:

I am pleased to announce that Barbara Allen-Diaz has been named ANR assistant vice president for programs, effective Sept. 1. Allen-Diaz is currently a professor and the Russell Rustici Chair in Rangeland Management in the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources.

She has served UC for over 20 years as a Berkeley professor and member of the Agricultural Experiment Station. She has also served as department chair of Environmental Science, Policy and Management and executive associate dean of CNR. In 2005 Barbara was awarded the first Russell Rustici Chair in Rangeland Management, in recognition of her strong program in range management and ecology.

As AVP-Programs, she will be the programmatic leader for ANR and responsible for guiding all ANR academic programs at the statewide level. The AVP-Programs serves as the statewide administrative leader for county-based Cooperative Extension programs and the director for the research and extension centers. ANR's four program leaders, three regional directors, and the directors for the nine research and extension centers report to the AVP-Programs. The AVP-Programs reports to the ANR associate vice president.

Barbara was born in Mt. Vernon, Washington, and raised in Edmonds, outside of Seattle. She earned her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at UC Berkeley. Before joining the UC faculty in 1986, she worked for the U.S. Forest Service for six years as a regional ecologist for Region 5, with responsibilities for California's 20 million acres of national forest. The Society for Range Management honored Barbara with its Outstanding Achievement Award in 2001, and the following year the California chapter named her Range Manager of the Year.

Her own research and teaching programs have made strong use of both the Hopland and Sierra Foothill research and extension centers, so Barbara is very familiar with this important area. She brings a wealth of knowledge about the full range of ANR's programs and I am excited to have her join my staff.

Please join me in welcoming Barbara to Oakland.

Sincerely,

Richard B. Standiford
Acting Vice President
Agriculture and Natural Resources