Office Information
Madera County
UC Cooperative Extension
328 S. Madera Avenue
Madera, CA 93637-5465
Phone: (559) 675-7879
Fax: (559) 675-0639
County Director
Neil K. McDougald M.S.
Title: Natural Resources Farm Advisor
Specialty: Range and livestock
Email: nmcdougald@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 675-7879 Ext. 207
Staff List
Emeritus
Joe D Camarillo
Title: 4-H Youth Development Advisor, Emeritus
Specialty: Youth development
Notes: Joe Camarillo retired effective 6/29/07.
Email: jdcamarillo@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 675-7879 Ext. 203
Dr George Marvin Leavitt Jr.
Title: Farm Advisor, Emeritus
Specialty: Grapes, Diseases of grapes
Notes: George Leavitt retired effective 6/30/06.
20014 Pine Run Ct.
Spring, Texas, 77388
Email: gmleavitt@ucdavis.edu
Ronald N. Vargas
Title: Farm Advisor, Emeritus
Specialty: Field crops, cotton production, weed control
Notes: Ron Vargas retired effective 6/30/06.
Email: rnvargas@ucdavis.edu
Gerald E. Higginbotham Ph.D
Title: Dairy Farm Advisor
Specialty: Dairy nutrition and management; silage management
Email: gehigginbotham@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 456-7558
Brent A Holtz Ph.D.
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Pomology, deciduous tree fruits and nuts, plant pathology
Email: baholtz@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 675-7879 Ext. 205
Bedel Jillian
Title: Program Representative
Specialty: 4-H Youth Development
Email: jmbedel@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 675-7879 Ext. 202
Nancy A Jones
Title: Administrative Assistant/Master Gardener Coordinator
Specialty: Administrative Services, Master Gardener Program
Email: nanjones@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 675-7879 Ext. 200
Tome M Martin-Duvall
Title: Staff Research Associate II
Specialty: Tree Crops
Email: tmmartinduvall@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (559) 675-7879 Ext. 213
Fax: (559) 675-0639
Scott Stoddard
Title: Farm Advisor Vegetable Crops and Limited Resource Farms
Specialty: Soil fertility and conservation, tomatoes, peppers, sweetpotatoes, weed management
Email: csstoddard@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (209) 385-7403