Daniel Dooley currently chairs the UC President's Advisory Commission on Agriculture and Natural Resources.  Partner in the Visalia law firm of Dooley & Herr, partner in Dooley Farms, a diversified San Joaquin Valley farming operation specializing in the production of cotton, alfalfa, forage crops and walnut, and city attorney for Visalia. 

In his legal practice, Dooley represents public irrigation and water districts, river associations, joint powers authorities, and farmers.  He has served as vice chair of USDA's National Agricultural Research, Education Economics Advisory Board, chair of the National Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching (CARET), chair of the Farm Foundation Bennett Agricultural Roundtable, and as a member of the Special Trade Representatives' Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade. He previously served as chief deputy director of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and chairman of the California Water Commission. 

Dooley received his bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics from UC Davis, his law degree from the University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law, and is a graduate of the California Agricultural Leadership Program.  He received the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Award of Distinction in 2000. 

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