Our workgroup consists of academic specialists from the University of California, Davis and county advisors from throughout the state. With such diversity we have expertise in the areas of nutrition, child and youth development, psychology, family interaction, and consumer sciences.
WORKGROUP CHAIR
Lenna Ontai, Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension; Workgroup Chair
Specialties: Early parent-child relationships, social development in young children, factors that affect parenting
University of California, Davis
Human & Community Development,
One Shields Avenue,
1329 Hart Hall
Davis CA, 95616-8523
lontai@ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-6410 (phone)
WORKGROUP MEMBERS
Marcel Horowitz, Youth Development Advisor
Specialties: Health promotion and education in children, curriculum development, experiential education.
UCCE Yolo County
70 Cottonwood st.
Woodland, CA 95695
(530) 666-8722 (phone)
Cathi Lamp, Nutrition, Family & Consumer Sciences Advisor; EFNEP Administrator
Specialties: Nutrition, consumer economics, food access, parent education, nutrition monitoring
Cooperative Extension Tulare County,
4437 S. Laspina St., Ste. B
Tulare, CA, 93274
cllamp@ucdavis.edu
Tulare County: http://cetulare.ucdavis.edu/nutri.home.htm
(559) 685-3309 Ext. 218 (phone)
(559) 685-331(fax)
Sue Manglallan, 4-H Youth and Family Development Advisor
Specialties: Volunteer management, leadership development, nonformal education, curriculum development, school-age child care, early literacy and school readiness, parenting, youth at risk
Cooperative Extension San Diego County,
5555 Overland Avenue, Building 4
San Diego CA, 92123-1219
ssmanglallan@ucdavis.edu
(858) 694-8836 (phone)
(858) 694-2849 (fax)
Ann Mastegeorge
Department of Human and Community Development
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue,
Hart Hall
Davis, California 95616
(916) 703-0256 (phone) M.I.N.D. Institute
(530) 754-9629 (phone) Human Development
ammastergeorge@ucdavis.edu
www.mindinstitute.org
Stephanie Sitnick, Graduate Student Researcher
Specialties: Physical health and family well-being, parenting
University of California, Davis
Human & Community Development,
One Shields Avenue
Hart Hall
Davis CA, 95616-8523
slsitnick@ucdavis.edu
(530) 754-4911 (phone)
Dorothy Smith, Nutrition, Family, & Consumer Sciences Advisor
Specialties: Nutrition, parent education
Cooperative Extension Amador and Calaveras Counties
12200-B Airport Road Jackson, CA 95642-9527
dorsmith@ucdavis.edu
(209) 223-6834 (phone)
(209) 223-3279 (fax)
WORKGROUP ALUMNI
Joanne Deocampo, Ph. D.
Academic Administrator, Center for Child & Family Studies
Specialties: Cognitive development, developmental psychology, memory, symbolic understanding, child care
Lawrence Harper, Ph. D.
Professor & Child Psychologist - AES
Specialties: Comparative developmental psychology, the development of social behavior in humans and other mammals,
sex differences and play, parent-offspring relations, biological bases of behavioral development
Holly Hatton, M.S.
Graduate Student Researcher
Specialties: Relationship-based prevention and interventions in early childhood, infant-parent mental health
Sharon Junge, County Director
4-HYD Advisor; Nutrition, Family, & Consumer Science Advisor
Cooperative Extension Placer County
Specialties: Early literacy, school readiness, afterschool, nutrition and parent education
Diane Metz, Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor
Specialties: Family and consumer sciences, adult FSNEP
Cooperative Extension Solano and Yolo Counties
Shannon Williams, Ph. D.
Graduate Student Researcher
Specialties: Social competence with peers, self-regulation, child care, school readiness