OUR TEAM
Staff
Cynthia Ni
Director of Innovation Programs
Eric Neuenfeldt
Director of Workforce Solutions
Gloriamar Gamez
Chief Program Officer
Jennifer Corona
Program Associate, Community & Workforce
Jessica Hilboldt
Program and Operations Associate
Karen Warner
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Maria Olide
Chief Operating & Financial Officer
Matthew Godinez
Director of Community Engagement
Advisors
Ann Veneman
Strategic Advisor
Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture & CA Secretary of Food & Agriculture
Adrienne McKee
Technical Advisor
Partner, Hawkwood Biotech Partners
Deepti Tanjore
Technical Advisor; CBIO Co-Lead
Director, Advanced Biofuels & Bioproducts Process Development Unit, Berkeley Lab
Don Borges
Senior Advisor, Education & Agriculture
Former Dean of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, Modesto Junior College
Egon Terplan
Senior Advisor, Public Policy
Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley and Brookings Metro
Gerardo Diaz
CBIO Co-Lead
Professor, UC Merced
James Gardner
Technical Advisor; CBIO Co-Lead
Program Manager, Berkeley Lab
Jim DeKloe
Senior Advisor, Workforce Development
Distinguished Professor & Founder, Industrial Biotechnology Program of Solano College
Josette Lewis
Senior Advisor, Agriculture
Chief Scientific Officer, Almond Board of CA
Marek Gootman
Senior Advisor, Economic Development
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Paul Maglio
CBIO Co-Lead
Professor, UC Merced
Rachelle Antinetti
Senior Advisor, Agriculture
Tea Lempiälä
CBIO Co-Lead
Professor, UC Merced