Winter 1996 (v8n1)
	New PAC/TAC Member Joins SAREP UC SAREP is required by California's 1986 Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Act to have both public and technical advisory committees to advise the university on program goals and make recommendations on competitive grant awards. The Public Advisory Committee (PAC) includes individuals actively involved in agricultural production, as well as representatives from government, public organizations, and institutions of higher education. The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is made up of universitywide faculty and staff with knowledge and experience related to sustainable agriculture and makes recommendations about the scientific merit of grant applications. Each PAC or TAC member serves for three years. In the last quarter of 1995, Andrew Rubin joined the Public Advisory Committee. Rubin is a staff toxicologist in the Medical Toxicology Branch, Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal-EPA). His areas of expertise include cell biology (neoplastic transformation, progression), and pesticide toxicology. He is particularly interested in the uses and misuses of genetic technology in agriculture, and the role of pesticides in extractive and non-extractive agriculture. Continuing PAC/TAC Public Advisory Committee: Catherine Brandel, Gail Gant, Marion Kalb, Ron Mansfield, John Roberts, Bryte Stewart, Don Villarejo and Angus Wright. Technical Advisory Committee: Edith Allen, Scott Johnson, Don Klingborg, Juan Palerm, Tom Shultz and Lucia Varela. Biographies of continuing PAC/TAC members appeared in the Summer 1995 (Vol. 7, No. 3), Fall 1994 (Vol. 6, No. 4) and the Summer 1993 (Vol. 5, No. 3) issues of Sustainable Agriculture. Retiring PAC/TAC Advisory committee members who are rotating off the PAC or TAC in the spring of 1996 include: PAC: Peter Cooey, Jennifer Curtis, and Frank Dawley; TAC: Holly George, Don Nielsen, Carol Shennan and Ellen Rilla. UC SAREP is very appreciate of the work that advisory committee members do for the program (See From the Director, p. 1.) [ Back | Search | Feedback ]