Staff Directory

All staff can be reached by calling (925) 371-0154. We are located at:

Martinelli Event Center
3585 Greenville Road, Suite 2 (map)
Livermore, CA 94550-6710

To prevent spam, we have removed ACRCD e-mail addresses from the site, and you can contact the people below via the online form.

Alameda County Resource Conservation District - ACRCD

Name and Title

Amy Evans, Resource Conservationist
Ext. 112
Online Contact Form

Amy has been a Resource Conservationist at the RCD since 1988. Amy's primary projects include developing educational materials and water quality improvement demonstrations sites for the Equestrian Facilities Assistance Program, coordinating the “Watershed Adventures” program that serves nearly 5,000 4th graders annually, developing stewardship projects for the Hands-on-Conservation program and working with the Alameda Creek Watershed Council. Amy received a B.A. in Environmental Planning from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and an M.A. in Physical Geography/Environmental Studies from California State University East Bay. Amy is also involved in the Master Gardener program in Alameda County and gardens like crazy on the weekends at her home in Fremont.

Marilyn Harvey, Accountant
Ext. 113
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Marilyn is the accountant who has been with the Conservation Partnership since July 2007. Previous to this position she as employed for the Farm Credit System doing accounting work for over 25 years.

Leslie Koenig, Interim Executive Officer, Biologist
Ext. 115
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Leslie is a biologist with the Alameda County Resource Conservation District. She received her B.S. in Biology in 2004 from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Leslie grew up in the mountains of Colorado and moved to California in 2004. She worked for an environmental toxicology firm as a laboratory technician in Davis before joining the District and moving to Livermore.

Pete Van Hoorn, Range Conservationist
Ext. 123
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Pete has worked on a variety of Conservation Partnership projects to help interested cattle ranches and horse stables protect and improve water quality and wildlife habitat. He has a bachelor's degree from U.C. San Diego in biology, and a master's from U.C. Berkeley in range management.

Maria Wendler, Project Assistant
Ext. 124
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Maria Wendler is a part-time Project Assistant and provides clerical support to the Partnership staff. She graduated from University of California at Berkeley with a degree in fine art, and has over twenty years experience in clerical support working for various companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service - NRCS

Terry Huff, District Conservationist
terence.huff@ca.usda.gov
Ext. 116

Terry graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1979 with a Bachelor's Degree in Soil Science and Tropical Agronomy. He is in his 30th year with California NRCS and has served as District Conservationist in Livermore since 1994. Terry began his career as a field Soil Scientist spending his first 15 years working on Soil and Natural Resource surveys throughout the state. Terry served in a number of leadership capacities including his most recent role as a participant on the NRCS Chiefs Conservation Technical Assistance Program Team and as a Regional Planning trainer for the National Employee Development Center.

Morpheus Anima, Soil Conservationist
morpheus.anima@ca.usda.gov
Ext. 125

Morpheus holds a BS in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in sustainable agriculture from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and was awarded the Earthbound Farms Environmental Stewardship Award. She joined NRCS in fall of 2004 after serving the Santa Cruz and San Mateo County RCD’s. She has a special interest in wildlife biology, especially raptors and birds, and completed many hours of volunteer wildlife biology with Humboldt State University graduate researchers and the California Dept. of Fish and Game. She is also a rural property owner and lives on a ranch in the remote Mines Road area of Santa Clara County.

Katie Bergmann, Engineer
katie.bergmann@ca.usda.gov
Ext. 117

Katie is an engineer with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). She came to the Partnership as an Earth Team volunteer before being hired as the NRCS engineer for both Alameda and Contra Costa counties in 2006. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2001 and worked as an environmental engineer in the private sector for several years. She is a registered Professional Engineer in California.

Jackie Charbonneau, Ecologist
jackie.charbonneau@ca.usda.gov
Ext. 114

Jackie is an ecologist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Jackie graduated from California State University Monterery Bay with a BS in Earth Systems Science and Policy and a concentration in Watershed Systems. She has worked for the Conservation Partnership office since 2001. Jackie is the lead for multiple projects in the office, including the Wildlife-friendly Pond Program and the Alameda County Permit Coordination Program.

Ling He, Range Conservationist
ling.he@ca.usda.gov
Ext.130

Ling is a range conservationist with NRCS. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a M.S in Range Management in 2007 and worked as a biologist in the private sector for a year. Prior to her graduate study, Ling worked as a biological science technician at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Lisa Hokholt, State Outreach Coordinator lisa.hokholt@ca.usda.gov
Ext.118

Lisa is the state technical outreach coordinator for California NRCS, a position that focuses on providing NRCS services and programs to a variety of underserved client groups. She has been with NRCS for 30 years and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Soil Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Lisa has worked with a number of watershed planning groups and has participated in a wide variety of quality improvement teams, special projects, and initiatives covering administrative, policy and technical aspects of NRCS. She serves as a member of the National Master Facilitator Cadre and is President of the CA-NV Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society.