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John Muir Institute of the Environment

Core Staff

Barbara Bellieu, Administrative Assistant (JMIE & Watershed)

  • Contact: (530) 752-5643,
  • Duties: Reception services; dissemination of the weekly JMIE Announcements & Opportunities Bulletin; administrative database updates; scheduling; Xerox help; assist with general office functions such as purchasing, mail, filing and inventory.

Kelly Carner, Financial Analyst

  • Contact: (530) 752-7823,

Diana Cummings, Manager of Administrative Operations (Watershed - CWS & TERC)

  • Contact: (530) 754-7250,
  • Duties: Financial/Personnel/Facility Management

Diane Denman, Administrative Assistant

  • Contact: (530) 754-8396,
  • Duties: Scheduling for JMIE Director, DaFis approval, assist with office management and purchasing, payroll.
  • Background: Computer operations/customer service
  • Education: B.S., St John Fisher College.

Derek Hunziker, Programmer

  • Contact: (530) 754-8564,
  • Duties: Database administration, application development and programming support. Streamlining and automation of administrative tasks. Design.
  • Background: Six years of experience developing and maintaining data-driven web applications.
  • Education: B.A. in Design, University of California, Davis with an emphasis in Visual Communication.

Jennifer Nickell , Analyst (Watershed - CWS & TERC)

  • Contact: (530) 754-7155,
  • Duties: Financial, contract and grant administration, payroll, personnel and purchasing.
  • Background: 19 years of administrative experience including Manager of the Ecotoxicology Lead Campus Program and Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis Lab.
  • Education: B.S. in Health/Safety, California State University, Sacramento.

Ed Reed, IT Administrator

  • Contact: (530) 754-9919 - Office, (408) 674-5147 - Cell,
  • Duties: Technical computer and network systems support, architecture, maintenance and consulting services; Programming support.
  • Background: Twelve years in the field of system administration.
  • Education: B.S. in Physics from the University of California, Riverside

Sharon Ruth, Communications and Marketing Manager

  • Contact: (530) 752-9178,
  • Duties: Plan and coordinate JMIE's communications, marketing and outreach effots including the weekly JMIE Announcements & Opportunities Bulletin. Content developer, editor and designer for print and electronic publications.
  • Background: Researcher at the UC Davis Center for Integrated Watershed Science and Management (now the Center for Watershed Sciences), 2000-2002.
  • Education: B.S. in Geology, Central Washington University (2000); M.S. in Hydrologic Sciences, University of California, Davis (2003); Certificate in Strategic Communications for Higher Education, University of California, Davis (2005); UC Davis Campus Communicatiors Certificate, University of California, Davis (2006)

Cheryl Smith, Assistant Director

  • Contact: (530) 752-5028,
  • Duties: Reports and advises the director of JMIE regarding issues of research administration and program development. As a member of the senior management team, provides management support in long-range planning, strategic initiatives, ongoing analysis and evaluation of major decisions, and activity prioritization and scheduling.
  • Background: Twenty-two years experience in the administration of non-profit and grant-funded programs including Branch Office Manager of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Chief Administrative Officer of the National Health Law Program, and Manager of the Center for Ecological Health Research at UC Davis.
  • Education: B.A., Theater Arts, University of California, Los Angeles