Director of the Research and Extension Center System & Associate Director of Cooperative Extension and the Agricultural Experiment Station

Bill Frost is director of the Research and Extension Center System & Associate Director of Cooperative Extension and the Agricultural Experiment Station. He is responsible for guiding all ANR academic programs at the statewide level and is chair of the ANR Program Council.

Frost also serves as the statewide program leader for county-based Cooperative Extension programs and oversees the research and extension centers. ANR’s five strategic initiatives leaders as well as the directors for the nine individual research and extension centers report to him. He ensures that all of these units operate under appropriate statewide policies and guidelines.

Frost's areas of responsibility include:

Photo of Dr Bill Frost Dr Bill Frost
Title: Associate Director of Cooperative Extension and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Director ANR Research & Extension Center System
Phone: (530) 752-3931
Email: wefrost@ucanr.edu

Joan Taylor Warren
Title: Administrative Specialist
Phone: (530) 752-2189
Fax: 530-752-2196
Email: jtwarren@ucanr.edu

Address:
One Shields Avenue
Ag Field Station Building
Davis, CA 95616

The director of the Research and Extension Center System & Associate Director of Cooperative Extension and the Agricultural Experiment Station advances Divisionwide program priorities through the deployment of resources and the application of criteria for advancement of academic personnel. The position reports directly to the ANR vice president.