SOUTH TEXAS - Key Persons


Amy Valdez

Job Titles:
  • Extension Program Specialist I

Annett Cantu

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager

Arroyo Colorado


Bill Green


Dana Moreno

Job Titles:
  • Extension Program Coordinator

Danielle Sekula

Job Titles:
  • Extension Agent

Darin Kotara

Job Titles:
  • Regional Information Technologist

Eddie Serna

Job Titles:
  • Extension Program Staff Member
  • Technical Assistant II - HORT

Elizabeth A. Benavides

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Associate III

Erica Reyes

Job Titles:
  • Extension Program Specialist

Grace Marshall

Job Titles:
  • Specialist

Guadalupe Castro

Job Titles:
  • Specialist

Jaime Flores

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Jana Osbourn

Job Titles:
  • Family and Consumer Health Regional Program Leader

Jason Ott


Joe Paschal

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Extension Livestock Specialist

Jordan Hilyard

Job Titles:
  • Extension Program Staff Member
  • Student Assistant

Juan R. Anciso

Job Titles:
  • Events
  • Food Safety Co - Chair for Food Safety White Paper. National Vegetable Crops Initiative. Denver, CO.
  • Professor and Extension Vegetable Specialist
  • Professor and Extension Vegetable Specialist Texas AgriLife Extension Service Department of Horticulture Sciences

Julissa Y. Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Associate II

Karina Gonzalez

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Associate III

Luisa Colin

Job Titles:
  • Extension Program Specialist

Manuel Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist

Matthew Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Extension Agent - Disaster Assessment and Recovery

Megan Clayton

Job Titles:
  • Asst. Professor and Extension Range Specialist / Ecosystem and Science Management

Olufemi Alabi

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist

Orlando Salinas

Job Titles:
  • Regional Program Manager - South

Peter Omara

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Extension Soil Specialist

Rosa I. Guel

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator II / Family and Community

Ruben J. Saldaña

Job Titles:
  • District Extension Administrator
Dr. Ruben Saldaña provides overall leadership for District 12 with headquarters based at the Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Center at Weslaco. He is responsible for all fiscal and human resource aspects of county programs within the South District along with the operational leadership for AgriLife Extension at the Weslaco Center. His duties include recruiting, hiring, training, and supervising county-based faculty along with general program oversight and accountability. He is also responsible for resource development and management, including Extension budgets in support of the Center and working with County Commissioners Courts for budget support of county programs. He is responsible for communicating with county, state, and federal officials along with local industry and community stakeholders about Extension programs and outcomes in the district. He works cooperatively with Regional Program Directors to provide guidance and support for county programs and represents District 12 in the South Region, composed of Districts 9, 11, & 12.