From left to right: Richard l. Mahacek, County Director and 4-H Youth Advisor; Mia Torrez, 4-H Secretary; Russell D. Hill, 4-H Program Representative.

Russ Hill
4-H Program Representative -
rdhill@ucdavis.edu

Russ comes to us from Stanislaus County where he is still a volunteer leader. He has 7 years of experience as a community club leader and nearly 10 years of experience as a project leader (Foods and Nutrition, Leadership, Dairy Goats, and etc). Russ also is a member of the statewide camping task force, the California Camping Institute and has been involved with the camping programs in Stanislaus County. Russ has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from CSU Fresno and a Masters in Public Administration from CSU Stanislaus.

Richard Mahacek
County Director and 4-H Youth Development Advisor
rlmahacek@ucdavis.edu

Richard has been involved in UCCE 4-H programs since the 1950's, as younger brother, member, volunteer leader, 4-H assistant and 4-H Youth Development Advisor for the last 30 years. His experience has included counties of Sonoma, Napa, San Benito, and Merced. Richard has a BA in Industrial Arts, MA in Technology Education, and a Standard Secondary Teaching Credential. Major emphases include Science Engineering and Technology programs in 4-H and Youth Development Models.
Since 2004 Richard has also serced as the County Director over seeing all Merced County Cooperative Extension programs.

Please Contact any one of us at the
Merced County Office
University of California
Cooperative Extension
2145 Wardrobe Avenue
Merced, CA 95341

(209) 385-7418 fax (209) 722-8856
e-mail: MercedFourH@ucdavis.edu
web: merced4h.ucdavis.edu (you are here)

Merced County 4-H Youth Development Program

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Some staff are part time and funded by grants for special projects.
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