Announcement by Nicholas Polanin, chair and State ANR Program Leader
Please help me extend a warm welcome Claudia Urdanivia, who begins her career on August 1 with RCE in the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) as County Agent III, Assistant Professor in urban agriculture and community horticulture in Essex County. Formerly a Senior Program Coordinator with the 4-H Youth Development Department serving youth in Hudson County, Claudia brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and community networking to this position. She will be housed at the Newark office of Rutgers Cooperative Extension, 162 Washington Street, Newark, NJ, Room 104 and at the Hudson office located at 830 Bergen Avenue, Suite 3A, Jersey City, NJ.
Prior to joining RCE, Claudia’s experience included City Green, Inc. in Clifton, Corbin Hill Food Project in NYC, and NY Parks Green Thumb. Claudia has a BA and Graduate Certificate from Montclair State and a master’s degree from Hunter College, CUNY. In 2020, she received the NYC Food Policy 40 Under 40 Award. Recent conference presentations included the 2022 National and 2023 NE Regional National Urban Extension Leaders (NUEL) conferences and the 2023 GreenThumbGrowTogether Annual Conference in NY.
