Ngodoo Atume

Ngodoo Atume is a SGMA Technical Assistance for Small Farms Academic Coordinator II with University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. In this role, she is coordinating a technical assistance and extension education program to provide small-scale farmers in California with technical information, services, policy analysis and recommendations needed to engage in the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Ngodoo is interested in the equitable consideration and protection of groundwater users in California.

Ngodoo has a technical background in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering and an MS in Sustainable Water Management from Tufts University. Before joining ANR, she worked as a Water Policy Analyst focused on the implementation of the Human Right to Water in California and the inclusion of underrepresented stakeholders in SGMA, Central Valley Salinity Alternative Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS) and the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP).