Board and Staff

Board of Directors

President & Founder: Craig McNamara, Sierra Orchards
Chairman: Mario Gutierrez, Center for Connected Health Policy
Vice-Chairman: Michael Rizzo, Five Star Bank
Treasurer: Jay Cutler; Retired Attorney-at-Law
Secretary: Andrea Clark; Downey Brand Attorneys, LLP

• Tony Delevati; Ullrich Delevati CPA's
• Robert Slobe; North Sacramento Land Company
• Annie King, PhD; Department of Animal Science, UC Davis
• Mark Linder; Community Minded Partners
• Fatima Malik; Health Education Council
• Joseph O'Donnell; California Dairy Research Foundation
• David Shabazian; Sacramento Area Council of Governments
• Chris Yalonis; Sustainametrics

National Advisory Board

• Paul Dolan
• A.G. Kawamura
• Fred Kirschenmann
• Anna Lappe
• David Mas Masumoto
• Michael Pollan
• Will Rogers
• Richard Rominger
• John Scharffenberger
• Howard-Yana Shapiro
• Nancy Shapiro
• Alice Waters

Staff

• Mary Kimball, Executive Director, (530) 795-1520
• Jennifer Taylor, California Farm Academy Director, (530) 795-4146
• Nina Suzuki, SLEWS Director, (530) 795-1544
• Karen Swan, Sacramento Valley Youth Sustainability Programs Director, (530) 795-1544
• Matthew Lechmaier, Sacramento Valley SLEWS Coordinator, (530) 795-1544
• Matthew Bronson, San Joaquin Regional Coordinator, (209) 993-2706
• Leon Vehaba, Farm on Putah Creek Rentals Coordinator, (530) 693-1180 (cell) or (530) 795-9569 (office)
• Beth Del Real, Caring for our Watersheds Coordinator, (530) 795-1544
• Claudia Sersland, Fresno FARMS Coordinator, (559) 259-8884
• Carrie Peterson, Northstate FARMS Coordinator, (530) 633-9692
• Maureen Thompson, Farm Incubator Manager, (530) 795-4146
• Betsey Ballash, Bookkeeper and Administrative Assistant, (530) 795-0550
• Jen Allen, Contracts Coordinator, (530) 795-1520

Associated Staff

• Jason Sweeney, FARMS/SLEWS Sonoma Coordinator (in partnership with Southern Sonoma RCD), (707) 794-1242 X126
• Steph Turnipseed, SLEWS Napa Coordinator (in partnership with Napa RCD), (707) 252-4188 x116
• Gayle Cory, FARMS Orange Coordinator (in partnership with Orange County Farm Bureau), (714) 573-0371 x11

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