People
Board of Directors
The FMC board of directors represents the farmer, consumer, and community interests served by farmers markets. Serving three year terms, the current volunteer board members include the following (read their bios to learn more):
Sharon Yeago
Past President, FMC Board of Directors
Community Food Systems Consultant
High Springs, Florida
Bernadine (Bernie) Prince
President, FMC Board of Directors
Co-Chair, FMC Policy & Advocacy Committee
Co-Director and Co-Founder, FRESHFARM Markets Washington, DC
Monika Roth
Secretary, FMC Board of Directors
Agricultural Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension
Ithica, NY
Brigitte Moran
Executive Director, Marin Farmers Markets San Rafael, California
Chris Curtis
Director, Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance Seattle, Washington
Copper Alvarez
Manager, Red Stick Farmers Market Executive Director, Big River Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Janel Leatherman
Administrator, City of Dallas Farmers Market Dallas, Texas
Jim Bingen
Co-Chair, Policy Committee
Professor of Community, Food & Agriculture, Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan
Leslie Schaller
Treasurer & Chair of Development & Fund Raising Committee
Director, Appalachian Center for Economic Networks Athens, Ohio
Michael Hurwitz
Executive Director, Greenmarket (Council on the Environment of New York City) New York, New York
Fred Broughton
South Carolina Department of Agriculture
Columbia, South Carolina
Ruth White
Secretary, FMC
Programs Administrator, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Saint Paul, Minnesota
David Rand
Farm Forager
Chicago’s Green City Markets
Chicago, Illinois
Jaret Foster
Portland Farmers Market
Senior Market Manager
Portland, Oregon
Judith K. Robinson
Princeton Farmers Market and Lawrenceville Farmers Market
Market Manager, Princeton, NJ
Caroline Todd
Director of Columbia Farmers Market
Columbia, Missouri
Jan Walters
Owner of Tarre De’Amore Farms
Jan Walters’ Consulting Services
Indianola, Iowa
Staff
Stacy Miller
Executive Director
P.O. Box 504 | Charlottesville, MD 22902 |
Phone: 434-984-0175
stacy@farmersmarketcoalition.org
Suzanne Briggs
Technical Assistance Project Manager
Elizabeth Comiskey
Membership & Volunteer Coordinator
Natalie Roper
Research and Education Intern