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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