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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
President, FMC
Community Food Activist
High Springs, Florida
Bernadine (Bernie) Prince
Co-Chair, Policy Committee
Co-Director and Co-Founder, FRESHFARM Markets Washington, DC
Brigitte Moran
Executive Director, Marin Farmers Markets San Rafael, California
Cheryl DeBerry
Chair, Education Committee
Operator of DeBerry Farm Fresh Produce
Agricultural Marketing Specialist, Garrett County Maryland
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
Jeff Cole
Executive Director, Federation of Massachusetts Farmers Markets
Waltham, Massachusetts
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
Monika Roth
Agricultural Educator
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Ithica, NY
Cynthia Torres
Director, Colorado Farmers Market Association
Manager, Longmont Farmers Market
Boulder, Colorado
Staff
Stacy Miller
Executive Director
P.O. Box 331 | Cockeysville, MD 21030 |
Phone: 410-667-0583
stacy@farmersmarketcoalition.org
Suzanne Briggs
Farmers Market SNAP Research Project Manager Suzanne grew up on a wheat farm outside Great Falls, Montana. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Textile and Clothing from Iowa State University. She spent twenty years in the apparel industry in Oregon, including production management positions with Nike and Hanna Andersson; and acquired an MBA [...]