About FMC
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 (click each thumbnail to read their bio and learn more):
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- Brian Coppom, President
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- Hugo Fernando Mogollon Pazmino, Vice-President
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- Gary Matteson, Treasurer
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- Elise Ashby, Secretary
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- Adrienne Akers
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- Corey Chatman
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- Amy Crone
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- Ross Dakin
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- Kelly Foss
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- Kathleen Glahn
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- Anupama Joshi
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- Yescenia Mota
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- Allen Moy
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- Swati J. Shah, MD, MPH, FACOG
Farmers Market Coalition Staff
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- Ben Feldman, Executive Director
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- Dar Wolnik, Training and Technical Assistance Director
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- Stephanie Fenty, Manager of Operations and Strategic Engagement
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- Rachael Ward, GusNIP Project Manager
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- Ethel Recinos, GusNIP Logistics & Communications Associate
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- Nina Budabin McQuown, GusNIP Research & Resource Associate
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- Hannah Fuller, Communications Associate
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- Charlene Higgins, Evaluation Technical Assistance Coordinator
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- Diana Broadaway, Training and Technical Assistance Network Coordinator
Past Board Members
Nony Dutton
Deputy Director
FreshFarm Markets
Maritza Owens
Chief Executive Officer
Harvest Home Farmers Markets
Sagdrina Jalal
Executive Director
Georgia Farmers Market Association
Nicky Uy
Farmers Market Innovator
Community Assets Connector
Christie Balch
Executive Director
Crossroads Community Food Network, MD
Gus Schumacher
Founder, Wholesome Wave
Former USDA Undersecretary
Dale Hazelwood
Vice President
Illinois Farmers Market Association, IL
Bernadine Prince
Blue Skies Farm, DE
Copper Alvarez
Executive Director, BREADA
Baton Rouge, LA
Ruth White
Programs Administrator,
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
St. Paul, Minnesota
Monika Roth
Agricultural Extension Operator
Cornell Cooperative Extension, NY
Kim Hines
Director
Augusta Locally Grown, GA
Jaret Foster
Market Manager
Portland Farmers Market, OR
Ben Feldman
Food and Farming Program Director
Ecology Center, CA
Fred Broughton
Marketing Specialist
South Carolina Department of Agriculture, SC
Jeffrey O’Hara
Agriculture Economist
Union of Concerned Scientists, DC
Sharon Yeago
Principal,
Sharon L Yeago, LLC
Jim Bingen
Professor of Community, Food, & Agriculture
Michigan State University, MI
Jeff Cole
Executive Director
Federation of Massachusetts Farmers Markets, MA
Cheryl DeBerry
Co-Owner
DeBerry Farm, MD
Diane Eggert
Executive Director
Farmers’ Market Federation of New York, NY
Andrew Stout
Co-Owner
Full Circle Farm, WA
Cindy Torres
Director (CFMA), Market Manager
Colorado Farmers Market Association/Longmont Farmers Market, CO
Judith Robinson
Market Manager
Princeton Farmers Market, NJ
Leslie Schaller
Director
Appalachian Center for Economic Networks, OH
Caroline Todd
Director
Columbia Farmers Market, MO
Jan Walters
EBT consultant, farmer
Tarre De Amore Farms/Jan Walters Consulting Services, IA
David Rand
Chief Operating Officer
Chicago Local Foods, IL
Michael J. Hurwitz
Executive Director
New York Greenmarket, NY
Janel Leatherman
Kansas State University – Sedgwick County Extension
Past director of Virginia Beach Farmers Market and
Administrator of the Dallas Farmers Market, KS
Brigitte Moran
Executive Director
Agricultural Institute of Marin, CA
Chris Curtis
Executive Director
Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance
Seattle, WA
Richard McCarthy
Food System Consultant
Brooklyn, NY
