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Christie Welch
Mykalee McGowan March 15, 2022Within the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Welch serves as the Direct Food and Agriculture Marketing Specialist to assist Ohio’s agricultural and food producers increase their profitability and sustainability through best marketing practices, increase marketing efficiencies, and market diversification. Ms. Welch has a strong interest in the economic development of rural Ohio and is…
Robbi Mixon
Mykalee McGowan March 11, 2022I grew up in Macon, Georgia and I currently reside on Dena’ina and Sugpiaq lands, in Homer, Alaska. I’ve just “retired” from directing our local farmers’ market for the last decade. I’m the executive director of the Alaska Food Policy Council and the Alaska Farmers Market Association. I am also the Local Foods Director for…
Anupama Joshi
Stephanie Fenty January 22, 2019Executive Director, Blue Sky Funders Forum Cary, NC Anupama is an accomplished leader in the non-profit and social sector in the United States and abroad. She has excelled in developing policies, programs and partnerships; fundraising; and managing organizations through phases of growth and change. She is a firm believer in the power of networks and…
Amy Crone
Stephanie FentyFounder & Executive Director, Maryland Farmers Market Association Harwood, MD Amy Crone is the Founder & Executive Director of the nonprofit Maryland Farmers Market Association (“MDFMA”). MDFMA implements a statewide farmers market matching program, Maryland Market Money, which since 2014 has provided more than $700,000 in funding to increase food access and farmer sales. MDFMA…
Elise Ashby
Stephanie FentyChief Operating Officer, The RobinHood Group Elise Ashby founded the RobinHood Group and serves as its Chief Operating Officer. In the last few years she has taken over the management and operations of the Union County Farm and Craft Market and she serves as the Chair of the Ag+Art Tour in Union, she is the…
Adrienne Akers
Liz Comiskey February 28, 2018Market Manager Kokomo Downtown Farmers’ Market (KDFM), Kokomo, IN Years in Farmers Market Field: 8 I was born and raised in Kokomo, Indiana. I am the daughter of factory workers but had farming in my blood from grandparents and great grandparents on both sides. I grew up walking through fields and playing in gardens and…
Ross Dakin
Liz ComiskeyRoss Dakin is a senior strategist on the Global Technology & Operations team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Ross recently advised the Microsoft Technology and Civic Engagement team in New York City following his appointment as a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow under the Obama Administration. As a private sector technologist in Silicon Valley,…
Corey Chatman
Liz ComiskeyCorey Chatman is a program manager at the Experimental Station a not-for-profit incubator of innovative cultural projects and small-scale enterprises located on the south side of Chicago. He began working there on healthy food access projects in the early part of 2010. One of his first projects involved the expansion of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
Swati J. Shah, MD, MPH, FACOG
Stephanie Fenty April 7, 2017Shopping at farmers markets, gardening fruits, flowers, vegetables and herbs at home and volunteering her time in fundraising has been a part of Swati’s life for as long as she can remember. She enjoys serving others and believes that healthy markets make for healthy communities. With previous board experience at FMC and other nonprofits and…
Maritza Wellington Owens
Stephanie FentyMaritza Owens is the founder & CEO of Harvest Home Farmer’s Market, Inc. For more than 15 years she has been involved in some aspect of community-based planning, advocacy, environmental justice, economic development or public health. Her work in this arena led her to establish two farmer’s market in the south Bronx under the Healthy…
