Core Team
Allison DeHonney
CEO / Executive Director
Buffalo Go Green
Jenn Smith
Director of Food and Agriculture Programs
The Center for Regional Economic Advancement
Claire Hawkins
Director, Natural Resource Markets & Economic Development
Maine Department of Agriculture,
Conservation & Forestry
Emily Cook
Team Lead
NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
Janna Spruill
Manager
NASDA Foundation
Chris Jones
Senior Director
NASDA Foundation
Jade Umberger
Grants Coordinator
NASDA Foundation
Max London
Communications Coordinator
NASDA Foundation
DEI Council
Allison DeHonney
Cynthia Medina
Jocelyn Germany
Della Miller
Gail Wells
Community Advisory Council
Sarah Cogswell
Executive Director
The Livestock Institute of Southern New England
Todd Erling
Executive Director
Farm and Food Growth Fund
Jen Faigel
Executive Director
CommonWealth Kitchen
Laura Ginsburg
Center Lead
Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center
Caroline Howe
Food Policy Director
DC Office of Planning
Haile Johnston
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer
The Common Market
Chris Laughton
Director of Knowledge Exchange
Farm Credit East
Grace Leatherman
Executive Director
Future Harvest
Hannah Leighton
Director of Strategic Impact
Farm to Institution New England
Benneth Phelps
Executive Director
Agricultural Viability Alliance
Nessa Richman
Network Partner
New England State Food System Planners Partnership
Tina Square
Technical Assistance Specialist
Intertribal Agriculture Council Northeast
