Core Team

Allison DeHonney
CEO / Executive Director
Buffalo Go Green

Jenn Smith
Director of Food and Agriculture Programs
The Center for Regional Economic Advancement

Amanda Pitman
Program Manager, Dairy 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

Lauren Williams
Special Assistant
NY State Department of Agriculture and Markets

Janna Spruill
Associate Director
NASDA Foundation

Chris Jones
Senior Director
NASDA Foundation

Jade Umberger
Grants Manager
NASDA Foundation

Max London
Communications Coordinator
NASDA Foundation
Community Advisory Council

Hamadi Ali
Markets Manager
Providence Farm Collective

Mildred Alvarado
Futuro en Ag Coordinator
Cornell Small Farms

Nick Branchina
Director, Fisheries & Aquaculture
Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

Sarah Cogswell
Board Member
Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership

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

Leah Rovner
Project Director
New England Feeding New England

Joshua Stoll
Founder & Steering Committee Member
Local Catch