Team

The Organizing Team facilitates and implements the People’s Food and Farm Project. The team bridges expertise in regional urban and rural geographies, as well as public, private, academic and nonprofit sectors. We have specialists in agroecological farming, food distribution, food access, food justice, policy, community resilience, people-powered coalition building, facilitation, and public health. 

Much gratitude for past members of the Organizing Team!

• Nicole Derse, Hannah de Groot & Jessica Lovejoy (50+1 Strategies)

• Aitran Doan, Eva Farah, Colin Miller, and Marybelle Tobias (Environmental Justice Solutions)

• Marit Doshi (formerly UC Berkeley Cooperative Extension)

• Samir Doshi (CS Fund)

• Michael Meehan (Santa Clara County Dept. of Planning)

• Julian Mocine-McQueen and Kristin Rothballer (Center for Whole Communities)

• Kaori Nagase (formerly 50+1 Strategies)

• Jovida Ross and Stephanie Lew (Food Culture Collective)

The Phase II Steering Committee provided expertise, strategic advice, and accountability for this phase of the project and its workers.   The Committee was made up of field and community leaders representing different food system expertise, geographies, and communities in the Bay Area. Thank you to all of our former committee members!

Special thanks to our former Leading Steering Committee members whose wisdom, expertise, and dedication helped shape PFFP's foundation and continue to guide our strategy today:

• Angela McKee-Brown, Founder, Project Reflect

• Yuka Nagashima, Executive Director, Food Shift

• Jamie Nessel, Director of Product & Purchasing, Bi-Rite Family of Businesses

• Shakirah Simley, Executive Director, Booker T. Washington Community Center

Project Partners (Past & Present)