Board Members
Leonard Diggs, President | Pie Ranch
Dru Rivers, Vice President | Full Belly Farm
Anna Knight, Treasurer | Old Grove Orange
Sue Kern, Secretary | Kern Family Farm
Michael Ackley-Grady | CDFA
Robina Bhatti | CSU Monterey Bay
Hansel Kern | Kern Family Farm
Rebecca North | The Fruit Guys
Antonio Roman-Alcala | CSU Hayward
Steve Sprinkel | Farmer and the Cook
Therese Tuttle | Tuttle Law Group
Adam Vega | Port of Hueneme
Learn more about our board members here.
Planning Committee Members
Jo Ann Baumgartner | Wild Farm Alliance
Robina Bhatti | Robina's Organics, ALBA, CSUMB
Lisa Bunin | Organic Advocacy
Mira Dick | National Resource Conservation Service
Sam Earnshaw | Hedgerows Unlimited
Benjamin Fahrer | Top Leaf Farms, Cornerstone Farms
Adrian Fischer | CCOF Foundation
Ken Foster | Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping
Dina Izzo | Urban Village Farmers Market Association
Hansel Kern | Kern Family Farm/EFA BOD
Sue Kern | Kern Family Farm/ The Gnarly Carrot
Pam Krone | Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuaries
Jazmine Mejia-Munoz | Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuaries
Razia Mianoor | Farm View Youth Learning Center
Joy Moore | KPFA radio
Deborah Nares | American Farmland Trust & Deborah Nares Consulting
James Nakahara | Orchard Keepers and Kitchen Table Advisors
Sherril Nell Wells | Rancho de Rodney
Terry Oxford | UrbanBeeSF
Steve Peters | Seed rEvolution Now!
Carla Rosin | City of Santa Monica Farmers Markets
Peter Ruddock | Agricultural Acts
Nathanael (Nate) Siemens | Fat Uncle Farms
Zea Sonnabend | Fruitilicious Farm
Steve Sprinkel | Farmer and the Cook
Kathy Webster | TomKat Ranch
Tom Willey | T&D Willey Farms
Javier Zamora | JSM Organics
Tañia Zuniga | Kitchen Table Advisors
Diversity Advisory Group Members
Karen Adler
Robina Bhatti | Robina's Organics
Dina Izzo I EcoFarm/Urban Village Farmers Market Association
Joy Moore
James Nakahara | Kitchen Table Advisors
Deborah Nares | American Farmland Trust
Rebecca North | The Fruit Guys
Sofia Pablo-Hoshino
Laura Ridenour
Antonio Roman-Alcala
Peter Ruddock | Resilient Foodsheds
Amy Wu | From Farms to Incubators
Javier Zamora | JSM Organics
Spanish Advisory Committee Members
Adrian Fischer | CCOF Foundation
Albert Fraide | ALBA
Andrea Levy | CA FarmLink
Beatriz Monterola | CAFF
Brett Melone | CA FarmLink
David Mancera | Kitchen Table Advisors
Deborah Nares | Deborah Nares Consulting & American Farmland Trust
Erick I. Sanchez de Leon | Mandela Partners
Héktor Calderón | Californians for Pesticide Reform
Javier Zamora | JSM Organic Farms
Josefina Lara Chavez | CAFF
Kaley Grimland Mendoza | Sol Seeker Farm
Laura Murphy | Resource Conservation District of Monterey County
Mariela Cedeño | Mandela Partners
Martin Guerena | NCAT ATTRA
Nathan Harkleroad | ALBA
Omar Rodriguez | NCAT/ATTRA
Paul Rogé | McKnight Foundation
Tania Zuniga | Kitchen Table Advisors
Vanya Goldberg | Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM)
Victor M. Hernandez | VMH AGriBusiness Consulting