Board and Staff

Board of Directors

Founder: Craig McNamara, Sierra Orchards
Chairman: Mario Gutierrez, Center for Connected Health Policy
Vice-Chairman: Andrea Clark, Downey Brand Attorneys, LLP
Treasurer: Jay Cutler; Retired Attorney-at-Law
Secretary: Michael Rizzo; Five Star Bank

• Robert Slobe; North Sacramento Land Company
• Annie King, PhD; Department of Animal Science, UC Davis
• Mark Linder; Community Minded Partners
• Fatima Malik; Sierra Health Foundation
• Nicole Rogers, Chipotle Mexican Grill
• Pam Pacelli, College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, UC Davis
• David Shabazian; Sacramento Area Council of Governments
• Chris Yalonis; Sustainametrics

National Advisory Board

• Paul Dolan
• A.G. Kawamura
• Fred Kirschenmann
• Anna Lappe
• David Mas Masumoto
• Michael Pollan
• Will Rogers
• Richard Rominger
• John Scharffenberger
• Howard-Yana Shapiro
• Nancy Shapiro
• Alice Waters

Staff

• Mary Kimball, Executive Director, (530) 795-1520
• Jennifer Taylor, California Farm Academy Director, (530) 795-4146
• Nina Suzuki, SLEWS Director, (530) 795-1544
• Karen Swan, Youth Leadership Programs Director, (530) 795-1544
• Matthew Lechmaier, Sacramento Valley SLEWS Coordinator, (530) 795-1544
• John Brodie, San Joaquin FARMS Coordinator, (209) 327-2823
• Beth Del Real, Caring for our Watersheds Coordinator, (530) 795-1544
• Claudia Sersland, Fresno FARMS Coordinator, (559) 259-8884
• Carrie Peterson, Northstate FARMS Coordinator, (530) 633-9692
• Maureen Thompson, Farm Incubator Manager, (530) 795-4146
• Betsey Ballash, Bookkeeper and Administrative Assistant, (530) 795-0550
• Jen Allen, Contracts Coordinator, (530) 795-1520

Associated Staff

• Alison Malisa, FARMS Sonoma Coordinator (in partnership with Southern Sonoma RCD), (707) 794-1242 x111
• Steph Turnipseed, SLEWS Napa Coordinator (in partnership with Napa RCD), (707) 252-4188 x116
• Gayle Cory, FARMS Orange Coordinator (in partnership with Orange County Farm Bureau), (714) 573-0371 x11
• Steven Vodantis, FARMS Los Angeles Coordinator (in partnership with RCD of the Santa Monica Mountains) 818-597-8627 ext 103

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CLBL Founder, Craig McNamara was awarded the 2012 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Click on the logo to see the video and learn more.

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