Our Team
Meet our team
Fair Food Network's staff has decades of experience in nonprofit leadership, workforce development, environmental advocacy, food and agriculture, evaluation, community engagement, policymaking, community-based impact investing, and entrepreneurship. Our team's diverse range of backgrounds and expertise sustain our collaborative approach to building community health and wealth through food.
Paula Balbontin
Produce Prescription Manager at the Nutrition Incentive Hub
Madeleine Bazinski
Senior Program Marketing Manager
Kellie Boyd
Vice President of People & Culture
Alex Canepa
Associate Director for Policy
Emily Case
Incentive Technology Program Manager
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Neil Davey
Program Ambassador
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Christina Ellis
Entrepreneur Experience Manager
Cassandra Fletcher-Martin
Vice President of Finance
Noah Fulmer
Senior Fellow
Randy Gerber
Accountant
Melanie Herron
People & Culture Manager
Oran B. Hesterman, PhD
Founder & Resident Champion
Rachel Hoh
Senior Program Manager at the Nutrition Incentive Hub
Aaron W. Jackson
Program Director Michigan Good Food Fund
Kyama Kitavi
Investment Manager
Alistair Kiyingi
Individual Giving Manager
Kate Krauss
Chief Executive Officer
Hien Lam
Designer
Jessica Lofton-Williams
Program Ambassador
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Nathan Medina
Senior Manager of State Policy
Joel Moyer
Acting Sr. Director of Impact Investing and Director of Investments
Andi Nank
Communications Director
Aaron Neeley
Program Ambassador
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Mark Nicholson
Senior Director of Policy
David Niner
Program Accountant
Ricardo Ortiz
Acting Manager of Farmers Markets and Direct Sites Manager
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Erica Orton
Director of Evaluation
Holly A. Parker
Chief Strategy and Program Officer
Erica Christensen Raml
Senior Director of Nutrition Incentives
Adam Robson
Grants Manager
Alyssa Rogers
Program Ambassador
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Sam Samson-Miller
Program Ambassador
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Nicki Sandberg
Associate Director of Finance
Carlos Santacruz
Investment Manager
Lisa Sebesta
Senior Investment Strategist
Stephanee Strasburg
Director of Institutional Development
Cassidy Strome
Acting Director
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Daniel Tellalian
Michigan Good Food Fund Consultant
Gail Turner
Information Manager
Kendra Valkema
Information Manager
Charles Walker
Retail Specialist
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Kelly Williamson
People & Culture Coordinator
Alexandria Yoo
Business Operations Manager
Our Board
Gary Appel
Dr. Sandra P. Daley, MD
Voodo Fé
Kiff Hamp
Benita Melton
Dr. Lessa Phillips, MD
Dan Warmels, CPA
W. DeWayne Wells
Our Advisors
Fair Food Fund Advisors
Aviv Aviad
Cornus ConsultingManaging Director
Chris Bentley
Serious Change Investments & Sustain VCImpact Fund Manager
Michael Rozyne
Red TomatoFounder & Evangelist
Lisa Sebesta
Sitari CapitalFounder
Daniel Tellalian
Angel City AdvisorsFounder & CEO
