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Executive Director
Company NameDC Greens, Inc.
Dates EmployedMar 2009 – Present
Employment Duration11 yrs 8 mos
LocationWashington D.C. Metro Area
Has grown DC Greens to be a local and national leader on food education, food access, and food policy. Has overseen the strategic development of the organization from a fundraising and programmatic perspective. Current programs reach more than 30,000 low-income residents at health clinics and farmers’ markets and train over 100 teachers at District schools.
Fosters partnerships with dozens of community stakeholders in the nonprofit, for-profit, and government arenas to build a healthy and equitable food system in the nation’s capital. As of FY18, built an organization with 13 FT, 26 PT staff and a budget of $2.6 million.
Community Leadership:
- Co-Chair of the "Diabesity" Committee at DC Health Department 2016-present
- DC Food Justice Action task force at the DC Department of Health 2014 – 2016
- Co-convener of the D.C. Farmers Market Collaborative 2014 – 2016
- Leadership Team for the Chesapeake Foodshed Network 2015 - present
- Commissioner with the D.C. Mayor’s Commission on Healthy Youth and Schools 2012 – 2017
DC Greens Collaboration with City Agencies:
- Department of Health - program administration, data analysis and outreach for city’s Produce Plus Program and implementation of Produce Rx Program
- Office of the State Superintendent of Education - Provide professional development for OSSE School Garden grant recipients
- District Department of the Environment - The lead organization for roll-out of the D.C. Environmental Literacy Plan together with DC Environmental Education Consortium and Anacostia Watershed Society
- D.C. City Council - participated in working groups for the Healthy Schools Act; mobilized community input for the Food Policy Council and Director Establishment Act, and the Urban Farming and Food Security Act |