Bob Scowcroft - Executive Director
Bob is a co-founder of OFRF, serving as Executive Director since 1990. Bob specializes in information about the organic industry and as a resource to the media on organic issues. Bob has also served as Executive Director of California Certified Organic Farmers and as a national organizer on pesticide issues for Friends of the Earth.

Maureen Wilmot - Deputy Director
Maureen Wilmot is a trained biologist with strong professional background in policy development,
non-profit management and community activism. Her professional and personal life is focused on sustainability, with an emphasis on ocean conservation, green building and organic foods. Wilmot holds a B.A. in biology from the University of California Santa Cruz and an M.A. in marine affairs from the University of Rhode Island. She lives with her family in La Selva Beach, Calif.

Jane Sooby - Grants Program Director
Jane manages OFRF's grantmaking program and serves as an information specialist on organic research. She tracks and documents organic research and extension activity in the U.S. land grant system, which is published in OFRF’s State of the States bulletins. Jane has worked with the Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society and University of Nebraska as a sustainable agriculture organizer and research technician. Her educational background is in biology and agronomy.

Tracy Lerman - Policy Program Organizer
As OFRF's Policy Program Organizer, Tracy helps farmers be effective advocates for federal policies that support organic agriculture. Prior to joining OFRF, Tracy was a grassroots organizer for environmental and social justice campaigns in California and New York. She has also worked on farms in upstate New York and Maine. Tracy has a BA in anthropology from the State University of New York at Albany.

Ariane Lotti - Senior Policy Analyst
Ariane manages OFRF's policy program and works in Washington, DC, to advance organic agriculture policy in Congress and the Administration. Previously, she worked for OFRF and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition on organic and research policy and appropriations. Ariane has an M.E.M. from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and has worked on and conducted research on organic and conventional farms in the US and Europe.

Don Burgett - Development Director
Don works with OFRF supporters to meet our programs’ financial needs, coordinating a diverse spectrum of foundation, corporate, and individual giving and government grants. Previously, Don was the Development Coordinator for the apprenticeship program of the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems and worked in community development, urban agriculture and community food security organizations in Los Angeles.

Ted Quaday - Communications Director
Ted joined the OFRF staff as communications director in October 2008. He works to acquaint the public with the organic story. Supporting existing organic farmers and encouraging other farmers to make the move to organic production are his primary goals.  He grew up on the Northern Plains and last worked with Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid in Somerville, MA. 

Jose Torres – Technology Manager
Jose serves as OFRF’s IT manager, overseeing internal technology functions of the organization, as well as OFRF's email communications and database management activities. Jose is a recent graduate from the University of California–Santa Cruz, majoring in psychology.

Renee Chaffin - Administrative Assistant
Renee Chaffin serves as OFRF’s Administrative Assistant, overseeing operation of the office and support systems.  Previously, Renee taught garden and nutrition classes to urban youth and initiated a pilot parent cooking and nutrition series in Berkeley schools. Renee recently returned from New Orleans where she was assisting a non-profit with development and hurricane relief work. Renee has a BS in Society and Environment from the University of California, Berkeley.