OFRF Staff
People are always surprised by how small our staff is. It’s because we create such a huge organic ruckus on the hill, in the field, on the streets, and on the web. Our work for organic farmers goes well beyond a ‘day job’. It’s a belief in the vision.
Kelsey Grimsley
Office Manager/Executive Assistant brise@ofrf.org
Brise Tencer
Executive Director brise@ofrf.org
Diana Jerkins
Senior Science Advisor diana@ofrf.org
Haley Baron
Education and Research Program Associate haley@ofrf.org
Lauren Snyder
Education and Research Program Manager lauren@ofrf.org
Lola Dannehl-Schickman
Development and Partnerships Manager lola@ofrf.org
Mark Schonbeck
Research Program Associate
mark@ofrf.org
Michael Stein
Policy Advisor michael@ofrf.org
Sheila Golden
Program and Grants Manager
sheila@ofrf.org
Vicki Lowell
Communications Manager
vicki@ofrf.org
OFRF Board
Our board includes professionals in the organic industry, many of whom are organic farmers. Collectively, they pack a powerfully passionate organic punch. Please get to know the people who lead with the very best of intention on behalf of organic farmers in America.
Katrina Heinze
Board Chair
Jeremy Barker Plotkin
Owner, Simple Gifts Farm
Rory Beyer
Owner, Beyercrest, LLC
Heather Darby
Soils Specialist, University of Vermont
Carolyn Dimitri
Associate Professor of Food Studies, New York University
Bryan Hager
Crager Hager Farm
Dean McIlvaine
Twin Parks Organic Farm
Keith Richards
Treasurer / Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Tim Schultz
Vice Pres. of Research and Dev. for Lundberg Family Farms
Margaret Smith
Ash Grove Farm
Harn Soper
Owner, Soper Farms / Sustainable Farm Partners
Deborah Stinner
Research Scientist, Ohio State University (retired)
April Jones Thatcher
Founder and Farmer of April Joy Farm