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.
Brise Tencer
Executive Director
brise@ofrf.org
831-426-6606
Sheila Golden
Finance and Operations Director
sheila@ofrf.org
831-275-1754
Haley Baron
Partnership & Development Manager
haley@ofrf.org
415-340-2296
Kelsey Grimsley
Office Manager/Program Administrator
office@ofrf.org
831-275-1837
Thelma Velez
Research & Education Program Manager
thelma@ofrf.org
Trevor Findley
Senior Policy Associate
trevor@ofrf.org
Caroline Baptist
Communications Manager
caroline@ofrf.org
831-204-8816
Mark Schonbeck
Research Program Associate
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.
Bryan Hager
Board Chair
Crager Hager Farm
Jeremy Barker Plotkin
Owner, Simple Gifts Farm
Carolyn Dimitri
Associate Professor of Food Studies, New York University
Katrina Heinze
Member At-Large
Keith Richards
Treasurer / Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Tim Schultz
Vice Chair & Board Secretary
Harn Soper
Owner, Soper Farms / Sustainable Farm Partners
Deborah Stinner
Research Scientist, Ohio State University (retired)
Kokoasse Kpomblekou-A
Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry Director, Organic Agriculture and Biogas Production
April Jones Thatcher
Founder and Farmer of April Joy Farm
