Meet the Team
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Liz Accles
Executive Director
laccles@foodadvocates.org
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Anna Lilia Araiza
Director of Community Engagement and Youth Leadership
aaraiza@foodadvocates.org
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Ribka Getachew-McLean
Director of the NY Good Food Purchasing Program Campaign
rgetachew@foodadvocates.org
she/her
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Wagaye Mesele
Advocacy Manager
wmesele@foodadvocates.org
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Taylor Pate
NYS Good Food Purchasing Campaign Manager
tpate@foodadvocates.org
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Abbie Watts
Director of School Food Advocacy
awatts@foodadvocates.org
they/them
Our Founders
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Agnes Molnar
Co-Founder
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Kathy Goldman
Co-Founder
Our Board
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Minerva Delgado
President of the Board
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Robyn Furman
Vice President of the Board
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Mercedes Turner
Secretary of the Board
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Claudia Dymond
Treasurer of the Board
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Antoinette Emers
Member of the Board
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Nina Guercio
Member of the Board
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Marissa Hersh
Member of the Board
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Monique Lindsay
Member of the Board
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Tamara Missick
Member of the Board
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Jan Poppendieck
Member of the Board
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Amy Rosenthal
Member of the Board
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Dominic Sanchez
Member of the Board
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Tina Stinson-DaCruz
Member of the Board