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Alliance which centers on developing a grassroots collaborative devoted to bringing about systems change through education and advocacy by community residents and youth in partnership with experts. Her experience includes direct work with community residents, civic engagement and outreach, project management and community development, higher education administration, financial oversight and grant-making.

operates a certified organic vegan family farm in Espanola, NM. Bustos was honored by NMSU as the Leyendecker Agriculturist of Distinction in 2005, was named the New Mexico Farmer of the Year in 2006, and was named organic farmer for 2011 by the NMOCC. Bustos is the Program Director for the American Friends Service Committee-New Mexico, providing farmer to farmer training and working on issues of land and water rights.

Blue Shield of Texas. Prior to his current activities, Eduardo was Director of the Institute for Health Policy at the University of Texas School of Public Health. Eduardo served as the Texas Commissioner of Health from 2001 to 2006, initially as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Health (TDH) from November 2001 through August 2004 and then as Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) from September 2004 to October 2006. He was also a member of the 2008-2009 class of IATP Food and Society Fellows.

for leadership, overall management of the organization, fund raising, and evaluation. Prior to this appointment, she served as MIFFS Programs Manager for 11/2 years. She currently serves on the Michigan Food Policy Council, the Michigan Department of Agricultural Value-Added Commercialization Roundtable, and is Co-Chair of the Mid West Sustainable Ag Working Group Extension Research and Education Committee.

about connecting sustainable food- and ag-based businesses with capital. She is currently authoring the Finance for Food book, a guide designed to help entrepreneurs navigate the complex and ever-evolving world of financing options, from traditional debt and venture capital, to community-supported models, non-voting preferred stock, private-label CDs, crowd-funding . . . and the list goes on! She was also a member of the 2009-2010 class of IATP Food and Society Fellows.

a future in which every person has access to healthy food produced in a just and sustainable manner. With a background as a nutrition scientist studying heart disease, MacDougall approaches real-world problems with a systems view toward comprehensive solutions. In her public health role, she works with a diverse group of community-based organizations, government agencies, policymakers and community residents to help identify and realize tangible changes for policy and systems to improve the food system and public health for residents in the Pacific Northwest. She was also a member of the 2009-2010 class of IATP Food and Society Fellows.

He oversees all of NSAC’s federal policy work and has been involved in nearly every federal agricultural budget and appropriations bills as well as each of the omnibus farm bills since 1977.

organic dairy near Fairfield, Iowa. Francis and Susan’s farming operation is considered innovative in many respects, including how they integrate livestock onto the landscape in an ecologically sound way, their value-added dairy processing, the design and management of their grazing system, and their use of alternative energy systems.At the appointment of Iowa governors, Francis has served on the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission, the Iowa Food Policy Council, and the Iowa Organic Standards Boards. He was also a member of the 2002-2004 class of Food and Society Policy Fellows.

County, NC. After being wooed into the agrarian life while serving as a peaceworker among Mayan coffee farmers in Chiapas, Mexico, he returned to the U.S. and in 2005 co-founded Anathoth Community Garden, a church-supported agriculture ministry in Cedar Grove, NC which he then directed until 2009. He now speaks and writes full time about the intesection of food, faith, and agriculture. He holds a masters in theological studies from Duke Divinity School (’00) and a BA in English from Montana State University (’96). He was a member of the 2009-2010 class of IATP Food and Society Fellows.

program implementation consultation for philanthropy. Previously, she was the program director of Food Systems and Rural Development at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, where she developed and reviewed programming priorities, evaluated and recommended funding proposals, and administered projects. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dr. Imig served as associate vice provost of Michigan State University and as director of the Michigan State University Extension. In these roles, she chaired the National Extension Committee on Organization and Policy, and served on the National Association of State Universities and the Land-Grant College Commission on Outreach and Technology Transfer. Dr. Imig earned a doctoral degree in family ecology and administration from Michigan State University.