Senior Leadership
John Piotti
President and Chief Executive Officer
Beth Sauerhaft, PhD
Executive Vice President
Ashley Bovino
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration
David Haight
Vice President of Programs
Jenny Lester Moffitt
Vice President of Farmland Protection and Strategic Priorities
John Larson
Senior Vice President
Lea Harvey
Vice President of Development
Phoebe Silag
Vice President of Communications
Rick Monk
Vice President and General Counsel
Tim Fink
Vice President of Policy
Senior Advisors
Ann Sorensen
Senior Research Advisor
Cris Coffin
National Agricultural Land Network Director and Senior Policy Advisor
Jennifer Dempsey
Director of Farmland Information Center and Senior Advisor
Jerry Cosgrove
Farm Legacy Director and Senior Advisor
Jimmy Daukas
Senior Program Officer and Senior Advisor
Julia Freedgood
Senior Fellow and Senior Program Advisor
National Programs
Beth Sauerhaft, PhD
Executive Vice President
David Haight
Vice President of Programs
John Larson
Senior Vice President
Alison Volk
Director of BPS and Easement Acquisitions
Ben Kurtzman
Director of Land Protection Projects
Bianca Moebius-Clune, PhD
Climate and Soil Health Director
Brian Brandt
Agriculture Conservation Innovations Initiative Director
Cris Coffin
National Agricultural Land Network Director and Senior Policy Advisor
Ethan Winter
National Smart Solar Director
Jerry Cosgrove
Farm Legacy Director and Senior Advisor
Joy O'Shaughnessy
Senior Director of Corporate Relations and Engagement
Julia Valliant
Farms for a New Generation Director
Nathan W. L'Etoile
National Farm Viability Managing Director
Samuel Smidt
Managing Director, Research
Alina Wei
Land Protection Projects Operations Associate
Alexandra Duprey
Associate Project Manager
Ann Sorensen
Senior Research Advisor
Ashley Brucker
Sr. Manager of Grantmaking, Farm Viability
Austin Kinzer
Agrivoltaics Senior Technical Specialist
Aysha Tapp Ross
Soil Health and Microbial Scientist
Ben Wiercinski
Sr. Agricultural Economist
Beth Fraser
National Agricultural Land Network Deputy Director
Bonnie McGill
Senior Climate and Ecosystem Scientist | Research Team, National Programs
Casey Mitchell
GIS Technical Specialist
Chellie Maples, PhD
Agricultural Economist, Water Initiative
Claudia Kenny
Agricultural Land Access and Transfer Senior Specialist
Corey Thomas
Training and Resource Professional
Ellen Yeatman
Social Science Analyst
Emily Cole, PhD
Senior Scientist & Technical Specialist
Emily Liss
Farm Viability Policy Manager
Erika Lisco
GIS Analyst
Erin Upton, PhD
Social Science Senior Technical Specialist/Analyst
Greg Plotkin
Senior Manager for Smart Solar Outreach and Engagement
Holly Stein
Sr. Training and Education Manager
Jaimee Harrison
National Agricultural Land Network Manager
Jennifer Tillman
Research Scientist
Jessica Hall
National Agricultural Land Network Coordinator
Jimmy Daukas
Senior Program Officer and Senior Advisor
Joel Tatum
Senior Solar Specialist
Jose Juan Perez Orozco
Regional Soil Health Cropping Specialist
Julia Freedgood
Senior Fellow and Senior Program Advisor
Justice Diamond
Easement Acquisition Manager
Kathryn Pisarello
Senior Scientist
Kinzie Reiss
Agriculture Conservation Innovations Program and Communications Manager
Kiros Hadgu
Senior Soil Health and Biochar Scientist
Krista Schmidt
Easement Monitoring & Stewardship Manager
Kristen Irvin
Farm Viability Program Associate
Laura Hayes
Senior Easement Stewardship Manager & Turner Farm Manager
Manuel Diaz Gonzalez
Senior Civil Engineer
Max Nash-Howe
Easement Acquisition Manager
Megan Faller
Farms for a New Generation Resource and Outreach Senior Manager
Meng Li
Senior Soil Health Scientist, Water Initiative
Michael Watercutter
Conservation Agronomist
Michelle Perez, PhD
Sr. Liaison Between Research & On the Ground Practice
Nicole Gwishiri
Women for the Land Southeast Sr. Program Manager
Richard Watson
Senior Regional Soil Health Grazing Specialist
Robert Ellis
Agricultural Economist
Samantha Levy
Senior Policy Manager for Conservation and Energy
Susan Payne
Senior Farmland Viability Advisor
Tasha Wei
Farms for a New Generation Program Coordinator
Theresa Nogeire-McRae
Landscape Ecologist
Tyler Brennan
Land Protection Operations Manager
California Regional Program
Tom Stein
California Regional Director
Anel Trujillo
California Outreach Specialist
Chelsea Gazillo
California Senior Policy Manager
Deborah Nares
California Senior Manager
Harol Gonzalez Gallardo
California Agricultural Specialist
Paul Lum
Senior Agricultural Specialist
Vanessa Lozano Perez
California Regenerative Agricultural Coordinator
Midwest Regional Program
Kristopher Reynolds
Midwest Regional Director & Central Managing Director
Jean Brokish
Midwest Deputy Director
Alan Bailey
Midwest Solar Specialist
Angie Doucette
Midwest Senior Farmland Program Manager
Anna Sekine
Midwest Farmland Associate
Annalise Lallana
Midwest Urban Ag & Small Farm Outreach Specialist
Brian Bourdages
Michigan Farmland Protection Specialist
Casey Kula
Midwest Soil Health Specialist
Claire Shipp
Midwest Policy Manager
Floreal Crubaugh
Midwest Farmland Associate
Helen VanBeck
Midwest Sr. Program Manager
Jillian Marsden
Illinois Farmland Protection Specialist
Josh Wright
Midwest Farmland Protection Specialist
Julie Larsen
Midwest Sr. Program Manager
Kathryn Pagura
Midwest Operations Coordinator
Maddy Kangas
Midwest Program Coordinator
Marlee Giacometti
Midwest Program Specialist
Morgan Cauble
Midwest Watershed Specialist
Piero Taico
Midwest Communications Manager
Rachel Irvine
Indiana Farmland Protection Specialist
Rachel Lechuga
Midwest Outreach Specialist
Torey Colburn
Midwest Conservation Agronomist
Mid-Atlantic Regional Program
Jamie Mierau
Mid-Atlantic Regional Director & Eastern Managing Director
Amanda Cather
Mid-Atlantic Deputy Director
Caitlin Robinson
Mid-Atlantic Operations Specialist
Elizabeth Beggins
Mid-Atlantic Comms & Outreach Senior Specialist
Gabriela Salazar
Mid-Atlantic Program Specialist
Jennifer Perkins
Mid-Atlantic Sr. Program Manager
Taylor Adam
Mid-Atlantic Livestock & Grazing Manager
New England Regional Program
James Habana Hafner
New England Regional Director & Northeast Managing Director
Alissa White
New England Deputy Director
Andrea Solazzo
Senior Manager of External Affairs, New England
Anthony Munene
Urban Agriculture and Small Farms Outreach Specialist (NH)
Bill Fosher
Senior Conservation Planner
Brendan McMullan
Implementation Specialist
Caleb Smith
Agronomy and Livestock Specialist
Caro Roszell
Soil Health Program Manager
Charline Xu
Urban Agriculture Specialist
Cheryl Bruce
Senior Livestock & Grazing Specialist
Chris Spencer
Climate Solutions Implementation Specialist
Desirée Robertson-Dubois
Sr. Conservation Specialist
Diego Irizarry-Gerould
Program Specialist
Eliza Paterson
Sr. New England Policy Associate
Erinn Roberts
Program Specialist
Jamie Pottern
Senior New England Program Manager
Jeffrey Hoodlet
Senior Agricultural and Conservation Technical Specialist
Jennie Kapszukiewicz
Apprentice Farm Conservation Planner
Jeremy Barker Plotkin
Agricultural and Conservation Technical Specialist
Judith Falk
Climate Solutions Implementation Specialist
Julie Fine
Climate and Agriculture Senior Specialist
Kathleen Doherty
Farmland Easement Support Specialist
Kevin Antoszewski
New England Soil Health Specialist
Leigh Mae MacLellan
Agricultural and Conservation Technical Specialist
Leila Rezvani
Agriculture and Conservation Technical Specialist
Lia Raz
Program and Outreach Specialist
Max Breiteneicher
Apprentice Farm Conservation Planner
Rachel Carow
Agricultural and Conservation Technical Specialist
Ryan Karb
Senior Agricultural and Conservation Technical Specialist
Sarah Heller
Conservation Partnership Project Manager
Sara Kelemen
New England Soil Health Specialist
Tasha Brodeur
Apprentice Soil Conservation Planner
New York Regional Program
Linda Garrett
New York & New Jersey Regional Director
Heidi Exline
New York & New Jersey Deputy Director
Alexandra Morency
Farmland for a New Generation New York Associate
Ben Roosa
New York Agricultural Stewardship Associate
Caitlin Tucker
New York Agricultural Stewardship Program Manager
Cody Holubeck
New York Agricultural Stewardship Associate
Ignacio Villa
Bilingual NY Program Specialist
Julian R Mangano
New York Policy Manager
Kiani Conley-Wilson
New York Regional Program Coordinator
Maria K. Lucero
New York Operations and Program Coordinator
Molly Johnston-Heck
Regional Farmland for a New Generation Senior Manager
Olivia Fuller
New York & New Jersey Sr. Communications Manager
Pieter Coetzee
Technical Specialist
Stephanie Castle
Women for the Land New York Program Manager
Tammey Holtby
Senior Program Associate
Tim Biello
New York Program Specialist
Pacific Northwest Regional Program
Addie Candib
PNW Regional Director & Western Managing Director
Chantel Welch
PNW Deputy Director
Carly Boyer
Pacific Northwest Training and Education Manager
Charlotte Hamilton
Oregon Farm Planner
David Anderson
Idaho Senior Program Manager
Elizabeth Bragg
Outreach and Technical Assistance Coordinator
Ivy R Dickinson
Idaho Urban Conservationist
Shannon Porter
Idaho External Relations Manager
Tanner Williams
Land Transfer Specialist
Southeast Regional Program
Courtney Owens Ph.D.
Southeast Regional Director
Amanda Kirby
Southeast Implementation Program Manager
Annalise Sampson
Georgia Farmland Protection Associate
Ben Gordon
Southeast Implementation Specialist
Gary Coleman
Southeast Grazing Mentor Manager
Grace Summers
Southeast Outreach and Education Specialist
Hailey Jessup
Southeast Implementation Specialist
Leslie Vanden Herik
Southeast Senior Program Manager
Mallory O'Steen
Southeast Senior Program Manager
Natalie Hargitt
Florida Restoration Planner
Nicole Gwishiri
Women for the Land Southeast Sr. Program Manager
Zane Redman
Southeast Implementation Specialist
Texas Regional Program
Sarah Fulton-Smith
Texas Regional Director
Amanda Henderson
Texas Soil Health Specialist
Evart Outlaw
Texas Grazing Network Sr. Manager
Garrett Bader
Texas Smart Solar Specialist
Lindsey Richards
Texas Gulf Coast Outreach and Education Specialist
Meredith DeBorde
TX Implementation Specialist
Communications
Phoebe Silag
Vice President of Communications
David Thayer
Director of Marketing and Membership
Kirsten Ferguson
Publications Director
Annabel Nied
Marketing Coordinator
Brooks Lamb
Special Advisor for Strategic Communications
Elizabeth Amodeo
Marketing and Social Media Manager
Emeran Irby
Sr. Writer/Editor
Hannah Mabe
Membership Coordinator
Jenna Farineau
Writer/Editor
Lauren Murray
Membership Associate
Michael Shulman
Media Relations Associate
Michelle Buchholz
Website and Email Manager
Raphael Platte
Web Developer
Development
Lea Harvey
Vice President of Development
Britt Moses
Director of Development
Corian Branyan
Director of Planned Giving
Anelkis Royce
Institutional Partnerships Managing Director
Erica Goodman
Director of Corporate Partnerships
Jeff Schreiber
Assistant Director of Institutional Partnerships, West Coast
Jess Downey
Deputy Director of Institutional Partnerships, East Coast
Jessica Kizito
Director of Development Operations
Elizabeth Cashin
Senior Philanthropy Officer, Western Region
Crystal Trimble
Prospect Researcher and Database Administrator
Kari Wade
Philanthropy Coordinator
Karisa Centanni
Senior Philanthropy Officer, Northeast
Maggie Post
Senior Manager of Institutional Partnership
Maggie Thomas
Corporate Partnerships Coordinator
Mika Maekawa
Manager of Institutional Partnerships
Scott Greatorex
Philanthrophy Officer, Northeast
Stephanie Riley
Events Specialist
Sydney Green
Midwest Philanthropy Officer
Finance and Administration
Ashley Bovino
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration
Naomi Cossack
Director of Human Resources
Nathan Strand
Director of Grants Management
Philip Briggs
Director of Administration
Angelique Franzoni
Financial Planning and Systems Senior Manager
Eucharia Chukwuemeka
AP Specialist
Helen Nguyen
Human Resources Manager
Hilary Roberts
Administrative Coordinator
Kathie Lwanga
Executive Assistant to the President
Kayla Carroll
Accounts Payables Specialist
Kristin Bjella How
Associate General Counsel
Mercedes Johnson
Human Resources Generalist
Mini Aggarwal
Finance Controller
Minna Jia
Accounting Manager
Mollie Ghiabi
Financial Planning Systems Manager
Taofen Bi
Senior Grant Accountant
Project Management
Megan Marsteller
Project Management Director
Jessica Hammond
Project Management Deputy Director
Kali McPeters
Portfolio Manager
Nicole Waters
Senior Project Manager
Tamara Benjamin
Senior Project Manager
Whitney Shields
Project Manager
Farmland Information Center
Jennifer Dempsey
Director of Farmland Information Center and Senior Advisor
Kate Rossiter Pontius
Deputy Director, Farmland Information Center
Ariel Looser
Farmland Information Specialist
Don Buckloh
Senior Information Specialist, Farmland Information Center
Kayla Donovan
Policy Specialist, Farmland Information Center
Lou Marie Judge
Farmland Information Specialist