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
Tim Fink
Vice President of Policy
David Haight
Vice President of Programs
Lea Harvey
Vice President of Development
John Larson
Senior Vice President
Jenny Lester Moffitt
Vice President of Farmland Protection and Strategic Priorities
Rick Monk
Vice President and General Counsel
Joy O'Shaughnessy
Acting Vice President of Communications
Senior Advisors
Cris Coffin
Senior Policy Advisor
Jerry Cosgrove
Farm Legacy Director and Senior Advisor
Jimmy Daukas
Senior Program Officer and Senior Advisor
Jennifer Dempsey
Farmland Information Center Director, Farmland Protection Managing Director, and Sr. Advisor
Julia Freedgood
Senior Fellow and Senior Program Advisor
Ben Kurtzman
National Agricultural Land Network Director and Senior Advisor
Ann Sorensen
Senior Research Advisor
Agriculture Conservation Innovations
Brian Brandt
Agriculture Conservation Innovations Initiative Director
Brandi McCoy
Kansas Grazing Specialist
Kinzie Reiss
Agriculture Conservation Innovations Program and Communications Manager
Michael Watercutter
Conservation Agronomist
Climate & Soil Health
Bianca Moebius-Clune, PhD
Climate and Soil Health Director
Aysha Tapp Ross, PhD
National Climate and Soil Health Deputy Director and Scientist
Jose Juan Perez Orozco
Regional Soil Health Cropping Specialist
Richard Watson
Senior Regional Soil Health Grazing Specialist
Farmland Information Center
Jennifer Dempsey
Farmland Information Center Director, Farmland Protection Managing Director, and Sr. Advisor
Kate Rossiter Pontius
Deputy Director, Farmland Information Center
Kayla Donovan
Senior Farmland Protection and Policy Manager
Don Buckloh
Senior Information Specialist, Farmland Information Center
Ariel Looser
Farmland Information Specialist
Lou Marie Judge
Farmland Information Specialist
Farmland Protection & Strategic Priorities
Jenny Lester Moffitt
Vice President of Farmland Protection and Strategic Priorities
Jerry Cosgrove
Farm Legacy Director and Senior Advisor
Ben Kurtzman
National Agricultural Land Network Director and Senior Advisor
Alison Volk
Director of BPS and Easement Acquisitions
Nina Bhattacharyya
Senior Agricultural Land Protection Capacity Manager
Alexandra Blue
National Agriculture Land Network Coordinator
Tyler Brennan
Land Protection Operations Manager
Traci Burnsed
Realty Specialist
Kara Campbell
Realty Specialist
Justice Diamond
Easement Acquisition Manager
Jessica Hall
National Agricultural Land Network Manager
Laura Hayes
Senior Easement Stewardship Manager & Turner Farm Manager
Gina Kron
Easement Specialist
Max Nash-Howe
Easement Acquisition Manager
Kimberly Oliver
Easement Specialist
Susan Payne
Senior Farmland Viability Advisor
Natashia Sawabi
Easement Specialist
Krista Schmidt
Easement Monitoring & Stewardship Manager
Brenda Tenold-Moretz
Easement Specialist
Kathy Terry-Warner
Easement Specialist
Alina Wei
Land Protection Projects Operations Associate
Matthew Whithed
Easement Specialist
Sequoia Williams
Realty Specialist
Farmer & Rancher Services
Nathan W. L'Etoile
National Farm Viability Managing Director
Jeremy Barker Plotkin
Senior Agriculture and Conservation Technical Specialist
Ashley Brucker
Sr. Manager of Grantmaking, Farm Viability
Rachel Carow
Agricultural and Conservation Technical Specialist
Emily Cole, PhD
Senior Scientist & Technical Specialist
Manuel Diaz Gonzalez
Senior Civil Engineer
Jeffrey Hoodlet
Senior Agricultural and Conservation Technical Specialist
Kristen Irvin
Farm Viability Program Associate
Ryan Karb
Senior Agricultural and Conservation Technical Specialist
Catherine Peebles
Farm Viability Operations Associate
Farms for a New Generation
Julia Valliant
Farms for a New Generation Director
Megan Faller
Farms for a New Generation Resource and Outreach Senior Manager
Claudia Kenny
Agricultural Land Access and Transfer Senior Specialist
Holly Stein
Sr. Training and Education Manager
Corey Thomas
Training and Resource Professional
Tasha Wei
Farms for a New Generation Program Coordinator
Individual Contributors
Tammey Holtby
Senior Program Associate
Kathie Lwanga
Executive Assistant to the President
Michelle Perez, PhD
Sr. Liaison Between Research & On the Ground Practice
Phoebe Silag
Senior Advisor
Policy
Tim Fink
Vice President of Policy
Sanaz Arjomand
National Policy Director
Cris Coffin
Senior Policy Advisor
Samantha Levy
Senior Policy Manager for Conservation and Energy
Emily Liss
Farm Viability Policy Manager
Research
Samuel Smidt
Managing Director, Research
Robert Ellis
Agricultural Economist
Meng Li
Senior Soil Health Scientist, Water Initiative
Erika Lisco
GIS Analyst
Bonnie McGill
Senior Climate and Ecosystem Scientist | Research Team, National Programs
Casey Mitchell
GIS Technical Specialist
Theresa Nogeire-McRae
Landscape Ecologist
Katie Pisarello
Senior Agricultural Systems Scientist
Ann Sorensen
Senior Research Advisor
Jennifer Tillman
Research Scientist
Erin Upton, PhD
Senior Social Science Researcher
Ben Wiercinski
Sr. Agricultural Economist
Ellen Yeatman
Social Science Analyst
Smart Solar
Ethan Winter
National Smart Solar Director
Jimmy Daukas
Senior Program Officer and Senior Advisor
Catie Field
Smart Solar Program Specialist
Austin Kinzer
Agrivoltaics Senior Technical Specialist
Greg Plotkin
National Business Development Lead
Joel Tatum
Senior Solar Specialist
California Regional Program
Sarah Keiser
California Regional Director
Tom Stein
California Deputy Director
Chelsea Gazillo
California Senior Policy Manager
Harol Gonzalez Gallardo
California Agricultural Specialist
Vanessa Lozano Perez
California Regenerative Agricultural Coordinator
Paul Lum
Senior Agricultural Specialist
Deborah Nares
California Senior Manager
Anel Trujillo
California Outreach Specialist
Midwest Regional Program
Kristopher Reynolds
Midwest Regional Director & Central Managing Director
Jean Brokish
Midwest Deputy Director
Alan Bailey
Midwest Solar Specialist
Brian Bourdages
Michigan Farmland Protection Specialist
Morgan Cauble
Midwest Watershed Specialist
Torey Colburn
Midwest Conservation Agronomist
Floreal Crubaugh
Midwest Farmland Associate
Angie Doucette
Midwest Senior Farmland Program Manager
Marlee Giacometti
Midwest Program Specialist
Rachel Irvine
Indiana Farmland Protection Specialist
Maddy Kangas
Midwest Program Coordinator
Casey Kula
Midwest Soil Health Specialist
Annalise Lallana
Midwest Urban Ag & Small Farm Outreach Specialist
Julie Larsen
Midwest Sr. Program Manager
Charlotte M. Larson
Illinois Farmland Protection Specialist
Raquel Lechuga
Midwest Outreach Specialist
Kathryn Pagura
Midwest Operations Coordinator
Anna Sekine
Midwest Farmland Associate
Claire Shipp
Midwest Policy Manager
Piero Taico
Midwest Communications Manager
Helen VanBeck
Midwest Sr. Program Manager
Josh Wright
Missouri Farmland Protection Specialist
Mid-Atlantic Regional Program
Jamie Mierau
Mid-Atlantic Regional Director & Eastern Managing Director
Taylor Adam
Mid-Atlantic Livestock & Grazing Manager
Elizabeth Beggins
Mid-Atlantic Comms & Outreach Senior Specialist
Dylan Brown
Mid-Atlantic Livestock Grazing Specialist
Amanda Cather
Mid-Atlantic Deputy Director
Jennifer Perkins
Mid-Atlantic Sr. Program Manager
Caitlin Robinson
Mid-Atlantic Operations Specialist
Samuel White
Mid-Atlantic Agricultural Resilience Associate
New England Regional Program
James Habana Hafner
New England Regional Director & Northeast Managing Director
Alissa White
New England Deputy Director
Kathleen Doherty
Farmland Easement Support Specialist
Kevin Antoszewski
New England Soil Health Specialist
Max Breiteneicher
New England Livestock & Grazing Specialist
Tasha Brodeur
Apprentice Soil Conservation Planner
Max De Faria
New England Policy Manager
Bill Fosher
New England Livestock & Grazing Specialist
Diego Irizarry-Gerould
Program Specialist
Judith Falk
Climate Solutions Implementation Specialist
Julie Fine
Climate and Agriculture Senior Specialist
Sarah Heller
Conservation Partnership Project Manager
Jennie Kapszukiewicz
Apprentice Farm Conservation Planner
Sara Kelemen
New England Soil Health Specialist
Leigh Mae MacLellan
Agricultural and Conservation Technical Specialist
Brendan McMullan
Implementation Specialist
Jamie Pottern
Senior New England Program Manager
Lia Raz
Program and Outreach Specialist
Leila Rezvani
Agriculture and Conservation Technical Specialist
Erinn Roberts
Program Specialist
Desirée Robertson-Dubois
Sr. Conservation Specialist
Caro Roszell
Soil Health Program Manager
Caleb Smith
Agronomy and Livestock Specialist
Andrea Solazzo
Senior Manager of External Affairs, New England
Chris Spencer
Climate Solutions Implementation Specialist
New York & New Jersey Regional Program
Linda Garrett
New York & New Jersey Regional Director
Heidi Exline
New York & New Jersey Deputy Director
Tim Biello
New York Program Specialist
Stephanie Castle
Senior Northeast Women for the Land Program Manager
Pieter Coetzee
Technical Specialist
Olivia Fuller
New York & New Jersey Sr. Communications Manager
Cody Holubeck
New York Agricultural Stewardship Associate
Molly Johnston-Heck
Regional Farmland for a New Generation Senior Manager
Maria K. Lucero
NY & NJ Outreach & Communications Associate
Julian R Mangano
New York Policy Manager
Alexandra Morency
Farmland for a New Generation New York Associate
Mayda Pozantides
New York Agricultural Stewardship Associate
Ben Roosa
New York Agricultural Stewardship Associate
Caitlin Tucker
New York Agricultural Stewardship Program Manager
Ignacio Villa
Bilingual NY Program Specialist
Pacific Northwest Regional Program
Addie Candib
PNW Regional Director & Western Managing Director
Chantel Welch
PNW Deputy Director
David Anderson
Idaho Senior Program Manager
Elizabeth Bragg
Land Transfer Specialist
Carly Boyer
Pacific Northwest Training and Education Manager
Ivy R Dickinson
Small Acreage Conservationist
Charlotte Hamilton
Oregon Farm Planner
Shannon Porter
Idaho External Relations Manager
Tanner Williams
Land Transfer Specialist
Southeast Regional Program
Courtney Owens Ph.D.
Southeast Regional Director
Gary Coleman
Southeast Grazing Mentor Manager
Jared P. Conner
Southeast Implementation Specialist
Brad Buttrey
SE Implementation Specialist (Tennessee)
Ben Gordon
Southeast Implementation Specialist
Nicole Gwishiri
Women for the Land Southeast Sr. Program Manager
Natalie Hargitt
Florida Restoration Planner
Peyton Hopkins
Southeast Implementation Specialist
Hailey Jessup
Southeast Implementation Specialist
Amanda Kirby
Southeast Implementation Program Manager
Mallory O'Steen
Southeast Senior Program Manager
Zane Redman
Southeast Implementation Specialist
Annalise Sampson
Southeast Easement Specialist
Grace Summers
Southeast Outreach and Education Specialist
Leslie Vanden Herik
Southeast Senior Program Manager
Texas Regional Program
Sarah Fulton-Smith
Texas Regional Director
Garrett Bader
Texas Smart Solar Specialist
Kristen Berger
Texas Program Manager
Meredith DeBorde
Texas Implementation Program Manager
Amanda Henderson
Texas Soil Health Specialist
Evart Outlaw
Texas Grazing Network Sr. Manager
Lindsey Richards
Texas Gulf Coast Outreach and Education Specialist
Lane Sherrod
Texas Implementation Specialist
Administration
Caitlin Martin
Office Administrator
Hilary Roberts
Administrative Coordinator
Communications
Joy O'Shaughnessy
Acting Vice President of Communications
Kirsten Ferguson
Publications Director
Elizabeth Amodeo
Marketing and Social Media Manager
Michelle Buchholz
Website and Email Manager
Jenna Farineau
Writer/Editor
Emeran Irby
Sr. Writer/Editor
Annabel Nied
Marketing Coordinator
Raphael Platte
Web Developer
Michael Shulman
Media Relations Associate
Development
Lea Harvey
Vice President of Development
Britt Moses
Director of Development
Corian Branyan
Director of Planned Giving
Anelkis Royce
Institutional Partnerships Managing Director
David Thayer
Director of Membership and Annual Giving
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
Jesse Angelo
Manager of Institutional Partnerships
Cotie Bailey
Senior Philanthropy Officer
Sarah Belida
Manager of Institutional Partnerships
Elizabeth Cashin
Senior Philanthropy Officer, Western Region
Karisa Centanni
Senior Philanthropy Officer, Northeast
Diquan Edmonds
Corporate Partnerships Coordinator
Jenn Grasso
Prospect Management Strategist & Researcher
Scott Greatorex
Philanthrophy Officer, Northeast
Sydney Green
Midwest Philanthropy Officer
Carrie Gunder
Development Operations Specialist
Suzy Hall
Institutional Partnerships Coordinator
Hannah Mabe
Membership Coordinator
Mika Maekawa
Manager of Institutional Partnerships
Lauren Murray
Membership Associate
Maggie Post
Senior Manager of Institutional Partnership
Stephanie Riley
Events Specialist
Maggie Thomas
Corporate Partnerships Manager
Kari Wade
Philanthropy Coordinator
Finance
Ashley Bovino
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration
Nathan Strand
Director of Grants Management
Mini Aggarwal
Finance Controller
Taofen Bi
Senior Grant Accountant
Kayla Carroll
Accounts Payables Specialist
Eucharia Chukwuemeka
AP Specialist
Angelique Franzoni
Financial Planning and Systems Senior Manager
Mollie Ghiabi
Financial Planning Systems Manager
Minna Jia
Accounting Manager
Clarissa Marks
Grants Compliance Manager
Nasiba Mekhmankulova
Grants Finance Manager
Gabrielle Molnar
Budget Specialist
Eliza Randolp
Grant Accountant
Whitney Shuttleworth
A/R Accountant
Nilufar Umaralieva
Grant Financial Analyst
Human Resources
Naomi Cossack
Director of Human Resources
Mercedes Johnson
Human Resources Generalist
Emerly Mae
HR Associate
Helen Nguyen
Human Resources Manager
Legal
Rick Monk
Vice President and General Counsel
Kristin Bjella How
Associate General Counsel
Project Management
Megan Marsteller
Project Management Director
Jessica Hammond
Project Management Deputy Director
Tamara Benjamin
Senior Project Manager
Alexandra Duprey
Associate Project Manager
Delaney Farkas
Associate Portfolio Manager
Elisabeth Spratt
Project Manager
Nicole Waters
Senior Project Manager