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FOOD FUTURE WESTERN NEW YORK
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Regional Advisory Council Members 

MEMBERS ONLY

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SIMEON BANISTER
Executive Vice President
​Rochester Area Community Foundation


​E-mail Simeon 
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CHERYL BILINISKI
Agricultural Economic Development Specialist
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County
E-mail Cheryl 
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MEGAN BURLEY
Owner
Burley Berries & Blooms
E-mail Megan 
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LINNEA CARLSON
Director
Jamestown Mobile Market

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E-mail Linnea 
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ALLISON DEHONNEY
CEO
Urban Fruits & Veggies


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TARA ELLIS
President & CEO
FeedMore WNY

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MITCH GRUBER
Chief Programs Officer
Foodlink


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CHRIS HARTMAN
Founder, President
Headwater Food Hub

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KIMBERLY LAMENDOLA
Food Systems Manager
NY Sustainable Agriculture Working Group


E-mail Kim
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TOM LOWE
Project Director
Field & Fork Network


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CHRIS NOBLE
Vice President
Noblehurst Farms


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DR. dt ogilvie
Professor
Rochester Institute of Technology


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JOAN PETZEN
Ag Program Leader
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wyoming County


E-mail Joan
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SAMINA RAJA
Professor
UB Food Systems Planning Healthy Communities Lab


E-mail Samina
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JEN REGAN
Program Manager
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County


E-mail Jen
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MIKE SNYDER
Owner
Gakwi:yo:h Farms


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DAVID WALCZAK
Operations Manager
Eden Valley Growers


E-mail David
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MARLENE WAKEFIELD
Special Assistant to the President

Seneca Nation of Indians

E-mail Marlene
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REBEKAH WILLIAMS
Community Organizer and Trainer
Food for the Spirit

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E-mail Rebekah
​Read more about Rebekah

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ALEXANDER WRIGHT
President
African Heritage Co-Op

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E-mail Alexander
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CATHARINE YOUNG
Executive Director
Center for Excellence in Food & Agriculture at AgriTech Center


E-mail Catharine
​Read more about Catharine
Copyright @ 2021 NY Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
​A non-profit organization of Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board

For more information about this project and how you can be involved, contact:
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New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Kimberly LaMendola, Food System Projects Manager 
4039 Route 219, Suite 200, Salamanca NY 14779
716-945-5301 ext. 2211
klamendola@southerntierwest.org
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Western New York Foundation

2495 Main Street, Suite 464, Buffalo NY 14214
716-839-4225


Beth Kinsman Gosch, Executive Director
bgosch@wnyfoundation.org

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Lauren VanOsten, Program Officer

Lvanosten@wnyfoundation.org
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