NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC
| Jessica Terry, Certification Co-Director | jessica@nofany.org |
| Lauren Tonti, Certification Co-Director | ltonti@nofany.org |
| Crop Certification Department: Kristen Barker, Crop Certification Coordinator Cassie Abrams, Crop Certification Coordinator Assistant | cropcert@nofany.org |
| Dairy & Livestock Certification Department: Erika Worden, Dairy & Livestock Certification Coordinator Francesca VanDeWeert, Dairy & Livestock Certification Coordinator Assistant | dairycert@nofany.org |
| Handling/Processing Certification Department: Ashleigh Knecht, Handling Certification Lead Maggie Raymond, Handling Certification Coordinator | handling@nofany.org |
| Alexis Spoor, Materials & Inspection Coordinator | alexis@nofany.org |
| Keri Wayman, Data Coordinator | certifiedorganic@nofany.org |
| Certification Specialists: Rebecca Heller-Steinberg, Senior Certification Specialist Heather Orr, Senior Certification Specialist Abigail Simonin, Senior Certification Specialist Elena Braiotta, Certification Specialist Ava Glasser, Certification Specialist Stephanie Sparrell-Martin, Certification Specialist Alexander Warshal, Certification Specialist |
NOFA-NY, Inc.
| Bethany Wallis, Executive Director | bethany@nofany.org |
| Jessica Aubrey, Events Coordinator | jaubrey@nofany.org |
| Katie Baildon, Organic Policy Coordinator | kbaildon@nofany.org |
| Whitney Beaman, Long Island Organic Transition Educator | wbeaman@nofany.org |
| Sarah Ficken, Organic Dairy & Livestock Coordinator | sficken@nofany.org |
| Donna Hickling, Finance Director | donna@nofany.org |
| Liana Hoodes, Policy Consultant | policy@nofany.org |
| Robert Perry, Grain & Field Crops Coordinator | robert@nofany.org |
Board of Directors
Board members come from the membership of NOFA-NY and may serve up to two, consecutive three-year terms. Each year members are asked to submit nominations to the board, which are then reviewed by the Board of Directors and voted on by the membership at the annual meeting.
| President: Crystal Stewart-Courtens, Cornell Cooperative Extension |
| Vice President: Maryrose Livingston, Northland Sheep Dairy |
| Treasurer: Don Cimato, Homecoming Farm |
| Secretary: Jonathan Brown, Pace University |
| Liz Bawden, Bawden Farms |
| Lisa Bloodnick, Bloodnick Family Farm |
| Bobcat Bonagura, Main Street Farms |
| Frank Cetera, Alchemical Nursery Project |
| Laura Colligan, Dirt Rich Farm |
| Wes Gillingham, Catskill Mountainkeeper |
| Bhavani Jaroff, iEat Green, LLC |
| Patty Lovera, Organic Farmers Association |
| Mary-Howell Martens, Lakeview Organic Grain |
| Robert Perry, NOFA-NY Staff Representative |
| Kaitlyn Sirna, Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship (CADE) |
Management Committee
The Certified Organic Management Committee is appointed by the NOFA-NY Board of Directors to oversee the operation of NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC. Members must be qualified and free of conflicts of interest as determined by the National Organic Program requirements. They cannot be connected with operations that are certified by the LLC.
| Sandy Crawford, Tioga State Bank |
| Liana Hoodes, Agriculture Policy Consultant |
| Brett Mello, Chief Information Office, Cayuga Health System / Business Consultant |
| Marianne Simmons, Peacework CSA and retired librarian of St. John Fisher College |
| Erin Summerlee, Food and Health Network of South Central NY |
| Arby Swift, Retired Vice President of Farm Credit |
| Gordon Thompson, Coughlin & Gerhart L.L.P. |