Staff & Board

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Emmalyn Kayser

she/her/they/them
Farmer Support Specialist, Big River Farms
Favorite food: Eggs and Potatoes
Image for Martin Wise

Martin Wise

he/him
Farm Program Specialist, Big River Farms
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Pearce Jensen

he/him/his
Associate Farm Director
Favorite food: Homemade Yogurt and Granola

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Executive Committee

Leah Porter

Chair & Founder of Twin Cities Mobile Market
Propel Nonprofits

Dave Schmiechen

Treasurer
Retired
formerly Andersen Corporation

Sharon Roberg-Perez

Secretary
Robbins Kaplan LLC

Sarah Kinney

Policy Chair
Independent Consultant 

Directors

Andrew Chelseth

University of Minnesota

Georgi Nguyen

Keystone Community Services

Keith Narr

Cargill

Rhys Williams

Farmer, Community Member

Assistant Commissioner Patrice Bailey

MN Department of Agriculture

Marna Canterbury

Health Partners

Dr. Chris Taylor

Community Member

Jana Gaffaney

General Mills

Michael Dominowski

Securian Financial