NOFFN’s approach is to support the sustainable growing of food in backyards, community gardens, and on nearby farms, which is an important way for communities to directly increase fresh food access.
NOFFN Team summer 2011
Staff
- Sanjay Kharod, Executive Director
- Ashley Mann, Grants & Finance Manager
- Ariel Wallick, NOLA City Farms Coordinator
- Nicola Krebill, NOLA City Farms Coordinator
- Bobby Evans, Food Systems Planning Intern
- Meaghan Jerret, Outreach & Volunteer Coordination Intern
Board
- Carl Fravel, President – President, Applied Talent LLC
- Marilyn Yank, Vice President – Little Sparrow Farm
- Reginald Harley, Treasurer – Lead Lender Relations Specialist, US Small Business Administration
- Anna Maria Signorelli, Secretary – Organization Consultant/Psychotherapist
- Sarah Rath – Freelance Graphic Designer
- Jared Roche – Counselor, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court
- Nikki Thanos – Legal Fellow, New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice
At the start of 2011, NOFFN Staff and Board developed a Strategic Plan to strengthen both the organization and the network to be better capable of rebuilding and reconfiguring local food systems that increase food access for all the people in New Orleans foodshed. Download the 2011-2015 NOFFN Strategic Plan.
