Farm2People is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in all the relationships we foster, and that starts internally with our team, advisors and board of directors. If you are interested in working together please email hello@farm2people.org.

OPERATIONAL TEAM

*Indicates Founding Member

**Ernesto Ahumada**
**Director of Finance**

**Helen Dodd**
**Communications Manager**

**Henry Fischer** *
**Director of Programs and Board Member**

**Anna Rose Hopkins** *
Executive Director

**Shu Chin (Lily) Yeh**
**Web and Graphic Design**

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

*Indicates Founding Member. Our Board of Directors are voting members.

Safir BellaliSr Director, Advanced Digital Creation, VANS /First Movers Fellow Aspen Institute — **Safir Bellali**
**Board Member**

**Henry Fischer** *
**Board Member and Director of Programs**

Eric Holdener President CEO, Kinestry (AI Innovation Startup) / Director at Nestlé USA — **Eric Holdener** *
**Board** **President**

BOARD OF ADVISORS

*Indicates Founding Member. Our Board of Advisors are non-voting Board members. These valued allies inspire our work, support our efforts and hold us accountable.

Michel AlgaziCEO & Founder, Foodcentricity / CEO Freshology / GM e-commerce, The Walt Disney Company — **Michel Algazi** *

Erika Cuellar Business Operations & Farming, Alma Backyard Farms — **Erika Cuellar**

Want to Join Our Board of Advisors?

Please email hello@farm2people.org and let us know about your work and passions!

STUDENT ADVISORS

Cal Poly Pomona’s Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies graduate students collaborated with F2P during the 2024 Spring semester to create their “Building Capacity with Farm2People” report aimed at encouraging sustainable coalitions.

Top Left & Right: Grad Students and Report Authors Maya Krug, Namie Costa, Carrie Gregory and F2P alum Jillian Muñoz.
Bottom Left: Elektra Grant (far left) and her graduate class, Spring 2024.

Farm2People’s Story

Farm2People began in 2020 as a grassroots, volunteer operated effort. In our first year, we crowdsourced $30,000 and used it to purchase produce and grain from farmers who had lost critical sales. We then donated that prime nutrition to nonprofits and CBOs in Los Angeles. And Farm2People was born.

In 2021, Farm2People continued as 100% volunteer operated while fiscally sponsored by Alma Backyard Farms. We doubled our donated revenue and doubled our efforts, refining our general programmatic process.

In 2022, Farm2People grew as a volunteer led and run organization, earning our own 501(c)3 designation. With over 50 farms supported with sales, we surpassed our 500,000 lbs delivered milestone!

In 2023, Farm2People hired its first staff member, built our first Board of Directors and expanded services into Orange County. We added more farms to our network, served another 200,00 lbs of food and hit another milestone: 4 million nutritious servings served to food insecure families! Check out our 2023 Annual Report here.

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