2012 Board of Directors

Joan Norman, President  One Straw Farm, White Hall, MD (Farmer)	Will Morrow, 1st Vice President  Whitmore Farm, Emmitsburg, MD   (Farmer)	Rob Schnabel, 2nd Vice President  Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Annapolis, MD (Agriculture professional)
Amanda Behrens, Secretary   Center for a Livable Future, Baltimore City, MD (Agriculture professional)	Beckie Gurley, Treasurer  Calvert's Gift Farm Sparks, MD (Farmer)	Jakir Manela, Past President  Kayam Farm, Pearlstone Center, Reisterstown, MD (Farmer-Educator)
Pablo Elliott Stoney Lonesome Farm, Fauquier County, VA (Farmer)	Amy Haines Out of the Fire Restaurant Easton, MD (Restaurateur)	Sudeep Mathew University of Maryland Extension, Dorchester County, Cambridge, MD (Agriculture agent)
Margaret Morgan-Hubbard ECO City Farms, Edmonston, MD (Urban farmer)	Jamie Moore (At-Large Representative from PASA) Eat'n Park Restaurants, Pittsburgh, PA (Restaurateur)	Rob Moutoux  Moutoux Orchards, Loudon County, VA (Farmer)
Ginger Myers   Western Maryland Research & Education Center, Keedysville, MD  (Farmer & Agriculture agent)	Shepherd Ogden Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV (Agriculture agent and former farmer)	Stephanie Ritchie  Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, USD, Beltsville, MD (Agriculture professional)
Greg Strella Great Kids Farm, Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore, MD (Farmer-Educator)	Michael Snow   Willowsford Farm, Willowsford, VA (Farmer)

Executive Director Alice Chalmers

The organization's overall operations are run under the leadership of  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Alice brings a strong set of business skills, as a graduate of Columbia University in Mathematics and University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, as well as twenty years in private industry and in consulting. She also brings her passion for the transformation of agriculture and the Chesapeake Food Shed, having worked in 2005 to create North County Preservation, Inc. (NCP), a local education and research group dedicated to rural land use issues, and on the profitability and sustainability of agriculture as NCP Vice-President and Board member of the Maryland Agricultural Resource Council.

Deputy Director Renee Brooks Catacalos
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  focuses on outreach to members, partners, and consumers, and is the lead organizer of Future Harvest CASA's signature event, the annual Farming for Profit and Stewardship Conference. In addition to a background in international affairs and public relations, Renee brings more than ten years of experience in the local food and agriculture community. She was publisher and editor of Edible Chesapeake magazine, and has served as a communications consultant to a variety of local food businesses, as well as to organizations such as ECO City Farms and Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment. She is currently board chair for ECO City Farms, board secretary for FRESHFARM Markets, and a member of the board of the Riverdale Park Farmers Market. 

Beginner Farmer Training Program Director Cathy Tipper
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  was instrumental in founding the Beginner Farmer Training Program in 2009, and has continuously led the program since its inception, growing it from four to participants to 12 in 2012, and from one to three training farms. Cathy also works with the Education Committee to organize and oversee Future Harvest CASA's educational field days.