Project Core

Cindy Vong – Emerson Hunger Fellow, PFPC – cindy.vong8@gmail.com

Dawn Plummer – Executive Director, Pittsburgh Food Policy Council (PFPC) – dawn@pittsburghfoodpolicy.org

Karlin Lamberto – Urban Agriculture Coordinator, PFPC – karlin@pittsburghfoodpolicy.org

Laura Valentine – GPFAP Data Consultant, Productive Places Consulting – productiveplaces@gmail.com

Qiyam Ansari – Project Administrator, PFPC – qiyam@pittsburghfoodpolicy.org

Sam Applefield – GPFAP Project Coordinator, PFPC – sam@pittsburghfoodpolicy.org

Sarah Buranskas – Food Access Coordinator, PFPC – sarah@pittsburghfoodpolicy.org

Project Team

 Ahmed Tacumba Turner – Braddock Youth Project

Anne Marie Kuchera – UPMC Children’s Hospital, Pittsburgh Healthy Schools Program

Blair Schoenborn – Healthy Food Access Program Manager, Bridgeway Capital

Claudy Pierre – Founder, Eminent Hospitality

Cynthia Caul – Outreach Coordinator, CRAFT, Chatham University

Darla Cravotta – Director, Community Relations and Special Projects, Allegheny County

Donna Scharding – Environmental Health Supervisor, Allegheny County Health Department

Hannah E. Hardy – Chronic Disease Prevention Program Manager, Allegheny County Health Department

Heather Manzo – Executive Director, Allegheny County Conservation District

Helen Gerhardt – Grassroots Organizers, Just Harvest

Jake Seltman – Executive Director, Grow Pittsburgh

Jamil Bey – President and CEO, UrbanKind Institute

Jonathan Burgess – Policy Director, Urban Agriculture Program Lead, Allegheny County Conservation District

Jordan Romanus – Restaurant Opportunities Center Pittsburgh

Ken Regal – Executive Director, Just Harvest

Lauren Connelly – Allegheny County Economic Development

Malik Hamilton – Supervisor, Food Services Purchasing, Pittsburgh Public Schools

Maria Graziani – Extension Educator, Penn State Extension

Mim Seidel – Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Falk School of Sustainability, Chatham University

Molly Bernsten – Education Specialist, Penn State Extension

Plaxedes Chitiyo – Assistant Professor, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Raqueeb Bey – Garden Resource Coordinator, Grow Pittsburgh

Rebecca Bykoski – Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Program Manager, Sustainable Pittsburgh

Shelly Danko+Day – Urban Agriculture and Food Policy Advisor to the Mayor, City of Pittsburgh

Zaheen Husain – Sustainability Coordinator, New Sun Rising

Advisory Committee

Abigail Horn – Deputy Director, Office of Community Service, Allegheny County

Alice Julier – Associate Professor and Director, Food Studies Program, Chatham University

An Lewis – Executive Director, Steel Rivers Council of Governments

Art King – Owner, Harvest Valley Farms

Austin Davis – 35th District Representative, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives

Cassa Collinge – Manager, Consumer Programs, Allegheny County of Economic Development

Curtistine Walker – Food Service Director, Pittsburgh Public Schools

Darla Cravotta – Director, Community Relations and Special Projects, Allegheny County

Deb Gross – 7th District Representative, Pittsburgh City Council

Edward Gainey – 24th District Representative, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives

Erika Strassburger – 8th District Council Representative, Pittsburgh City Council

Jake Wheatley – 19th District Representative, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives

Jim Ladlee – Assistant Director Energy, Business, and Community Vitality Programs, Penn State Extension

Karen Hacker – Director, Allegheny County Health Department

Laura Drogowski – Critical Communities Initiatives Manager, City of Pittsburgh, Mayor’s Office

Lew Vilotti – Director of Planning and Development, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission

Mark Critz – Executive Director, Rural Development Council

Megan Stanley – Deputy Director, Commission on Human Relations, City of Pittsburgh

Patrick Catena – 4th District Councilman, Allegheny County Council

Ray Gastil – Director of City Planning, City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning

Roseanne Javorsky – Interim Exectuive Director, Allegheny Intermediate Unit

Scott Sheely – Special Assistant for Workforce Development, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Tiffany Webb – Associate Professor, Behairoal and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

Subcommittees