Food and Society Policy Fellows
Meet the Fellows
Elizabeth Ü

Elizabeth Ü

Manager, Strategic Development RSF Social Finance


Elizabeth is Manager of Strategic Development at RSF Social Finance, a nonprofit financial institution inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner. Elizabeth is committed to demystifying the intersection between capital markets, finance and sustainable fo... Continued

Fred Bahnson

Fred Bahnson

Farmer and Writer


Fred Bahnson is the co-founder and director of Anathoth Community Garden, a ministry of Cedar Grove UMC in Orange County, North Carolina. Anathoth is a place that supports a sacramental life based on the practices of field and table. To that end, Ana... Continued

Nicole Betancourt

Nicole Betancourt

Social Entrepreneur


Nicole Betancourt is a producer/director with over fifteen years experience in media production and nonprofit management. As a producer at LightBox, she co-founded the Food Theater Project, which includes the play Milk-n-Honey, the After Show Cafe... Continued

Alethia Carr

Alethia Carr

RD, MBA


Alethia is currently the Maternal & Child Health Director for the state of Michigan at the Michigan Department of Community Health. In this role, she is responsible for administering the more than 50 state programs and policies that support the healt... Continued

Debra Eschmeyer

Debra Eschmeyer

Farmer, Writer, Educator


As a beginning farmer and food justice advocate, Debra Eschmeyer aims to restore the connections between food, community, land and place. Debra is the Marketing and Media Manager of the National Farm to School Network and the Center for Food & Jus... Continued

Andy Fisher

Andy Fisher

Exec. Director, Community Food Security Coalition


After many years of work with both food security as well as urban planning, Andy Fisher became the proud co-founder and Executive Director of Community Food Security Coalition, using his prior involvement to launch and support the community food secu... Continued

Shalini Kantayya

Shalini Kantayya

Filmmaker, Eco-Activist


Recent film phenomenon and eco-activist Shalini Kantayya has been creating huge waves in both the film industry as well as environmental awareness. As the creative director of her own production company, 7th Empire Media, Shalini creates imaginative... Continued

Erin MacDougall

Erin MacDougall

Healthy Eating and Active Living Program Manager


Erin MacDougall is a healthy food specialist and scientist dedicated to ensuring a future in which every person has access to healthy food produced in a just and sustainable manner. With a background as a nutrition scientist studying heart disease... Continued

Sean Sellers

Sean Sellers

Organizer


Sean Sellers has been involved with efforts to improve labor conditions in U.S. agriculture since 2003. He works closely with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a community-based farmworker organization headquartered in Immokalee, Florida, wit... Continued

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