Founder

Leading voice in food justice advocacy • Former New York Times columnist • Professor, Columbia/Mailman School of Public Health • Founder of The Bittman Project · Co-host of the Food with Mark Bittman podcast

Executive Director

Founder & Principal, Cultivating Justice LLC • Co-founder, Central Brooklyn Food Cooperative • Urban Design Forum Fellow with a Food Equity focus • Member of Mayor’s transition team for food policy • Writer • Former Journalist

Culinary Director

James Beard Award-Winning Chef and Activist working at the intersection of food and social justice · God's Love We Deliver Culinary Counsel Member · Black Farmer Fund Investment Committee Member · Founding Member of The Coalition for Sustainable Aquaculture

Senior Advisor for Strategy and Impact

Founder & Managing Principal, StrivEquity Consulting • ICF ACC Leadership Coach • National Urban Fellow • MPA • Former Director of Inclusive Cities at HR&A Advisors • Former Director of Public Policy at City Harvest

Project Manager

Studied community kitchen models internationally as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow • Former Paralegal, Tenants’ Rights Unit at New York Legal Assistance Group 

General Manager

Lifelong hospitality practitioner and enthusiast · Alum of Maialino, Resident, Via Carota, and other well-known New York restaurants

Assistant General Manager

Long-time cook, gardener, educator, and food practitioner · Former program and cooking instructor and rooftop gardener at the Lower Eastside Girls Club

Operations Strategist

Participatory designer and community strategist · Helped open Peckham Palms and Mission Kitchen in London, and Flatbush Central/Caribbean Market and Mangrove FC in Brooklyn