Below you will find the conference organizers, moderators, panelists, and discussants that people Agroecological City’s opening and closing sessions and our three conference tracks. Keep coming back for updates!
Opening and Closing Sessions
- Ruth Orta, Elder of the Jalquin/Saclan/Ochejamne (Ohlone/Bay Miwok, Plains Miwok)
- Valentin Lopez, Chairman of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and President of the Amah Mutsun Land Trust
- Nina Ichikawa, Agroecological City event organizer, Growing Roots teammate, & Executive Director of the Berkeley Food Institute
- Phenocia Bauerle, Director of Native American Student Development at UC Berkeley
- Rob Bennaton, Agroecological City event organizer, Growing Roots teammate, and Cooperative Extension Bay Area Urban Agricultural Advisor, UC ANR
- Tim Bowles, Agroecological City event organizer, Growing Roots teammate, and Assistant Professor in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) at UC Berkeley
- Jennifer Sowerwine, Agroecological City event organizer, Growing Roots teammate, and Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist in ESPM at UC Berkeley
- Charisma Acey, Agroecological City event organizer, Growing Roots teammate, & Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley
Creating Resilience Across Agriculture and Ancestry track
- Wanda Stewart, Agroecological City event organizer & Founder of Common Vision
- Josefina Chavez, Farm to Market Specialist at the Community Alliance with Family Farmers
- Zion Davidson, Community Contributor with The Refuge
- coleman rainey, Agroecological City event organizer, Growing Roots teammate, & graduate student at UC Berkeley
- Leslie Wiser, farmer and Founder of Radical Family Farms
- Alfred Melbourne, farmer and Founder of Three Sisters Garden
- Charisma Acey, Agroecological City event organizer, Growing Roots teammate, & Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley
- Julio Contreras, Cooperative Extension Community Education Specialist with UC ANR
- Lisa ‘Tiny’ Gray-Garcia, co–Founder of POOR Magazine/Prensa POBRE/PoorNewsNetwork
- Vincent Medina & Louis Trevino, Founders of Cafe Ohlone by mak-‘amham
- Jeanette Koncikowski, Executive Director of Grassroots Gardens of Western New York
- Gail Wells, Founder of Buffalo Freedom Gardens
- Richard Garcia & Erika Cuellar, Founders & Executive Director and Operations Director (respectively) of Alma Backyard Farms
Innovative Land Access for Urban Farming track
- Aaron de la Cerda, Farm Manager & Educator at Acta Non Verba – Youth Urban Farm project
- Kayhill Verceles, of the Berkeley Community Garden Collaborative & Project Coordinator at Moving South Berkeley Forward
- Arthur Levine, Board Member for Huerta del Valle
- Heracio (Ray) Harts, Founder of the Healthy Hearts Institute
- Gail Myers, co-Founder of Farms To Grow, Inc.
- Corrina Gould, Tribal Spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan/Ohlone and Co-Founder/Co-Director of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
- Raul Lozano, Founder and Executive Director of Valley Verde
- Melinda McLain, Pastor with The Good Table of the United Church of Christ
- Mai Nguyen, farmer & co-Founder of Minnow
- Nina Ichikawa, Agroecological City event organizer, Growing Roots teammate, & Executive Director of the Berkeley Food Institute
- Robert Rivas, CA State Assemblymember, District 30
- Sydney Kamlager, CA State Assemblymember, District 54
- David Ralston, Senior Policy Advisor at Bay Area Air Quality Management District
- Rey León, Mayor of Huron
Resilience Through Agroecology, Food & Education track
- coleman rainey, Agroecological City event organizer, Growing Roots teammate, & graduate student at UC Berkeley
- tanamá varas, co-Founder of Agroecology Commons & former Growing Roots teammate
- Joshua Arnold, Agroecological City event organizer, Growing Roots teammate, & Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at Warren Wilson University
- Sarick Matzen, Growing Roots teammate & Post-Doctoral Associate at University of Minnesota
- Natalia Pinzón Jiménez, graduate student at UC Davis
- Evan Wiig, Director of Membership & Communications at Community Alliance with Family Farmers
- Alana (Laney) Siegner, Course Director at Terra.Do & former Growing Roots teammate
- Natalia Semeraro, Food Resource Coordinator at UC Berkeley Basic Needs Center
- Evan Hazelett, Research and Advocacy Manager at Berkeley Food Network
- Kelly Carlisle, Founder and Executive Director at Acta Non Verba – Youth Urban Farm Project
- Moe Sumino, Campus Gardens Coordinator and undergraduate student at UC Berkeley
- Annika Levaggi, Campus Gardens Coordinator and undergraduate student at UC Berkeley
- Kanchan Dawn Hunter, co-Director of the Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project
- Katherine Krolikowski, Professor at Contra Costa Community College
Event Organizers
- Leah Atwood, Growing Roots teammate and co-Founder of Agroecology Commons Collective
- Rob Bennaton, Growing Roots teammate, and Cooperative Extension Bay Area Urban Agricultural Advisor, UC ANR
- Tim Bowles, Growing Roots teammate, and Assistant Professor in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)at UC Berkeley
- Julio Contreras, Growing Roots teammate and Cooperative Extension Community Education Specialist, UC ANR
- Jennifer Sowerwine, Growing Roots teammate, and Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist in ESPM at UC Berkeley
- Rachel Surls, Cooperative Extension Food Systems Advisor, UC ANR, LA County
- Jesse Williamson, Growing Roots teammate and PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley
- Nathalie Muñoz, Administrative Coordinator of the Berkeley Food Institute
- Marit Doshi, Growing Roots teammate and Analyst/Project Manager for Cooperative Extension out of UC Berkeley
- Coleman Rainey, Growing Roots teammate,& graduate student at UC Berkeley
- Charisma Acey, Growing Roots teammate, & Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley
- Paul Rogé, Growing Roots teammate, co-Founder of Agroecology Commons Collective, and Coordinator at Merritt College
- Wanda Stewart, Founder of Common Vision
- Nina Ichikawa, Growing Roots teammate, & Executive Director of the Berkeley Food Institute
- Joshua Arnold, Growing Roots teammate, & Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at Warren Wilson University