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OUR TEAM

BOARD & STAFF

David Church

Strategic Consultant

BOARD MEMBER

David is the former Commissioner of Planning for Orange County, New York and is now semi-retired working as a strategic consultant.

Mark Doyle

General Manager, Fishkill Farms

BOARD MEMBER

Mr. Doyle is currently General Manager for Fishkill Farms, a diverse, family-owned, Pick-Your-Own fruit and vegetable farm.

Eric Ooms

A. Ooms & Sons Dairy

BOARD MEMBER

Eric Ooms, a second-generation dairy farmer, owns and operates a 400-cow dairy farm in Chatham, New York with his father and two brothers.

Todd Erling

Executive Director

STAFF MEMBER

With an academic background in environmental design and planning from Miami University and the Pratt Institute, experience in community and economic development ...

Brianna Merrill

Program Coordinator

STAFF MEMBER

Brianna Merrill is a systems thinker motivated by solution-oriented action. For over a decade she has utilized her passion to support public and private institutions in the healthcare, agriculture and education industries.

Linnette Diaz

Program Associate

STAFF MEMBER

Linnette Diaz is an integral member of the office team, handling major aspects of client relations, project administration and communications.

Dennis Doyle

Director, Ulster County Planning Department

BOARD MEMBER

Dennis Doyle was appointed Ulster County's Director of Planning in April 2004.

Walter Garigliano

Partner, Garigliano Law Offices and Co-Owner, Catskill Mountain Sugar House

BOARD MEMBER

Walter is currently practicing law as a partner in the firm he founded...

Ann Finnegan

East Team Director/President of Community Impact Loan Fund, National Development Council

BOARD MEMBER

Ann brings more than 30 years of lending, finance, and development experience to NDC

Mary Ann Johnson

Deputy Director

STAFF MEMBER

Mary Ann is a regional planner who specializes in land use, environmental and food systems planning. She brings more than ten years of strategic planning and project management experience ...

Duane Stanton

Business Services Coordinator

STAFF MEMBER

Originally from the heavily industrialized suburbs of Philadelphia, Duane grew up far removed from where his food was produced. Still, he was able to cultivate a love for food ...

Christopher J. Braccia II

Program Associate - FeedHV

STAFF MEMBER

Born and raised in Upstate New York, Chris grew up in a family historically steeped in the food industry. His great-grandparents operated a family bakery in Cairo

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