Carol is a Senior Customer Success Manager at Advarra, a leader in clinical trial research management systems for research sites and academic medical centers. Before this role, Carol spent the previous 12 years at Healthgrades in data analytics and marketing strategy and execution for hospitals and health systems. In her free time, Carol loves to spend time outdoors, travel and explore local restaurants both in Madison and abroad.

Sarah is the Acting Director of the Food Finance Institute (FFI), part of UW System's Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship. FFI provides finance-focused training and technical assistance to growing food, farm and food systems enterprises. Prior to FFI, she spent time helping launch and grow food brands including Wisconsin Specialty Protein (WSP) and the  tera’swhey® brand, Death’s Door Spirits and Tribe 9 Foods. Additionally, Sarah managed the Wisconsin statewide AmeriCorps Farm to School Program at the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection and served as the Farm to Business Program Director at nonprofit REAP Food Group. 

Born and raised in eastern Wisconsin, Robyn Calvey has been involved with Park Ridge Organics since its inception in 2003. She purchased the farm from her parents in 2015 and has grown it into a reputable and reliant market vegetable farm. It primarily sells through its CSA program but has also gained traction with local wholesale accounts over the years and continues to maintain a strong customer base at its on farm store. 

Robyn is an educator for the Becoming an Employer of Choice (BTEC) program for Farm Managers and actively serves as a Vegetable Farm Manager Apprentice Farm Educator. Robyn and her husband Brad and their daughter Frances live at the farm and enjoy travel when they can make it happen.  

Liz is the CEO of Campus Sonar, a specialized social listening agency that partners with colleges and universities. She’s previously served as the Market Insights Manager and Social Media Strategist at Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation. Prior to joining Great Lakes, she was the Director of Marketing and Communications at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha and Program Outreach Coordinator in University Housing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Ben is co-owner of Mile Creek Farm, a certified organic farm outside of Dayton, OH.  He has farmed for 17 years, 15 of those at Mile Creek Farm with his wife Emily. Over the years Mile Creek Farm has distributed produce through a 225 share CSA, at farmers markets, and to wholesale accounts. Since 2016 the farm has been part of the farmer owned and run coop, Great River Organics which sells produce throughout Ohio.

Since 2007 Ben has also been an active member of the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) serving on a number of advisory committees and on the board of directors. Recently Ben started working for the organic certification agency MOSA as a materials review specialist. 

Rick currently works as the Executive Director of the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP works on behalf of Cooperative Extension Services across the country). He is a retired Director of Cooperative Extension at the University of Wisconsin-Extension. He was a faculty member in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the UW-Madison and director of the UW-Madison’s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems.

Scott owns and manages Plowshares & Prairie Farm with his wife Chelsea in Argyle, Wisconsin. Their produce farm, now in its fifth season, is focused on growing a diverse array of vegetables for their community supported agriculture program and a local farmer’s market, while minimizing runoff and nutrient loss from fields through use of cover crops, grass waterways, and restored wetlands and prairies.

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Off the farm, Scott has worked for Clean Wisconsin, a Madison based environmental non profit organization, since 2015 and is primarily focused on water quality issues pertaining to agriculture. Scott has worked on water quality and environmental issues for over ten years, including stints with the Driftless Area Land Conservancy in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, and Trout Unlimited and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership in Washington, DC.

Sarah is a first generation farmer originally from Fort Myers, FL. Along with her husband Pat, daughter Hazel, and wonderful farm team, she runs Squashington Farm in Mount Horeb, WI. They have a ~100-member CSA, serve a couple local markets and a couple local restaurants. She is passionate about eating, growing as many varieties as possible, and being a new mom. As a small business owner, Sarah has become a Jane of All Trades and Master of None making sure day-to-day operations flow smoothly, digital marketing keeps them current, engaging with customer bases, and staying innovative to keep their business growing steadily. 

Amber is the Humane Educator at Dane County Humane Society, leading community education and outreach programming. Before this role, Amber spent most of her career working in the local food realm with the San Luis Local Foods Coalition, a nonprofit working to foster an equitable local food system in southern Colorado. She has experience in development, grant management, and supporting statewide coalitions. Amber has a Master's Degree in Public Administration and spends her free time exploring with her rescue dogs, Taffy and Roux, trying her hand at gardening, and volunteering with SoL Criations Farm Sanctuary.