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Staff & Board Chez Panisse Foundation Staff The Edible Schoolyard Staff Chez Panisse Foundation Board of Directors Chez Panisse Foundation Advisory Board Chez Panisse Foundation Staff Carina Wong, Executive Director Marsha Guerrero, Director of the Edible Schoolyard Carolyn Federman, Director of Development Rebecca Womack, Foundation Coordinator back to top The Edible Schoolyard Staff Esther Cook, Kitchen Teacher Susie Walsh, Garden Teacher Nicole Thomas, Kitchen Assistant Benjamin Eichorn, Garden Assistant Kyle Cornforth, Administrative Coordinator back to top Chez Panisse Foundation Board of Directors Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley, California, has championed organic farms for over three decades and is now introducing her ideas into schools with the School Lunch Initiative. Susan Andrews serves on the Board of Directors of several Northern California private elementary schools, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Eva Leah Gunther Foundation. Mark Buell is a developer who served for ten years on the board of the National Council for Urban Economic Development and now serves on the board of the San Francisco Conservation Corps and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. Katrina Heron is a writer and editor who has been Editor-in-Chief of Wired Magazine and a senior editor at The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and The New York Times Magazine. She is also Chair of the Board of Slow Food Nation. Sherry Hirota is Chief Executive Officer of Asian Health Services (AHS), in Oakland, CA. She was a member of The California Endowment's Board of Directors for ten years, and is an appointed member of the Advisory Committee on Research on Minority Health. Christina Kim is the owner of the fashion house dosa. Kim is trained in fine art, and her clothing and housewares designs are inspired by traditional craftspeople from around the world. Kim is committed to honoring human work, traditions, and creativity, while maintaining sound ecological practices. Peggy Knickerbocker is a food and travel writer and author, a regular contributor to Saveur, Food and Wine and Taste magazines, and has published several cooking, travel and event how-to books. Martin Krasney is an educator, writer and management consultant. He currently sits on the boards of Commonweal, The Compton Foundation and Heyday Books, and on the advisory board of the Urgent Action Fund. John Lyons is the President of Production at Focus Features. Prior to opening Kalkaska Productions in 1997, John worked as a casting director for the Coen Brothers. He was also the casting director for the Sundance Director’s lab for six years. In the theatre, John was the casting director for Playwrights Horizons and the Manhattan Theatre Club. Sally Willcox has been a literary agent at Creative Artists Agency for almost two decades. She was a Board member of the Santa Monica Museum of Art for many years. She now serves at President of the Board of 826LA, a local chapter of San Francisco-based 826 Valencia, a non-profit writing program that provides free one-on-one tutoring for students in first through twelfth grades. She also serves on the National Advisory Board of 826 National. back to top Chez Panisse Foundation Advisory Board Michael Ableman Mikhail Baryshnikov Wendell Berry Kelly Brownell Peter Buckley Susie Tompkins Buell Billy Collins Eleanor Coppola Troy Duster Delaine Eastin Stanlee Gatti Adam Gopnik Carole Shorenstein Hays Wes Jackson Bob Kerrey Christina Kim Jonathan Kozol Frances Moore Lappé Phillip Lopate David Mas Masumoto Frances McDormand Nan McEvoy Bette Midler Margrit Mondavi Marion Nestle Nell Newman Michael Pollan Robert Redford Ruth Reichl Boz Scaggs Orville Schell Eric Schlosser Gus Schumacher Peter Sellars Anna Deavere Smith Meryl Streep Michael Tilson Thomas Calvin Trillin Alice Walker back to top