Our Team
2019/20
We are proud of our collaborative leadership model with strong leadership direction from the Board of Directors. Our most recent strategic plan guides our work and clearly defines organizational structure and roles.
Our strength has always been in our ability to bring people together, so this model mirrors the flexible and nimble structure of our network. It helps to create shared knowledge, diversity, and increased resiliency.
SANDRA FRANGIADAKIS
Food Action Lead
Sandra has been the fearless leader of our food action program since 2014. Her secret power is creating connections in the food community. Like a gardener, she tends to the program as it grows along with the needs of the community and food system.
BONNIE KLOHN
Food Policy Lead
Bonnie works to interweave food policy with our food programs to create systemic change. She also facilitates financial planning. Bonnie’s super power is the ability to bring clarity to intensely complex situations.
LINDSAY HARRIS
Food Policy Implementation Lead
Lindsay is excited about growing our local food economy in a just and equitable way. She has a background in participatory research and community economic development, and facilitates collaboration with KFPC’s partners to grow the agriculture sector in our region.
DEBORAH OGUNDIMU
Communications & Administration Lead
Deborah is the newest member of our team and brings with her diverse experience and a lot of passion. She has a personal connection to food systems through working on her dad’s farm in Nigeria, growing plantains, pineapples and cocoa beans and is eager to help us achieve our vision of a regenerative, sovereign, and just food system.
MARIANA GUERRA
Gleaning Abundance Coordinator
Mariana hails from Mexico and has a wealth of experience working with volunteers on various projects in Canada, Mexico, Peru, and China. She is a long-time advocate of social justice and keen to get behind the cause of food security. 2020 is Mariana’s second season with the Gleaning Abundance Program and she has the added task of ensuring our harvests comply with Covid 19 social distancing and sanitation requirements Her organizational and leadership super powers are much appreciated by GAP!
SONYA ROKOSH
Social Enterprise Researcher
Sonya is a multi-talented up-and-coming educator who is helping us explore the potential for producing a small income from the farm to make the operation more sustainable. Her resourcefulness and her horticulture connections make her a valuable member of the team. Word has it she can whip up some powerfully enticing baked goods, as well . . .
CAITLIN QUIST
Research Student
The Co-vid 19 pandemic brought Caitlin back home to Kamloops earlier than expected from study abroad and she started coming to the Butler Urban Farm regularly to volunteer and make use of her unexpected free time. She has since been awarded a Mitacs Research Training Award to help us learn how to get the most benefit for the most people from what we do at the farm. She calls the farm “labour of love” and enjoys connecting with the many people she meets there.
CHRIS TORRES
Fall Farm Manager
Chris brings with him a holistic and diverse set of skills that is extremely valuable as the Fall Manager at the Butler Urban Farm. As a self-employed architect, he has an expansive experience in site planning, site design, and spends his free time researching organic and permaculture growing techniques. He is a huge asset in the placement and construction of our greenhouse and shed at the Butler Urban Farm and sees food as a place of solace, joy, and learning.
Board Members
Carole Hebden
Laura Kalina
Honorary Director & Founding Member
Percy Folkard
Duck Hill Ranch
Rob Wright
Gardengate, Open Door Group
Simone Jennings
Interior Health
Jesse Ritcey
Kamloops Naturalist Club
Emily Pletsch
Cynthia Travers
The Loop
Fauve Garson
TRU Masters of Environmental Sciences Researcher
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