The Organic Center, Washington, D.C.
New organization appointed new board of trustees. Selected as chairman, Todd Linsky is vice president of organic sales for Grimmway Farms/Cal-Organic Farms. Ken Cook, president and co-founder of the Environmental Working Group, is widely recognized as one of the environmental community’s most prominent and effective critics of establishment agriculture and U.S. farm policy, and a leading voice on federal chemicals and pesticides law. Marty Mesh helped form the Florida Certified Organic Growers & Consumers in 1989, and has served as its executive director since 1995. Bob Quinn, president of Kamut International, has been a member of OTA since 1987. Susan Shields has been Jamba Juice’s senior vice president and CIO since January 2012. She has over 20 years of strategic leadership experience in marketing health and wellness brands, product development, innovation and business development. Sara Snow is known as a green lifestyle expert, TV host and author. Among her many achievements have been hosting shows and TV series offering practical advice to consumers on “living green.” Jeffrey Brams is general counsel and vice president for science and international business for Garden of Life LLC, where he oversees product formulation, R&D, science, regulatory, international sales and legal departments. Dag Falck served as the organic program manager at Nature’s Path Organic Foods since 2002 and currently serves as a board member of the Canada Organic Trade Association. Bob Kaake is chief innovation officer for Annie’s Inc., and is a food science and engineering expert in the organic and natural foods industry. Theresa Marquez is now mission executive for CROPP Cooperative, an organic farmer cooperative and farmer-owned organic brand, Organic Valley. Melody Meyer is vice president of policy and industry relations for United Natural Foods (UNFI), and executive director of the UNFI Foundation, which is dedicated to funding non-profit organizations that promote organic and sustainable agriculture and healthy food systems. Mike Ferry is president of Horizon Organic, responsible for leading all aspects of the business. Meg Hirshberg is a professional writer, speaker and currently contributing editor and regular columnist for Inc. magazine. Jessica Lundberg is vice president of people, planet and process as well as a member of the board of directors of Lundberg Family Farms. Margaret Wittenberg joined Whole Foods Market in 1981 as one of the company’s original team members. Since 1998, she has been its vice president of quality standards.