We use the term Collaborators for those individuals who are funded annually by the project or are generously donating their time and expertise to guide and advise the research, education and outreach components of the project in all seven of our case study cities. These are distinguished from our Community Partners, which are organizations in each city that support our work and to which we have promised an open, two-way dialogue.
Project Management Team
Project Co-Director
Steve Ventura | Soils Department, UW-Madison | Contact Steve
Project Co-Director
Will Allen | Growing Power – Milwaukee | Contact Will
Project Co-Manager
Greg Lawless| UW-Extension | Contact Greg
Researcher
Alfonso Morales | Urban & Regional Planning Department, UW-Madison | Contact Alfonso
Project Co-Manager
Martin Bailkey | Growing Power – Milwaukee | Contact Martin
Outreach
Outreach Program Coordinator
Sharon Lezberg | Environmental Resources Center | Contact Sharon
Research
Researcher
Anne Pfeiffer | Horticulture Department, UW-Madison | Contact Anne
Researcher
Lindsey Day Farnsworth | Urban & Regional Planning Department, UW-Madison | Contact Lindsey
Researcher and Lead Evaluator
Samuel Pratsch | Program Development and Evaluation, UW-Extension | Contact Samuel
Policy
Policy Analyst
Margaret Krome | Michael Fields Agricultural Institute | Contact Margaret
Project Advisors
Advisor
Jeffrey Lewis | Program Development and Evaluation, UW-Extension | Contact Jeffrey
Advisor
Jacqueline DeWalt | PEOPLE Program, UW-Madison | Contact Jacqueline
Advisor
Monica Theis | Food Science Department, UW-Madison | Contact Monica
Advisor
Erika Allen | Growing Power – Chicago | Contact Erika
Advisor
Eloise Gomez | Milwaukee County Extension | Contact Eloisa
Advisor
John Shutske | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, UW-Madison | Contact John
Advisor
Erin Silva | Agronomy Department, UW-Madison | Contact Erin
Advisor
Jed Colquhoun | Horticulture Department, UW-Madison | Contact Jed
Advisor
Jack Kloppenburg | Community & Environmental Sociology Department, UW-Madison | Contact Jack
Research Affiliates
Associate Professor
Kami Pothukuchi | Urban Planning Department, Wayne State University | Contact Kami
Associate Professor
Joe Grengs | Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan | Contact Joe
Professor
Lydia Zepeda | School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison | Contact Lydia
Associate Professor
Larissa Larsen | Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan | Contact Larissa
Assistant Professor
Jacob Wagner | Architecture and Planning Department, University of Missouri – Kansas City | Contact Jacob
Assistant Professor
Mykel Taylor | Agricultural Economics Department, Kansas State University | Contact Mykel
Technical Team
Information Processing Consultant
Caroline Meikle | Soil Science, UW-Madison | Contact Caroline
Interns
Research and Outreach Intern
X’Zayvion McCoy | UW-Madison | Contact X’Zayvion
Former Project Members
Mapping Intern
Jeff Ingebritsen
Research Associate
Jacki Hartley
Mapping Intern
Nicholas Kasang
Education Coordinator
George Reistad
