Staff & Board Directory
OUR TEAM
Child Nutrition Initiatives Manager
Before joining the Child Nutrition Team at Hunger Free VT, Keely worked as the Farm to School Coordinator for the Milton Town School District (MTSD). In this role Keely implemented nutrition education in Pre-K-12 classrooms, supported connections between the MTSD Food Service Program and local CACFP childcare providers, procured local foods for the school district directly from farmers, and worked as the Milton Farmers Market Manager. Keely is honored to work with the amazing team at Hunger Free Vermont to decrease food insecurity and increase food access in our beautiful state!
Keely graduated from the University of Vermont with a B.S. in Dietetics and Nutrition and Food Science and has always been interested in child nutrition and food access. She believes that every child has the right to nutritious meals every single day. Keely currently lives in Essex and spends her free time performing in and choreographing for musical theatre productions around Vermont.
Operations & Program Support Specialist
Drawing on her background in higher education and community engagement, Vicky brings strong organizational and project management skills to her work and is committed to improving efficiency and user experience across systems and procedures. She weaves multiple perspectives and ideas to support problem-solving and collaboration across teams, and takes deep inspiration from Margaret Mead’s words: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Vicky graduated from Saint Michael’s College with a B.S. in Biology and minors in Spanish and Anthropology in 2020. She is passionate about showing up for social justice, advocating for equity, and honoring the inherent dignity of every person. In her free time, she enjoys reading, practicing yoga, hiking, and spending time in nature.
Director of Policy & Advocacy
Originally from Maine, Ivy graduated from College of the Atlantic with a degree in Human Ecology. As a lived expert in poverty and hunger, she is tied to this work from a deeply personal level. Ivy lives in Burlington with her partner & two cats. In her free time, she loves to read, garden, and mountain bike!
Gretchen has studied Psychology, special education, and organizational development. She served as the Director of Education at Sylvan Learning Center and Organizational Development Manager at the Children’s Literacy Foundation. She is passionate about strategically aligning an organizations’ operations to best carry out its mission and stand by its values. She believes in supporting individuals’ strengths, offering opportunities for learning and growth, and creating a backbone for core mission support within the administrative department.
Outside of her work at Hunger Free Vermont, Gretchen follows her other passions of writing, reading, traveling, and playing in nature with her son and her partner.
Before joining Hunger Free Vermont in 2011, Anore worked in higher education for over fifteen years teaching the history of social movements and public policy in the U.S. and Latin America, and as a consultant to faculty and academic programs on course and curriculum design and assessment. She has also directed volunteer literacy and ESL programs for children and immigrants in California and New York.
Anore received her Masters in Teaching from the University of San Diego and her Masters in History from Princeton University. She is also a certified adult educator with the Vermont Northern Lights registry. As an educator, Anore has experienced first-hand the direct relationship between nutrition and learning for children, teens, and adults. She is passionate about being part of the community working to end the injustice of hunger and malnutrition for all Vermonters with equity, dignity, and permanence.
Anore lives in Williston with her spouse Felicia Kornbluh and two cats. She enjoys kayaking, playing majong with her mother, and walking to Adams’ Farm Market.
Grants and Development Manager
A lifelong Vermonter, Christi grew up in Addison County before earning her BA in Education with an emphasis in curriculum development and a minor in Music. She has a varied background in sales, marketing, and nonprofit work.
Christi is passionate about partnering with community members to end the injustice of hunger for everyone in Vermont. In her free time, she loves to play with her dog, Cooper, listen to history podcasts, catch mountain views, and work on embroidery projects!
Development Director
Legislative Policy Lead
Originally from Iowa, Autumn graduated with a BA in Public Health and Spanish, and a Certificate in Sustainability from the University of Iowa in 2020. Following graduation, she served as an Americorps member at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, working on food access programs throughout the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, she relocated to Vermont to pursue her MS in Food Systems at the University of Vermont, which she completed in 2024.
Autumn is passionate about the complex intersections of food, health, and the environment and appreciates the opportunity to make changes at the policy level that address the root causes of hunger. In her free time, she loves to bring people together for a meal and conversation, enjoys exploring the beautiful Green Mountains, and working on numerous craft projects!
Child Nutrition Policy & Training Lead
Tim also started and leads the organization’s Research & Evaluation working group, which spearheads the organization's efforts to gather and understand data and evaluate our work. Tim has developed accurate impact forecasts for Hunger Free Vermont’s legislative priorities, as part of this work.
Tim received his degree in Politics from Oberlin College, where his work focused on political theory and comparative political economy with emphasis on class and labor politics. He enjoys engaging in lively debates, cooking, gardening, learning, and being outside. Tim lives in Williston with his partner, Barbara.
Sophie grew up in Maryland, and stayed in the Mid-Atlantic region for college and an AmeriCorps service term, studying Sustainability and Food Systems at Bucknell University, and serving as a Literacy Tutor in a Pre-K classroom in DC, respectively. Sophie moved to Vermont in 2022 to pursue her Master's Degree, graduating from the Food Systems program at UVM in 2024. Since moving to Vermont, Sophie has become deeply involved in local food access and education, both in her professional and personal life.
Through her varied academic, professional, and personal experience, Sophie has developed a profound care for people and the environment, and understands food as a deeply emotional leverage point to enact larger social change. Sophie is incredibly grateful to be working alongside her dedicated colleagues in their efforts to ensure all Vermonters have access to the food they need and deserve. Outside of the office she loves to garden, read, bake, and enjoy the outdoors in all four seasons!
Meal Programs Specialist
Erica has been professionally involved in food systems capacity building with schools, nonprofits, government actors, and grassroots advocates for 20 years. Prior to joining Hunger Free Vermont, she was a community-based researcher and educator focused on food and environmental justice. She has also worked in farm to institution and local food policy and advocacy. She deeply believes in the power of uplifting the lived perspective of those she works with to transform systems and improve the lives of everyone.
Erica holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Sociology from the University of Michigan. A lifelong organizer, she is thrilled to be part of the motivated, compassionate, and dedicated team working to end the injustice of hunger at Hunger Free Vermont. Outside of this, she enjoys gardening, cooking, crafting, and almost any outdoor activity.
Director of Community Engagement
Roz has a long history of service in the non profit sector in Africa, Asia and North America. She is passionate about creating inclusive, equitable and emotionally safe spaces for people to thrive. She champions the use of a Trauma Informed Approach in community engagement. HFVT’s values of Integrity, Collaboration, Justice, Courage, Power-Sharing and Joy both inspire and inform her approach in building bridges of understanding and collaboration in Vermont and beyond.
She arrived at HFVT with a background in community volunteering, grassroots projects on sustainability and local food systems, and Fair Trade advocacy and outreach, both in the US and Argentina, her home country. She received her B.A in Communications from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a degree in Tourism Guidance from the Universidad de Moron, in Buenos Aires.
Mariana joined HFVT because she believes that everyone deserves to be well fed in dignified ways, and that there are enough resources to do that. She believes in the power of local and sustainable food systems to nourish and grow people’s bodies and communities of thriving, peaceful beings!
BOARD OF DIRECTORSBoard President: Stephanie Walsh, Burlington, VT, Community Member
Vice President: Shane Rogers, Milton, VT, Outreach and Narrative Lead, UVM’s Institute for Agroecology
Secretary: Lucy Halvorson, Charlotte, VT, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
Treasurer: Thomas Paron, Woodbury, CT/ Hinesburg, VT, President Emeritus, Compass Capital Management
BOARD MEMBERSHIPAlison Bell, Burlington, VT, Partner, Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP
Sirisha Hawley, E.A., Colchester, VT, Tax Partner, Gallagher, Flynn & Co. LLP
Joshua Kruk, Shelburne, VT, Chief Financial Officer, Bank of Burlington
Jessee Lawyer, Stowe, VT, Executive Chef, Edelweiss Mountain Deli
Rachel Lorek, Barre, VT, Director of Nutrition and Food Services, Central Vermont Medical Center (part of the UVM Health Network)
Addison Williams, Burlington, VT, Senior Consultant, Deloitte Consulting