Michael Ableman
Founder & Interim Executive Director
Ellen Stratton
Administrative Director
Dave Beavers
Mushroom Lab Coordinator
Lorenzo Sanchez
Groundskeeper
Mark Simonitsch
Beekeeper
Geoff Green
Chair
Peter Schuyler
Secretary
Bill Terre
Treasurer
Jeff Bridges
Actor
Yvon Chouinard
Patagonia
Wes Jackson
The Land Institute
Anthony Rodale
Rodale Institute
Alice Waters
Chez Panisse
Jeff Bridges
Campaign Co-chair
Susan Bridges
Campaign Co-Chair
Judy Stapelmann
Campaign Co-Chair
Liz Carlisle
Professor, UC Santa Barbara
Steve Gliessman
Farmer, Professor Emeritus, UC Santa Cruz
Sharyn Main
Community Resilience Consultant
Keith Nevison
Director of Horticulture, SB Botanic Garden
Josh Volk
Farmer, Author
Nancy G. Weiss
Strategic Projects Consultant
Bob Wilkinson
Professor Emeritus, UC Santa Barbara
Eric Onnen
Neighbor, Rotarian, Local Business owner
Kelly Onnen
Board Chair for Food From the Heart
“I’ve had a long relationship with this land and with many of the people who have passed through here. We need to honor this place, but we also need to honor all those whose hands helped plant, cultivate, and harvest, and all those who worked to protect it. I was part of the past here, but I’m especially
happy to help rebuild Fairview Gardens for the future.”
Cesar Gomez — Farmworker