Meet the Sustainable Food Center Team
Meet the passionate individuals who make up the Sustainable Food Center team! Our dedicated staff work to transform the food system, ensuring everyone has access to fresh, nutritious food. From program directors to community advocates, each team member brings unique expertise and a shared commitment to equity and increased food access. Learn more about the people driving our mission forward.
*Identifies Spanish speakers
Administration
To contact the Administration Department, please email info@sustainablefoodcenter.org.

Mark Bethell
Chief Executive Officer

Anthony Cordova
Chief Financial Officer

Jenifer DeAtley
Chief Impact Officer

Alex Mace
Senior Data Specialist

Anh Tu
Controller

Tiffiney Herrera
Office Manager
Development & Communications
To contact the Development and Communications Department, please email development@sustainablefoodcenter.org. For media requests, please email communications@sustainablefoodcenter.org

Deirdre Anderson*, CFRE
Chief Development Officer

Nicole Thompson
Senior Grants Manager

Ariana DeLaurentis
Marketing and Communications Manager

Jeremy Wright
Database Manager

Anna-Kay Reeves*
Multimedia Communications Specialist

Michael Ann Bagley
Development Manager
Advocacy and Engagement
To contact the Advocacy and Engagement Department, please email policy@sustainablefoodcenter.org. To set up an event with SFC, please email community@sustainablefoodcenter.org.

Simone Benz*
Policy and Advocacy Director

Sayuri Yamanaka*
Senior Community Engagement Specialist

Diana Castro*
Outreach and Communications Coordinator
Farm Viability and Farmers’ Markets
To contact the Farmers’ Markets Department, please email farmersmarket@sustainablefoodcenter.org. For questions about our farmer support services, please email farmers@sustainablefoodcenter.org.

Amy Gallo
Farm Viability Director

Maya Adra
Farmers’ Market Operations Manager

Devon Sisneros
Farmers’ Market Coordinator

Marie Miller
Farm Viability Coordinator
Food Access and Education
To contact the Food Access Department, please email foodaccess@sustainablefoodcenter.org. For questions about The Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre®, please email education@sustainablefoodcenter.org.

Hannah Thorton
Senior Director of Food Access and Education

Vanessa Beltran*
Senior Education Manager

Adriana Botello de Prioleau*
Education Manager

Brita Van Fossen
Food Access Manager

Sarah Castro
West Texas Program Manager

Jacqueline Taylor
Education Specialist

Joseph Ramirez
Grocery Retail Specialist

Ailisha Macharia
Central Texas The Happy Kitchen® Coordinator

Jeanette Castañón
West Texas Food Access Coordinator

Tara Bramlett
West Texas The Happy Kitchen® Coordinator

Wanda Hernadez
Central Texas Food Access Coordinator

Matthew Gideon
West Texas Outreach & Community Engagement Coordinator

Nicole Blackburn
Central Texas Food Access Associate

Dysha Waites
Farm Direct Specialist
Sustainable Food Center Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Amy Bell
Chair
Chief Financial Officer, MCE Social Capital
James Osborn
Past-Chair
Senior Vice President of Engineering, Worldpay from FIS
Sara Maxwell
Finance Chair
Chief Financial Officer, Legendairy Milk
Leonard Dougal
Secretary
Partner, Jackson and Walker
Dan Phillips
Executive Committee Member
Managing Director, Sandbox Industries
Board Members
Bill Longley
General Counsel, Texas Municipal League
Diego Diverde
Sales Director, Greener Pastures Chicken
Eric De Valpine
Partner, Foodshed Investors
Laura Estes
Retired Director of Marketing and Merchandising, HEB Central Texas Region
Lee Robinson
Vice President of Merchandising, Whole Foods Market
Sean Henry
Co-Owner, HiFi Mycology
Dr. Shelly Sethi
Integrative and Functional Medicine Family Physician & Owner, Dr. Shelly Sethi, PLLC
Audrey Garcia
Public Affairs Specialist, H-E-B