Board and Staff
WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING TO GROW OUR BOARD
If you are interested, please contact us and come to a meeting to learn more. We are open to new board members with many talents plus a commitment to farmland preservation and affordable access to land for farmers. Of special interest to us at this time are members with real estate, estate planning, finance/accounting or fundraising experience to join our Finance and Membership/Outreach/Development committees. Community members are also invited to join these committees without also becoming a member of the Board of Directors. Board and/or committee membership provides the opportunity to meet new and interesting people, learn broader skills, give back to your community and help keep farming viable in the South Sound. See the Board Job Description below the photos of current Board Members.
To make further inquiry please contact us
To make further inquiry please contact us
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Board of Directors
Loretta Seppanen, Chair Retired, Manager for Research and Analysis State Board for Community and Technical Colleges 
Al Josephy, Treasurer Grant Manager, Office of Columbia River, Department of Ecology 
Colin Barricklow Co-owner, Kirsop Farms 
Pat Labine Faculty Emeritus, Ecological Agriculture, The Evergreen State College, retired farmer, member of the Thurston Agriculture Advisory Committee |
Emeritus Board Member Russ Fox Faculty Emeritus, Planning and Community Development, The Evergreen State College 
Lainie Kertesz Johnny's Seed Company 
Rebeca Potasnik
Operations Director, Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB) Staff
Patrick Rofe Executive Director 
Johanna Willingham
Operations & Development Manager Johanna Willingham grew up farming on a 500 acre Conservation Reserve Program farm in North Carolina and has continued farming organically on diversified fruit, vegetable and livestock farms across the globe including Ukraine, Great Britain and throughout the United States. She firmly planted her roots in the Pacific Northwest in 2008 managing for-profit and non-profit large and small farms and farmers markets in both Alaska and Washington. She has owned and operated 3 businesses to date including a bakery in Colorado, community supported agriculture farm in Alaska and currently a wild-harvesting seaweed business, Skipping Tides Sea Greens in Washington and Oregon. She is currently enrolled as a part-time remote graduate student at Vermont Law School working on her Masters in Food and Agriculture Law and Policy degree. |
SSCFLT Non-discrimination Policy For Employment and Services
SSCFLT welcomes all people without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status.
This policy applies to employment, development opportunities and treatment of staff; to services we provide; and in our dealings with the general public.
SSCFLT welcomes all people without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status.
This policy applies to employment, development opportunities and treatment of staff; to services we provide; and in our dealings with the general public.
Board of Directors
South of the Sound Community Farm Land Trust
Board: The culture of our organization and Board is to be active in support of the mission. We gravitate towards working on a grass-roots level with collaborative community initiatives and organizations.
Formal Board meetings occur on the third Tuesday of each month at our office in Tumwater. Working meetings of the various committees meet about once a month.
Consult the By-Laws section of the website http://www.communityfarmlandtrust.org/bylaws.html for a detailed description of the Board’s formal composition, process by which Directors are, and the Board’s mandated responsibilities. Click here for a summary of the Board member responsibilities.
In brief, to become a Director of the Board, a person needs to self-nominate or be invited by the Nominating Committee or designated Board member to apply and must also:
Application Process: Applicants interested in serving on the Board will be asked to provide the Nominating Committee with:
Send the following items to communityfarmlandtrust@gmail.com, or by mail to P.O. Box 12118, Olympia, WA 98508
1. A current one-page Resume
2. A response to a questionnaire of applicant’s skills, background and interests. The questionnaire ask you identify your committee preference. Check out committee information here.
If you prefer to volunteer to serve on one our committees, please send that request also to communityfarmlandtrust@gmail.com
South of the Sound Community Farm Land Trust
Board: The culture of our organization and Board is to be active in support of the mission. We gravitate towards working on a grass-roots level with collaborative community initiatives and organizations.
Formal Board meetings occur on the third Tuesday of each month at our office in Tumwater. Working meetings of the various committees meet about once a month.
Consult the By-Laws section of the website http://www.communityfarmlandtrust.org/bylaws.html for a detailed description of the Board’s formal composition, process by which Directors are, and the Board’s mandated responsibilities. Click here for a summary of the Board member responsibilities.
In brief, to become a Director of the Board, a person needs to self-nominate or be invited by the Nominating Committee or designated Board member to apply and must also:
- Be a current dues-paying Member,
- Be interviewed by the Nominating Committee or designated Board member,
- Have attended at least two Membership (Annual) or Board Meetings, and
- Show evidence of understanding and support of the mission and work of the organization
Application Process: Applicants interested in serving on the Board will be asked to provide the Nominating Committee with:
Send the following items to communityfarmlandtrust@gmail.com, or by mail to P.O. Box 12118, Olympia, WA 98508
1. A current one-page Resume
2. A response to a questionnaire of applicant’s skills, background and interests. The questionnaire ask you identify your committee preference. Check out committee information here.
If you prefer to volunteer to serve on one our committees, please send that request also to communityfarmlandtrust@gmail.com
BOARD COMPOSITION
There shall be three categories of Directors, each consisting of four Directors, or as close to one third of the total Board as possible. The three categories shall be “Lessee Representatives,” representing Lessee Member, “General Representatives,” representing General Members, and “Public Representatives,” representing the interests of the general public. It shall be the goal of this corporation that one third of its Board of Directors be representative of low income interests.
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Check out this video about the farming done by one of our past members of the Board of Directors |
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