The Team
Slow Food is a grassroots movement.
Our leadership structure starts at the roots, with chapter and community leaders. Each local entity has a board, volunteers and programming that fits with that particular community, all under the framework of good, clean and fair food for all. National working groups tie Slow Food advocates interested in specific topics together with focused goals and calls to action.
National Office
The National Office supports the health and growth of the Slow Food network and serves as a national anchor and organizer for the global Slow Food movement. This all-remote team cultivates nationwide programs and a network of local chapters, hosts educational events and advocacy campaigns, and builds solidarity through partnerships.

Anna Mulè

Anna Mulè

Brett Rapkin-Citrenbaum

Brett Rapkin-Citrenbaum
Brett Rapkin-Citrenbaum (she/her) serves as the Farm Bill Community Organizer for Slow Food USA, which means she works with chapters across the country to help them organize for a more just Farm Bill. Brett has a deep passion for farm and food policy and has worked on a number of small, CSA farms, as well as an educator about agriculture and nutrition at Title I schools. Brett also works with the North Carolina Food System Advocacy Coalition to organize around federal food and farm policy, and at Benevolence Farm, a social enterprise in Graham, North Carolina that supports formerly incarcerated women. She also enjoys watching basketball and hiking.

Brian Solem

Brian Solem

Colles Stowell

Colles Stowell

Dan Mueller

Dan Mueller

Deion Jones

Deion Jones

Gabriela Hasaj

Gabriela Hasaj

Makiah Josephson

Makiah Josephson

Mara Welton

Mara Welton

Patricia Hennessy

Patricia Hennessy
Councilors
Regional councilors (known as “Governors” until March 1, 2022) coordinate the Slow Food community at regional level, with the goal of growing and energizing the chapters, members and supporters in their state. Regional councilors also help coordinate regional and state activities. Some regional councilors may have specific programmatic or thematic representations on the regional and/or national level. If you’re interested in considering this role or if you have questions about Slow Food activities, please email chapters@slowfoodusa.org.
Midwest
Illinois: Katie Johnson
Michigan: Kim Bayer
Missouri: Brian Pelletier
Ohio: Cynthia Walters
Northeast
New York: Laura Luciano (downstate) and Pierre Friedrichs (upstate)
Maine/New Hampshire: John Forti
Massachusetts: Amy Henderson
Vermont: Francesca Arato
Southeast
Washington, DC + Maryland: Reana Kovalcik
Virginia: John Haddad
Kentucky: Jim Embry
Florida: Richard Stepp
Rocky Mountain/Southwest
Texas: Kim Aman
Arizona: Molly Beverly
Colorado: Jodi Popma
Nevada: Shirley Sandoval
New Mexico: Lissa Johnson
Pacific
California: Ian McFaul (Bay Area)
Hawaii: Laurie Carlson
Washington: Kim Abrams-Marshall
National councilor support: Shelu Patel
INTERNATIONAL COUNCILORS
USA: Bilal Sarwari
Canada: Bobby Grégoire
international-councilors@slowfoodusa.org
National Board of Directors
The National Board of Directors provides governance to the organization and proper fiduciary oversight; aligns mission and purpose that articulates the organization’s goals, means, and primary constituents served; participates in any planning processes for SFUSA and assist in implementing and monitoring the plan’s goals; determines which programs and campaigns are consistent with SFUSA’s mission and monitor their effectiveness and clearly articulates the organization’s mission, accomplishments, and goals to the public and garner support from the community in order to enhance SFUSA’s public standing.

Alessandro d'Ansembourg
CO-CHAIR

Ben Burkett

Bilal Sarwari
GOVERNANCE CHAIR

Ed Yowell

Kate Krauss
TREASURER

Kevin Mitchell

Laura Luciano
CO-CHAIR

Paolo Di Croce

Shelu Patel
