WLA’s policy, advocacy, and education work is driven by a dynamic and diverse Steering Committee that includes members of many key organizations that focus on agricultural and conservation issues in Connecticut.
WLA Steering Committee Members
Bonnie Burr – University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension
Catherine Rawson – Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy
Amanda Freund – CowPots — Freund Farm
Terry Jones – Jones Family Farms, Shelton, CT
Kip Kolesinskas – Co-Chair, Manchester, CT
Ella Kennen – New CT Farmer Alliance
Elisabeth Moore – Connecticut Farmland Trust
Amy Paterson – Connecticut Land Conservation Council
Richard Roberts – Halloran & Sage, L.L.P.
Jim Smith – Cushman Farm
Latha Swamy – City of New Haven Food Systems Policy Division
Tracey McDougall – Connecticut Farm Bureau Association
Amanda Fargo-Johnson – Connecticut RC & D
Will O’Meara – Hungry Reaper Farm
Jim Habana Hafner – American Farmland Trust
Kim Stoner – CT NOFA
Robert Chang – Echo Farm
Chris Laughton – Farm Credit East
Freedom Gerardo – Land for Good
WLA Staff
Eliza Paterson – Senior New England Policy Associate – American Farmland Trust
