Rio Grande Colonias Staff
Texas A&M AgriLife
Beth Racine
Director of Operations and Finance
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Valerie Venecia
Program Director
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Analicia Perez
Program Manager
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Steven Klose
Director of Market Development & Co-Director of Technical Assistance
Luis Ribera
Extension Specialist
Samuel Zapata
Extension Specialist
Chrystol Thomas
Extension Specialist
Daniel Leskovar
Operations Management
Reid Redden
Operations Management
Juan Landivar
Operations Management
John Jifon
Operations Management
La Semilla Food Center
Cristina Dominguez-Eshelman
Co-Director – Community Outreach & Technical Assistance
Joshua Jasso
Co-Director – Producer Outreach & Technical Assistance
Rubi Orozco
Evaluation
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Mary Meghan Snyder
Grants Administration
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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Advancement (SARA)
Colin Cain
Co-Project Director
Jose Aguirre
Program Manager
Aisha Cruz-Reyes
Food Business Coordinator
Annelies Lottman
Co-Op Coordinator
Catalina Resto
Technical Assistance/Training Coordinator
Juan Raygoza
Producer Technical Assistance Coordinator
Israel Galindo
Video Production Specialist
UTHealth Houston Center for Community Health Impact (CCHI) in El Paso
Gabriela Gallegos
Principal Investigator
Perla Alarcon
Research Coordinator
Leah Whigham
Co-Principal Investigator
Juan Aguilera
Co-Investigator
Erica Martinez
Research Coordinator
People Fund
Dawnetta Smith
Director of Training & Education
Victoria Valdez
Program Manager
Frida Rodiles
Business Advisor
Elvira Valles
Business Advisor
Feeding Texas
Celia Cole
Director of Value Chain Coordination
Libby Saenz
Chief Executive Officer
Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley
Hilda Gutierrez
Project Manager
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DeAnne Economedes
Chief Impact Officer
South Texas Food Bank
Ross Sinicropi
Food Resource Manager
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Karmela Galicia
Director of Programs
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger
Mitch Hagney
Director of Food Sustainability
San Antonio Food Bank
University of Texas at El Paso
Bibiana Mancera
Principal Investigator
Desert Spoon Food Hub
Adriana Clowe
Co-Project Director
Vanessa Brady
Co-Project Director
Patsy Stallworth
Co-Project Director
Border City Distribution
Robert Gregoire
Director
Carla Gregoire
Director