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