Farm Aid's Hardworking Board and StaffPhoto: Farm Aid's board of celebrity artists and Executive Director at the 2006 press event prior to the concert. Photo by Ebet Roberts. Farm Aid Board
Farm Aid Staff
Carolyn MugarWhen Willie raised close to $7 million during the first Farm Aid concert in 1985, he knew he had to find an Executive Director who could handle the task of distributing all that money. He handpicked Carolyn Mugar, an activist for many social issues, including labor, environment, toxics, literacy, and community empowerment. Being half Armenian, Carolyn started a reforestation project in Armenia. In her "spare" time, Carolyn serves on a variety of non-profit boards, and is constantly finding new hobbies. We're all convinced that Carolyn doesn't sleep at night - that's the only way we figure she could manage to do all that she does! 
Glenda YoderAssociate Director since 1990. Here I am in my old fashioned Boston kitchen, serving up some homegrown food. I seek out as much as I can from the farmers market, my local food coop and my own (sometimes neglected) garden. But my trusty laptop lives on the kitchen table, too! I’m a lifelong student of social change and the struggles for justice. How do people change their behavior? I wonder. How can I be an agent of change...starting with myself and my work at Farm Aid? With a Mennonite background, a masters in Social Ethics, intense travels—mostly in Latin America, and both very rural and very urban living I’ve tried to challenge myself and my thinking. I am thankful that Farm Aid gives me hope, every day. From the farmers to the eaters, we are all in this together. Our goal is a world of abundant good food for all. 
Wendy MatusovichWendy Matusovich is Farm Aid's Resource Development Director. At work, she spends most of her time thinking up new ways to raise money to help farm families, and helping Farm Aid staff work together in peace and harmony. At home, she spends time gardening with her daughters and her husband and their new neurotic (but completely loveable!) dog. 
Jennifer FahyJennifer has been with Farm Aid for more than five years but is new in the role of Communications Director. She loves to spread the word about good food from family farms! In her spare time, Jennifer tends her own garden, trains for her first triathlon, and loves to do agility training with her dog, Chico. One of Jen's goals is to actually cook all the good food she grows and buys at local farm stands and farmers markets (sometimes it gets forgotten in the veggie bin a bit too long!)! 
Joel MortonJoel Morton is Coordinator of the Farm Aid Hotline and Resource Network— call him at 1-800-FARM AID. Joel is from Iowa — one of his grandfathers was a farmer for 70 years, his mother was a farmgirl, and one of his siblings still farms in Iowa. Joel is a recovering academic. After 20 years of teaching at universities in Kansas, Iowa, and New York, he's very happy to find himself among the group of dedicated, grassroots activists at Farm Aid. About his claim to be the best popcorn maker east of the Mississippi, Joel says, "No brag, just fact." 
Kari WilliamsKari Williams is Farm Aid's Development Relations Manager. She spends her time visiting with donors to Farm Aid, keeping them up to date on our newest initiatives and direction. Her first job was pulling the tassels off of corn in her home state of Nebraska, which she refers to as her stint in child labor. Kari loves being outdoors and traveling. When she can take her husband and cat along for the journey it's even more memorable. 
Cornelia HoskinBeing the HOMEGROWN Shepherdess means that Cornelia is responsible for HOMEGROWN.org – where people can share what makes them Homegrown – as well as HOMEGROWN events around the country. She has never actually herded sheep, but she is obsessed with food and is always curious to know what people are eating – so come by HOMEGROWN.org and say hello! 
Anna MiragliuoloAnna Miragliuolo is Farm Aid’s Member Services Specialist. She spends her time interacting with members and processing merchandise orders and donations. She’s obsessed with the Red Sox and frequents games and country concerts alike during the summer. Come fall, she makes the trek to the small New Hampshire farming town she grew up to pick apples and pumpkins and catch up with friends! Anna loves trying new recipes and sticking with classics like her mom’s mint brownies. 
Matt GliddenMatt is Farm Aid's Web Marketing Manager. He spends his time making sure everything on our website is running smoothly and updating it with details on Farm Aid's latest efforts to get delicious food from family farms to plates across America. In his spare time, he loves skiing, biking, and traveling the world through his cookbooks. 
Joanna DymentWhen Farm Aid advertised for a Bookkeeper/Office Manager, Joanna squealed with excitement at the opportunity. She grows tomatoes, basil, oregano and lots of summer squashes and pumpkins in her backyard garden. The abundance of ingredients is used all winter in her homemade Italian marinara sauce. Joanna expects her commitment to Farm Aid will broaden her appreciation for good food and organic gardening. At home she works with her husband and their landscaping business and keeps up with their two teenage daughters. Her household includes a dog named “Guster” and a turtle named “Topanga”. She also loves hiking and skiing (and would love to find more time for both). 
Hilde SteffeyHilde Steffey is Farm Aid's Program Associate. In addition to managing Farm Aid's grant program, she spends her time researching and writing about the benefits of good food - not only for our taste buds and well-being, but for sustaining the land and farming communities that make good food possible in the first place. Hilde is head-over-heels for heirloom tomatoes, especially the bulbous, lumpy kind, and is continually trying to master her mom's famous salsa batch. If Hilde's had a really great day, it's most likely because she's filled up with farm fresh food and laughter with family and friends. 
Erin Semagin DamioAs Farm Aid's intern for the summer and fall, Erin will be helping the rest of the staff with their work as preparations are made for September's concert. Although Erin's Boston apartment does not allow for growing things, her family has always kept a vegetable garden in Connecticut, where she grew up. Erin is a journalism major at Northeastern, and in her free time enjoys coxing, books, tang soo do, vegetarian cooking, watching women's basketball, and playing with her kittens. |