Sue Davis combines her knowledge of business and personnel management with her passion for access to healthy and sustainable food, community-centered programming, and environmental education. She has been well connected in the Sonoma farming community for nearly 20 years, which now serves to support SGN in tangible and practical ways. Sue leads School Garden Network with high esteem for her Board and staff, the community, and the children and youth impacted by this work. Her values-driven guidance of the organization promotes the humanity of people, a connection to the land, collaborative decision making, vision for opportunities, and promoting the highest good for the community that SGN serves. Sue holds a MA in Leadership and Humanities with an emphasis in Culture, Ecology, and Sustainable Communities.

Contact: sue.davis@schoolgardens.org

​​With a BS in Ecology and an MA in Sustainable Communities, Courtney has spent her career involved in all aspects of local food systems - from research, to education, to getting dirty growing food. When she started volunteering on an organic farm during graduate school, her dreams of studying plants and birds in far off locations changed dramatically. She found she loved the practical application of serving her community by settling into the land and growing food. Over the next two decades she would work on a myriad of garden projects, large and small, many of them involving sustainable food systems education to diverse age groups. She has been an associate instructor in the Agriculture & Natural Resources Department at Santa Rosa Junior College for 15 years and spent the last few years directing adolescents in the management of a one acre market garden. Courtney also recently started a culinary garden consulting business, helping people to understand just how much food it is possible to produce in a small area. As the Farm-to-School Program Manager she enjoys bringing her passion for local food systems, knowledge of food growing practices, and excitement about what is possible to grow in small gardens to the schools she serves. 

Contact: courtney.delello@schoolgardens.org

As a horticulturalist, ecologist, teacher, and lover of plants and living ecosystems, Michelle has almost 20 years of experience in native habitat design, stewardship, and place-based education. She has managed several native plant nurseries and educational gardens, coordinated and led outdoor science and land-based learning programs for preschool to college-age students, hosted community workshops and trainings in ecological land stewardship and gardening, and served as a native habitat consultant. With a passion for integrating ecoliteracy into schools, she also has a food craft consultancy—Foodways Education—through which she develops curriculum and designs garden-based school programming. Michelle believes that school garden habitats are the perfect setting for learners to engage their senses, cultivate relationships, and develop a sense of ecological belonging and stewardship. In her role with SGN she enjoys creating and promoting garden-based learning ecosystems—bringing life to schools, and schools to life.

Contact: michelle.krieg@schoolgardens.org

Having spent numerous Summers attending and working at Summer camps all around Northern California, Annika found a love for outdoor education and recreation that blossomed into a lifelong passion for environmental justice. She believes that educating the younger generation on the importance of knowing your farmer, how food is grown, and cultivating a connection to nature is instrumental in both combating climate change and planting the seed for a brighter future. She has a Bachelors from Sonoma State University in Liberal Studies with a concentration in Environmental Studies.

Contact: summercamp@schoolgardens.org