Hellgate CSA

Meg Cotner
CSA Role: Volunteer Coordinator
Duties Include: Volunteer Management and weekly check-in with farmer for share information along with emailing membership the weekly share email.
Day Job: Community Manager
Favorite CSA Pick: Strawberries in June, tomatoes in August
Years in the CSA: 6
Significant Factoid: I play the harpsichord and sing.

Stephanie Davis (on hiatus)
CSA Role: Site Manager/Community Relations
Day Job: Educator and artist
Favorite CSA Pick: Soy beans! And just about everything else!
Years in the CSA: One, but jumped in at full speed!
Significant Factoid: I have three little kitties at home; Ezy, Gargamel and Luna.

Gretchen Fancher
CSA Role: Treasurer
Duties Include: Management of CSA finances.
Day Job: Mom
Favorite CSA Pick: Tomatoes
Years in the CSA: 2
Significant Factoid: I like to play with sticks and string and call it knitting.

Megan Franzen
CSA Role: Nutrition expert/ Site Manager
Duties Include: Help with various events including ones specifically about nutrition and back-up site management including intercepting farm deliveries, managing set-up and breakdown of distribution.
Day Job: Holistic Nutrition Counselor for pre/post natal women, families and anyone who is passionate about eating to live a vibrant life! + teach healthy cooking classes, and 24/7 mama to my toddler son.
Favorite CSA Pick: Anything green and leafy. And apples.
Years in the CSA: 4
Significant Factoid: I was trained to be an opera singer!

Sean Williams
CSA Role: Site Manager
Duties Include: Helping set up distribution, intercept farm deliveries, breakdown distribution sometimes knowing ahead of time and sometimes last minute but ALWAYS with a willingness to help and big smile!
Day Job: Stay-At-Home-Dad, part-time music and theater producer
Favorite CSA Pick: Jerusalem Artichokes.
Years in the CSA: 4
Significant Factoid: My brother parks his car in my garage while he lives in LA, so I actually have TWO CARS. That's pretty weird for most of my friends who live in the city...

Harlan Harris
CSA Role: Membership Coordinator
Duties Include: Managing waitlist, registration, surveys, and membership questions. Assisting with web site upkeep and coordination with farmers.
Day Job: Statistical Data Scientist
Favorite CSA Pick: Swiss Chard
Years in the CSA: 4
Significant Factoid: I take photos for the cooking club I belong to.

Sara Holliday
CSA Role: Events Coordinator
Duties: Helping plan, advertise and host special events to enrich and celebrate the CSA experience. Suggestions welcome!
Day Job: Events Coordinator/Head Librarian's Assistant at The New York Society Library, NYC's oldest library
Favorite CSA Pick: Gotta be the strawberries
Years in the CSA: Member since 2007, core since 2009
Significant Factoid: Can beat you at any name-that-tune with Broadway showtunes and film scores.

Laura Mello
CSA Role: CSA Coordinator
Day Job: Attorney / Photographer
Favorite CSA Pick: Strawberries!  Asparagus!  Tomatoes! (You mean I have to choose?)
Years in the CSA: 6
Significant Factoid: My husband's family has been in Astoria since 1923 and we are deeply committed to keeping Astoria a great place to live and raise a family.

Larissa Pasemann
CSA Role: Site Manager
Duties Include: setting up share distribution, helping volunteers during distribution, greeting and assisting members, and site breakdown. 
Day Job: Writer
Favorite CSA Pick: Tomatoes, berries, and basil oh my!
Years in the CSA: Happy member since 2010.
Significant Factoid: I worked at Walt Disney World (the Magic Kingdom) when I was in college!

Litza Stark
CSA Role: Webmaster + (Backup) Site Manager
Duties Include: Keeping the website up and running, adding new features when I get the chance, and working on-site with our lovely member volunteers during some distributions!
Day Job: Web Developer
Favorite CSA Pick: Peaches
Years in the CSA: 4
Significant Factoid: I studied sexual health & sex education in grad school, but make my living programming websites.

Erica Sullivan
CSA Role: Site Manager
Duties Include: Helping set up distribution, intercept farm deliveries, breakdown distribution sometimes knowing ahead of time and sometimes last minute but ALWAYS with a willingness to help and big smile!
Day Job: Community Liaison
Favorite CSA Pick: Fava beans
Years in the CSA: 2
Significant Factoid: I grew up out west but feel right at home in Astoria!

Kate Troy
CSA Role: Marketing and Events Coordinator
Duties Include: Communicating information regularly to membership, via the blog, posting farmers' newsletters, weekly share information and order deadline reminders. Helping with event planning, specifically focusing on community outreach.
Day Job: Stay-at-home-mom
Favorite CSA Pick: Cress and asparagus
Years in the CSA: 3
Significant Factoid: I come from a long line of small farmers including my father, grandfather and two great-grandfathers.

Suzanne Young
CSA Role: Site Manager
Duties Include: setting up share distribution, helping volunteers during distribution, greeting and assisting members, and site breakdown.
Day Job: Graduate student (environmental science at Queens College)
Favorite CSA Pick: any kind of greens
Years in the CSA: First year and so excited to be here
Significant Factoid: I'm running the NYC Marathon next year, and love to run in Astoria Park