Our Staff

Ivie Baker IV (he/him)
Community Kitchen Program Manager

Lauren Goldberg
(she/her)
Executive Director

Robin Hernandez
(she/her/ella)
Healthy Eating Program Manager

Janet Rumble
(she/her)
Deputy Director

Sara Servin
(she/her/ella)
Senior Farmers Market Program Manager

Sharon Shatananda
(she/her/ella)
Programs Assistant

Liz Whitehurst
(she/her)
CSA Coordinator

Flor Yanes
(she/her/ella)
Community Outreach Specialist

Chris Yanez (he/him/él)
Farmers Market Assistant
Community Ambassadors

Previous Staff
Many people have helped to grow Crossroads as an organization over the past 14 years, and we are immensely grateful for their hard work and dedication. In addition to those pictured, we’d like to recognize the contributions of Shayia Johnson, Michele Levy, Liz Curtz, Maria Chevez, Karina Mendoza, Tameka Lance, Victoria Hall, Patricia Jurado, Gabriela Lopez, and Allison Milchling, as well as the amazing efforts put in by our AmeriCorps VISTAs Katie Baker, Gabrielle Rovegno, Hally Sablosky, Maggie Switzer, Lisa Matt, and Hailey Edmondson. Thank you all!

Jennifer Underwood

Christie Balch

Rosa Sanchez

Ariel Rothman

Morgan Wiggan

Michelle Dudley
Board of Directors
Amyre Barker
Statistician, Health Resources & Services Administration
Kate Scaife Diaz
Foundation Representative, Inter-American Foundation
Elizabeth McMeekin
Freelance Interpreter Spanish <> English
Raul Medrano
Founder, Café Medrano, LLC
Catherine Nardi
Alumni Engagement Specialist, DC Central Kitchen
Vanessa Pierre
Founder, Homestead Hustle & Healing
Michael Rubin
Managing Director, Impact Silver Spring
Maritza Solano
Director of Education, CASA de Maryland
Tamika Yourse
Patient Coordinator Manager, Takoma Park Integrative Care
Bea Zuluaga
Founder, foodwithbea.com
Advisory Council
Kate Clancy
Food Systems Consultant and Visiting Scholar at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Center for a Livable Future; Adjunct Professor at Tufts University; and Senior Fellow in the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Minnesota
Kate Fitzgerald
Independent consultant to the Fair Food Network and the Farmers Market Coalition
Liz Tuckermanty
Faculty member at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation; Board of Directors, Cheverly Community Market in Cheverly, MD
Founders
Gus Schumacher (1940-2017)
Co-founder of Crossroads Farmers Market; co-founder and VP of Policy of Wholesome Wave; former Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services at USDA
John C. Hyde (1945-2009)
Co-founder of Crossroads Farmers Market; journalist, author, and co-founder with Louise Swartzwalder of Takoma Kitchens
Michele Tsucalas
Inaugural Crossroads Farmers Market manager; founder and owner of Michele’s Granola
Crossroads is thankful to the following partners and supporters:
Alternative Gifts of Greater Washington | Amerigroup/Anthem, Inc. | Catalyst Fund of the Greater Washington Community Foundation | CentroNía | City of Takoma Park | Community Health and Empowerment through Education and Research (CHEER) | Eat the Change Impact | Finn Family Group | FRESHFARM | Impact1890—A National Lutheran Program | John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation | Louis H. Shaman Charitable Foundation | Lusid Media | Maryland Physicians Care | Meals on Wheels of Takoma Park/Silver Spring | Michele’s Granola | Montgomery County | Nora Roberts Foundation | PNC Foundation | Prince George’s County Community Partnership | Prince George’s County Department of Social Services / Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative | Priority Partners | Share Our Strength/No Kid Hungry | Sharing Montgomery Fund | Takoma/Langley Crossroads Development Authority | Takoma Park Gynecology | Takoma Park Presbyterian Church | The Catalogue for Philanthropy – Greater Washington | Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-op | The Cliff and Deborah White Family Foundation of the Greater Washington Community Foundation | The Greater Washington Community Foundation | The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation | The T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies | TPSS Co-op | USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program | Washington Adventist Hospital/Adventist HealthCare
And many, many generous individuals!