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

Rebecca Rivera
(she/her/ella)
Farmers Market Assistant

Janet Rumble
(she/her)
Deputy Director

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

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 17 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!

Christie Balch

Michelle Dudley

Jennifer Underwood

Ariel Rothman

Rosa Sanchez

Morgan Wiggan

Sharon Shatananda
Board of Directors
Amyre Barker
Statistician, Health Resources & Services Administration
Raul Medrano
Founder, Café Medrano, LLC
Catherine Nardi
Program Manager, Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Colleen Normile
Project END Supervising Attorney, Ayuda
Vanessa Pierre
Founder, Homestead Hustle & Healing
Stephanie Powell
Progam Leader, Tinkergarten
Michael Rubin
Worker-Owner, Resolve Financial Cooperative
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 | CCI Health Services | CentroNía | City of Takoma Park | Community Health and Empowerment through Education and Research (CHEER) | Cloudbreak Foundation | Eat the Change Impact | Finn Family Group | Food Biz Mentor | FreshFarm | John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation | Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment | Kin Da Takoma | La Clínica del Pueblo | Loft Collective | Louis H. Shaman Foundation | Lucky Dog III Foundation | Maryland Physicians Care | Marya Foundation of the Greater Washington Community Foundation | Meals on Wheels of Takoma Park/Silver Spring | Michele’s Granola | Montgomery County | Nora Roberts Foundation | No Kid Hungry/Share Our Strength | Prince George’s County Community Partnership | Prince George’s County Department of Social Services | Priority Partners | Sharing Montgomery Fund of the Greater Washington Community Foundation | Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC) | Spur Local (formerly the Catalogue for Philanthropy) | Takoma Foundation | Takoma/Langley Crossroads Development Authority | Takoma Bicycles | Takoma Park Presbyterian Church | The Cliff and Deborah White Family Foundation of the Greater Washington Community Foundation | The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation | The Still Point | TPSS Co-op | USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program | Washington Adventist Hospital/Adventist HealthCare Community Partnership Fund | Wellpoint/Elevance Health | Zen Renovations
And many, many generous individuals!
Voted one of the DC-area’s best charities!
