Staff Profiles

Meet Aaron Johnson, RAFI-USA's Program Manager for the Challenging Corporate Program and learn about his background in farming and social impact work.

Get to know Margaret Krome-Lukens, Senior Program Manager and Chair of RAFI-USA's Policy Team.

As a RAFI-USA Program Manager and Chair of its Direct Service Team, Lisa Misch secures federal funding, oversees USDA-funded programs, serves on RAFI-USA’s policy team, and manages the Expanding Farmers Market Access program.

In this staff spotlight, Executive Director Edna Rodriguez shares a bit about her background what organizational shifts have come about during her tenure, and her passion for tackling the issues that RAFI-USA faces on a daily basis.

This month's featured staff member is Kelli Dale. Kelli shares about how she got her start in agriculture (likely a familiar story of a nine-year-old driving tractors), RAFI-USA's work in helping farmers develop organic regionally adapted commodity seeds, and the pollinators and pollinators habitat project.