True North Granola was started in 2006 by two lifelong educators, Ingrid and Franklin Chrisco. Franklin was a 5th/6th grade teacher for 40 years, and Ingrid began her career as an English teacher before becoming a middle school principal. Unsatisfied with the taste and quality of the granola options in their local grocery stores, Ingrid and Franklin Chrisco launched True North Granola Company from their home in 2006 while still actively working as educators. Based in Brattleboro, Vermont, the Chrisco’s believed that their homemade granola recipes they had been baking for more than 30 years for their family and friends were healthier and better tasting than the alternatives in the grocery store. Starting the business from their home kitchen, the Chrisco’s began selling their Go Nuts Granola at the Brattleboro Area Farmers’ Market in the summer of 2006. Their granola quickly became a top hit in Brattleboro, and we are now happy to welcome them to the Tuesday Market!
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Corey Kurtz
Development Director (she/her)
Linnea Lagerstrom
Food Access Assistant (she/her)
Erin Ferrentino
Food Access Manager (they/them)
Alisa Klein
Executive Director (she/her)
Chloe Leach
2021 Sumer Intern (she/her/they/them)
Grayson Matula
2021 Summer Intern (she/her)
Suna Turgay
Food Access Assistant (she/her)
Helen Kahn
Farmers Market Manager (she/her)
Andrea Dustin
Community Food Distribution Project Assistant
Cynthia Suopis
Clerk
Jules White
Food Access Coordinator (they, them)
Francie Lin
Writer-in-Residence (she/her)
Rowyn Davis
Tuesday Market Assistant (they/them)
Donna Wiley
Treasurer
Aaron McMurray
Operations and Administrative Manager (they/them)
Melissa Ward
TerraCorps Youth Education Coordinator
Megan Saraceno
Community Engagement Coordinator (she/her)
Healther Smokler
Youth Education Coordinator
Kathryn Holmberg
Community Engagement Coordinator
Ellena Baum
Land and Community Educator (she/her)
Sydney Bobrow
Food Access Intern
Desi Stoyanova
Communications & Events Intern
Michael Skillicorn
Associate Director (he/him)
Lilly Lombard
Founding Director (2009-2014)
Sophie Strauss-Jenkins
Program Assistant
Sarina Vega
Outreach Assistant
Caitlin Marquis
President
Erica Martenson
Tuesday Market Assistant
Kate Harper
Communications and Events Intern
Jillian Tomlinson
Giving Garden Intern
Rachel Moskowitz
Food Access Intern
Niki Lankowski
Communications Manager (she/her)
Carla Shafer
Administrative and Program Coordinator
Helen Clement
Treasurer
Gaby Immerman
Vice-President
Chris Bakker
Treasurer
Adele Franks
Founding Member (emeritus)
Pat James
Community Garden Manager (she/her/they/them)
Laura Hilberg
Administrative Manager
Clem Clay
Executive Director