Our Leaders: The Rural Co Board


John Zippert | Chair

Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Land Assistance Fund
Epes, AL

Georgia Good | Vice Chair

Rural Advancement Fund of the National Sharecroppers Fund
Orangeburg, SC

 

Dorathy Barker | Treasurer

Operation Sprint Plant
Oxford, NC

Tirso Moreno | Secretary

Latino Farmers of the Southeast

 

Mily Trevino-Sauceda | Assistant Secretary

Alianza Nacional de Campesinas
Oxnard, CA

Lisa Bellanger | Assistant Treasurer

Three Fires Spiritual and Cultural Education Society Minneapolis, MN

 

Darnella Burkett Winston | Youth Representative

Mississippi Association of Cooperatives
Petels, MS

Savi Horne | Executive Committee At-Large

North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers Land Loss Prevention Project
Durham, NC

 

Lorena Andrade

La Mujer Obrera
El Paso, TX

Rudy Arredondo

National Latino Farmers and Ranchers
Washington, DC

 

Starry Krueger

Rural Development Leadership Network
New York, NY

Maria Moreira

World Farmers
Lancaster, MA

 

Gary Redding

Concerned Citizens of Tillery
Tillery, NC

Barbara Shipman

Cottage House Inc.

Ariton, AL

 

Willard Tillman

Oklahoma Black Historical Research Project
Oklahoma City, OK

Carlos Marentes | Chair Emeritus

Border Agricultural Workers Project
El Paso, TX

 

Hubert Sapp | Chair Emeritus

Marge Townsend | Emeritus

 

North American Farm Alliance
Windsor, OH

 

John Bloch | Board Member Emeritus

Patricia Bellanger | Founding Mother

 

Lorette Picciano | EX OFFICIO

Rural Coalition
Washington, D.C.