Team

Year Round Staff

Stacey Daley, Executive Director

Jocelyn Pierce, Associate Director

Andy Andrews, Farm Manager

Jessica Herwick, Director of Education

Ana Strayton, Farmstand & CSA Manager

Amanda Smith, Development Director

Susanna Hilfer, Assistant Farm Manager

Elise Mitchell, Food Access Coordinator

Mary Lynch, Outdoor Education Supervisor

Marla Rhodes, Volunteer Coordinator

Board of Directors

  • Adrianna Gucciardi, President

    Sales Development at Athenahealth who focuses on driving growth, building effective teams, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Adrianna, her wife and two sons are Waltham residents and CSA shareholders. Her family loves coming to the farm each season and the Pick-Your-Own experience. Adrianna enjoys cooking, home gardening, and trying new recipes. She has a new-found love of radishes through the WFCF CSA.


  • Adam Saltsman, Vice President

    Urban Studies Professor, Director of Urban Action Institute, Worcester State University. His research and teaching broadly focus on urban belonging and exclusion, with a specific focus on refugee mobility. He is a passionate advocate for food justice and brings this focus to his directorship of the UAI, especially in terms of his work on food security and urban agriculture. Adam has been involved in statewide campaigns to address college student hunger as well as local community/school garden projects. As a professor of urban studies, Adam works with his students to understand and apply principles of advocacy and community organizing. Adam is a Waltham resident and lives across the street from Waltham Fields Community Farm.

  • Becky Evans Mark, Secretary

    Freelance writer and educator, Three Beats Media, As a writer, with a background in journalism and higher education, she's written about New England's storied fishing industry and its environmental impacts for Massachusetts newspapers, taught communications writing courses to international students and led experiential education programs for young adults focused on the intersection of faith, climate change and food justice. Becky lives in West Newton with her spouse and son who've been nourished for a decade by the hands and lands that bring WFCF veggies to their plates each week.

  • Chris Yoder, Treasurer

    Local farmer for over 15 years and WFCF Board member since 2000.  His motivation for being on the board stems from a desire to “be part of a movement to revive farming in the Northeast.” Chris is very interested in seeing that “the farm be run effectively and efficiently, so that the charitable output is maximized, and so that volunteers, visitors, apprentices, and school groups get a truly educational experience on a working farm.”  He believes this is an important basis for any contribution WFCF makes to the preservation of farms.


  • Tom Innis

    Management consultant focused on solving the challenges of healthcare and government. He is the principal of Gibbous Consulting, LLC. Tom has been working with WIC programs and USDA Farmers Market programs since 2007. Tom grew up in central Massachusetts with a love of his friends’ dairy farms. An avid runner, biker, and eater, he is passionate about using land and water productively and sustainably. When he is not visiting the chickens at the Farm, Tom can be spotted amongst his family’s menagerie of dogs, cats, and guinea pigs.


  • Hannah Pappenheim

    Assistant Attorney General in the trial division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. As an avid cook and amateur gardener, she appreciates the many ways in which the WFCF serves as a community resource. She is passionate about the farm’s pursuit of local access to healthy food and as a spot for all (children and adults alike) to learn about the importance and joy of living in harmony with the natural world. Hannah lives in Waltham with her husband, young son and rescue dog.

  • Becky Prior

    Director of Institutional Research at Berklee College of Music. Becky is a longtime supporter of local agriculture and its role in food security. She is an active community gardener and previously served as a board member of a local food access organization. Becky is a Waltham resident and works in institutional research, helping teams collect and use data and advocating for data-informed decision making.


  • Laura Handler

    Chief of Staff and Sustainability Officer, Sovos Compliance. Laura first joined WFCF in 2008. She enjoys introducing friends and family to the farm, including her toddler who is in awe of both the “big tractors” and the “momatoes” at the farm. Laura is grateful for the opportunity to apply her experiences to WFCF in new ways. When she isn't working or running after her toddler, Laura enjoys yoga, cooking, and traveling.


  • Tom Spellman

    Corporate attorney at Fresenius Medical Care, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic transactions. Tom was born in Woburn MA, and has spent his adult life in and around Boston. He moved to Waltham in 2015 with his wife. Tom has three young children that he loves bringing to the farm. He looks forward to supporting the continued success of the farm, and ensuring that the farm is a resource for generations to come. 


  • Jonah Temple

    Deputy City Solicitor for the City of Newton, focusing on land use and permitting matters. He lives in Waltham with his wife and two daughters. They are long-time CSA members, frequent visitors to the farm, and regular farm stand customers (where fresh bread and cheeses are favorites along with the veggies). Jonah has a passion for food and eating local, and has been so thankful to have a working farm and welcoming community so close to home. He is excited to join the WFCF and to be able to support and grow the farm’s goals and initiatives. Jonah looks forward to applying his municipal experience to ensure that the farm continues to succeed as a unique and important community resource.


  • Meagan Chan

    Director, HRIS, PennMutual. Meagan first joined WFCF in 2014, and has been an evangelist for its market-style CSA, PYO perennial herb garden and veggie accessibility programs ever since. In her day job, she helps companies implement HR technology to enable their people-related programs. Outside of work, you can find her playing in her church band, supporting women's sports, knitting, or hosting dinners with her husband in their Cambridge home.


  • Nathan Greenberg

    Development Operations Coordinator, Phillips Brooks House Association Inc. Nathan is passionate about helping nonprofits run efficiently to best support their communities. Born and raised in Cambridge and now living in Somerville. He has worked in nonprofit operations, fundraising, and communications for local organizations in Greater Boston and in St. Louis, MO. When not in school or at the farm, Nathan can be found on the Somerville bike path with his wife, Phoebe, and pitbull, Leo, and loudly sharing his passions for the Red Sox, Celtics, and fruit.

  • Dale Fisher

    Event Management Consultant. As a Waltham resident, Dale has long admired the mission of Waltham Fields Community Farm. Her professional life has been dedicated to strategic event management, spending her career organizing high-impact programs for large organizations. A dedicated volunteer with the National Brain Tumor Society and Waltham Hawks Golf Classic, Dale is passionate about local community service. When not leveraging her professional expertise to support the farm, she can be found exploring the outdoors with her partner Jay, her dog Roxie, skiing, or cooking fresh meals for friends and family. 


  • Emily Nordhoff

    Lead Reporting Analyst, Northern Bank & Trust Company. A Seattle native who now resides in Framingham, she has prior professional experience in college athletic communications and retail sales for certified B Corporations. After two years of CSA membership, she is excited to join the WFCF board to increase access to nutritious food and support local agriculture. She is passionate about civic engagement and volunteers as a poll worker during elections. On the weekend when she's not reading, Emily can be found running, skiing, and hiking.

  • Sydney Romagnolo

    Assistant Director, Strategy, Office of Philanthropic Partnerships, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sydney first connected with WFCF as a Bentley student and later joined the farm staff, working as an educator in the Learning Garden and as a chicken work share. She currently lives in Boston and works at MIT as the Assistant Director of Strategy in the Office of Philanthropic Partnerships, focusing on connecting the university’s mission with the world through high-impact philanthropy. Sydney enjoys gardening, baking, and exploring all the learning and adventures the outdoors has to offer.

  • Leah Stidsen

    Director, Quality Assurance at Comanche Biopharma. Leah lives in Waltham, a neighbor to the farm, with her two boys and husband and has been an active supporter of the farm for many years. With a BS in Chemical Engineering, her day job is the Director of Quality Assurance at a start-up biopharmaceutical company in Concord, MA,  focusing on maternal health.  She brings prior non-profit farm experience as she served on the board of Overlook FARM in her hometown of Rutland, MA. She has a passion for growing and cooking and using food as medicine. She believes in the mission of building food security and bringing education of the food supply to her Waltham community and beyond.

Advisory Board

Jackie Herrera, Program Coordinator,

Waltham Family School


Jason Smith, Assistant Executive Director,

Waltham Boys & Girls Club 


Adela Escobar, Vice President,

BELPAC, Waltham Public Schools Multilingual Department Bilingual/English LearnersParent Advisory Committee (BELPAC) 


Haybi Barrios, President,

Waltham Public Schools Multilingual Department Bilingual/English Learners Parent Advisory Committee (BELPAC)