Katie Hayes is the Founding Executive Director of CFM. A fourth generation Atlantan, Katie enjoys nothing more than heirloom tomatoes, Georgia peaches, and a heaping pile of boiled peanuts. Katie is passionate about building community through supporting small, local business.
Since graduating from New York University in 2004, Hayes has been an active locavore and community builder. She has 10 years experience in project management from small entrepreneurial start-ups to large non-profit companies. She has worked at the National Geographic Society, KIPP Charter Schools, and helped start several non-profits, farms, and innovative companies. Hayes founded Community Farmers Markets in 2011, along with other leaders in the local food movement. She is a graduate of the LEAD Atlanta Class of 2013 and the Atlanta Leaders for Results class of 2015. She serves on the Beltline Young Leaders Council, the Board of Directors for the Grant Park Conservancy, and the Advisory Board for the Wesley Woods Brannan Towers Senior Center. She was named a 30 under 30 Non-Profit Leader by the Georgia Center for Non-Profits and Creative Loafing’s 20 People to Watch in 2013. When she is not spreading the good food word, she can be found spending time with her talented partner Landon Brown and their beautiful baby daughter in Cabbagetown.
Danielle San Filippo CFM Director of Operations. Danielle’s passion for the local food movement stems from a love of all things fresh and delicious as well as a deep desire to build community, which she believes is best done around the table with enticing and enjoyable meals. Danielle’s favorite part of her job is helping people discover the beauty and deliciousness of eating fresh, local, nutritious food. To contact Danielle you can find her at all five CFM markets, or by email at danielle@cfmatl.org
Jenna Mobley is an educator at heart, having taught garden and kitchen classes in Atlanta Public Schools and throughout the Atlanta community since 2009. She brings that experience to Community Farmers Markets as the Director of Programs.
Alex Lampert is the Director of Marketing & Communications for CFM. Alex was born and raised in Atlanta. After graduating from the University of Colorado in Boulder, she moved to San Francisco, where she worked farmers markets as a bakery vendor, worked the land on an urban permaculture farm, and worked as a cook on the line. From there, she moved to New York to pursue a Masters in Food Studies. She managed farmers markets in Manhattan on the side, and later came to run a pastry kitchen for a fast-growing coffee company. She’s happy to return to her home and work towards strengthening food systems in and around Atlanta, enjoying the summer heat and eating her way through the city.
Hilary King is the Coordinator of Special Projects and Evaluation of Community Farmers Markets programs. She is a native Oregonian that was transplanted to Atlanta in 2010. Hilary has worked in food systems since she started at Hamilton College in 2001. Since then, she has been a researcher, potluck organizer, waitress, business adviser and chief of farmer relations. She has worked with farmers and food businesses across Latin America and East Africa, testing out ways for farmers to earn more money and consumers to get to know more about what they eat. Her work has been supported by a Thomas J. Watson and a Fulbright Fellowship. When not working with CFM, Hilary moonlights as a PhD Candidate in Cultural Anthropology at Emory University in Atlanta. She teaches courses on local food systems, and is finishing her dissertation, focused on what happens when producers and consumers get to know each other in Chiapas, Mexico. She also makes a darn good latte and handmade tortillas.
Andrea Blanton is the CFM Decatur Saturday Manager. A Chicago, IL native and Phoenix, AZ transplant, Andrea found her permanent home in the dirty south while obtaining her B.A. in International Studies from Spelman College in 2006 and a Certificate in Sustainable Urban Agriculture from HABESHA in 2013. She recently served as one of Georgia’s first FoodCorps service members teaching the youth of Cobb and Atlanta public schools about gardening and healthy food options. Her first experience with CFM was as a mother looking for fresh and local food. Impressed by the fun people and welcoming environment, she began working with the organization as My Market Ambassador for Grant Park in 2014. She is now happy to serve the awesome communities of Decatur. Andrea finds joy in exploring simple recipes, wild crafting herbal tea blends and supporting natural birthing. Sister chats, beaches and fire pits are her sources of rejuvenation.
Christopher Horacek is a college student currently attending Georgia State University with a deep passion for sustainable agriculture, local food and farmers, and nourishing my local community. I love cycling around the city, foraging wild edibles, playing the banjo, and hanging out with my rabbit, Henry David.
AnaMaría Páramo joined the CFM team for the 2014 season as a marketing intern. She is a visual artist and designer who works actively within the Atlanta community in a wide range of interdisciplinary projects. She holds a deep connection with nature and a great concern for contributing to the formation of a healthy and environmentally-aware society. AnaMaría studied Media Arts at the Art Institute of Atlanta and began working as a graphic designer in 2010. She also creates installation art,illustrations, and volunteers as a gardening and spanish tutor at FATE elementary school.
Spirit fruit: Jackfruit “I remember as a child sitting on my grandfather’s lap, on a trip to a townteeming with all the glory of the tropics. He opened this green monster in front of me and showed me how to pick on its sweet and creamy insides. May his joy and spirit be always with me.”
Jamie Hausman is the manager of the Westside Provisions District Farmers Market. Jamie moved to Atlanta in May 2013 after graduating from the University of Missouri where she earned degrees in magazine journalism and creative writing. Since then, she’s lived on the Westside, absorbing all the change and growth Atlanta’s newest neighborhood has to offer. In addition to managing the Westside Provisions District Farmers Market, she works as a freelance writer and has been locally published in Atlanta magazine and Simply Buckhead. Her passions include writing, working with farmers and writing about (and eating) local food.
Ashley Dowling, MyMarket Ambassador at the Westside Farmers Market
Doug Friesema, MyMarket Ambassador at the Decatur Wednesday Farmers Market
Stefan Bugge is the Decatur Wednesday market assistant. He graduated from Emory University in 2014 with a degree in Environmental Sciences, and shares CFM’s passion for local and sustainable agriculture. Born and raised in Atlanta, he also has great interest in the strengthening of the city’s communities. When he’s not at market, Stefan works several other jobs and enjoys exploring Atlanta’s green spaces on foot.
Spirit Vegetable: Zucchini - subtle and dependable; a standby. You can’t go wrong with Zucchini.
Lauren Ladov, is the Manager of the Grant Park Farmers Market. Lauren has been working with local markets in metro Atlanta for several years, both as a vendor and staff. As a Philadelphia transplant, Ladov settled in Atlanta after graduating from Emory University with degrees in Film Studies and Philosophy. She currently facilitates farm to school programming, and works with local nonprofits to create educational media content.
Duvan Martinez, Grant Park Farmers Market Assistant
Sam Gader, MyMarket Ambassador at the Grant Park Farmers Market
Jaya Tuschak, Grant Park Farmers Market Programs
Porter Mitchell, East Atlanta Village Farmers Market Assistant
