NMFMA Board of Directors
Jedrek Lamb
Farmer, Bosque Farms
Jedrek Lamb currently operates a small family farm in Bosque Farms and is an elementary school teacher. He was a market manager, market vendor, and co-director of a food hub for a farmer-owned cooperative. Jedrek is very appreciative of the work of the NMFMA and full of gratitude for all people that support the local food system
Cindy Talamantes
Manager, Los Alamos Farmers’ Market, El Rito
I have served on the NMFMA board of directors for three terms and have managed the Los Alamos Farmers’ Market for the past nine years. I also helped start the Pojoaque Farmers’ Market and managed that market for five years. I’ve been involved in farming for 20 years.
Todd Taylor
Ranchline All Natural and Ranchline Agribusiness
Todd and the Taylor family are part of a company that represents some of the finest ranching and farming properties in the country. Todd also was instrumental in establishing a foothold in the New Mexico farmers' market arena by providing all natural lamb and beef directly to New Mexicans. He has been instrumental in developing a new lamb jerky product called “Ch'arki”, which is a an all natural, gluten-free and paleo-certified product.
Linda & Mario Rosales
Rosales Farms
Mario and Linda farm in Lemitar, New Mexico and grow 60 to 75 acres of chile, vegetables, and melons. They started out selling at the farmers' market, and then at their own farm stands. They also sell their produce to Magdalena schools and senior center in Socorro.
Joe Phy
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Roadrunner Food Bank (Albuquerque)
Bio coming soon...
Bryce Townsend
Farmer, Pueblo of San Felipe
Bryce is a farmer from the Pueblo of San Felipe, growing a variety of organic produce that he sells at the Albuquerque Downtown Growers' Market, and the San Felipe Pueblo Farmers' Market in order to provide his community with local access to fresh produce. He also serves on an advisory board for an infrastructure grant program being offered by a collaboration between the NMFMA and New Mexico Acequia Association, on a review committee for applications to the master's program for Community and Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico, and oversees a grant program for the San Felipe Pueblo that includes the implementation of a young farmer mentorship program.
Contessa Archuleta
Senior Financial Advisor, The Rikoon Group
Contessa Archuleta is a financial advisor with The Rikoon Group, where she manages the day-to-day operations and leads the team's marketing, communication, and community outreach initiatives. She specializes in establishing lasting intergenerational relationships with various financial objectives and finds it extremely rewarding to work with people as they navigate life's stages and collaborates with them to help achieve their retirement and financial goals. Born and raised in Santa Fe, she is inspired by her community and takes pride in sharing her knowledge of investment fundamentals and opportunities, both in professional seminars and one-on-one. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications, a Master of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of New Mexico, and holds a FINRA Series 65. She lives in Santa Fe with her husband and two children. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, cooking, eating, and being outdoors.
Jasmine Meyer
Manager of Strategy and Operations, Presbyterian Community Health
Bio coming soon...
Joshua Cunningham
Local Food Advocate, Taos
As the Marketing Director of Cid's Food Market in Taos for the past seven years, Joshua ``Josh`` has been intimately connected with the growers, makers, and doers within the northern New Mexico and southern Colorado agricultural communities. He believes that the strength of a community is reflected in the strength of its local business, and that ultimately is what drives him in all he does with Cid's and the NMFMA.
Zach and Mary Ben
Owners, Bidii Baby Foods
Bio coming soon...
NMFMA Staff
Executive and Administrative Team
Denise Miller
Denise has been with the NMFMA since 2005. A Chicago native, she spent every vacation of her youth at her grandfather's farm in Harvard, Illinois, falling in love with nature, fresh farm food, and quiet country roads. After many years in promotional and brand marketing for companies of all sizes as well as non-profits, Denise took a brief detour into education and taught part-time at several Santa Fe middle and high schools. She then hightailed it back to marketing something close to her heart - fresh, locally grown food. Cooking for three hungry teenagers at home keeps her culinary skills sharp, and proves real-world inspiration her her long-running Albuquerque Journal column. She enjoys every aspect of supporting New Mexico's sustainability-minded farmers, ranchers, and food producers, and is grateful for the knowledge and spirit these individuals regularly share with her.
Charise Gonzales
Charise is a native New Mexican, who currently resides in Santa Fe, NM, and is an advocate for healthy eating and locally grown food. She worked for NMFMA for three years as an auditor before her current position, where she oversees financial operations and manages human resources for the NMFMA. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, camping and instructs a cardio kickboxing class. She has a passion for the outdoors and nature. She graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelors' in accounting and looks forward to being a part of the NMMFA community.
Deann Lichtenstein
Deann was born in New Mexico, left for college and returned back to the state in 2025. She has worked as an administrator in higher education working on grants and nonprofit administration. She believes everyone should have access to fresh food and should be able to affordably raise their families in New Mexico. She missed the glorious sunsets in New Mexico and is glad to be home!
Catherine Baca
Catherine is a Santa Fe native with deep roots in the community, serving on several boards in the area. Over the past twenty years she has explored many roles in the non-profit circuit focusing on land health, conservation and local food systems. She manages the NMFMA membership database and helps to coordinate the annual conference. She lives in the historic traditional Village of Agua Fría in Santa Fe County, where she experiences the cultures and traditions she grew up with.
Bryan Crawford-Garrett
Bryan Crawford-Garrett is currently the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL) Lead at the New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association (NMFMA), and he has been with the NMFMA since 2022. Bryan has 20 years of experience in strategy, program management, planning, and MERL, with expertise in local food and agricultural systems. His career has focused particularly on supporting more equitable and just food systems for families and communities that have too often been systematically excluded or exploited. Evaluation and research areas of interest include: institutional local food procurement; food access and nutrition incentive programs; small-scale producer access to markets; and value chain collaboration.
Scott Knauer
Scott was raised in eastern New Mexico, and he holds two degrees in graphic design and advertising. With almost 30 years of professional experience ranging from web development and I.T. support services, Scott loves helping people grasp and utilize new technologies that can help improve their lives or organizations. Prior to joining the NMFMA in 2023, Scott's professional focus was in higher education marketing, PR, and enrollment strategies, and he remains a strong believer in the power of community colleges today.
When Scott is not clicking away behind a keyboard for the NMFMA, you can find him practicing many hobbies, including reading, trail running, gardening, and cooking.
Nutrition Incentives
Sarah Thompson
Sarah has been an enthusiast of local, sustainable agriculture for many years and is excited to become more involved in the community. She has an AA in General Studies and a Certificate of Completion as a Film Technician from CNM. She currently lives in Albuquerque with her daughter and two yorkies. Sarah is an avid lover of books and documentaries, and in her spare time enjoys hiking, sewing, and cooking.
Kirsten Hansen
Kirsten has lived in and loved New Mexico for more than 20 years. Her passion has always been teaching, and she spent many years home schooling her children in Santa Fe. To stay connected with the greater community, she volunteered at several local non-profits while her children were young. Now, she is putting some of those teaching and organizational skills to good use promoting New Mexico’s farmers’ markets and helping reduce food insecurity in our state. She holds a BA from Williams College in Massachusetts and considers herself a life-long learner. If she doesn’t have her nose in a book, chances are you will find her in the garden out back, struggling to make beautiful things grow with the dubious help of three pups.
Sonora Rodríguez
Sonora Rodríguez (she/her/ella) is a proud Nuevomexicana, who was born and raised in Albuquerque. She has a deep love and commitment for New Mexico and the communities that make this place so special. Her lived experience has grounded her to work alongside communities to address critical issues like food apartheid and just community development. Some of her formal training includes two bachelor‘s degrees from the University of New Mexico in Chicana/o studies and international studies. She also completed her master‘s degree in city and regional planning from Cornell University in 2019. Sonora currently works as a Planner for the City of Albuquerque, addressing root and contemporary causes of unequal development, and visioning alongside historic communities on how to grow, preserve and develop. Sonora also worked as an active community organizer with the SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP). Some of her work with SWOP centered on campaigns of food justice, educational access, and youth employment. In her spare time, she likes doing home improvement projects and tending to her garden. She is excited to be working with NMFMA to increase awareness and participation in the Double Up Food Bucks program.
Approved Supplier Program & Value Chain
Alena Paisano
Bio coming soon
Emma Dewey
Emma is a native New Mexican, born and raised in the South Valley of Albuquerque. Since 2014, she has been involved in New Mexico’s diverse food system, starting out as a farmworker and branching out into different roles including managing a local grocery delivery service, working as a kitchen crew member and coordinating meal kits for local food hubs, and continuing work as a farmworker in between. Most recently, Emma worked with Indigenous and Latino producers and families to provide education in developing backyard gardens, implementing regenerative agricultural practices, and achieving agri-business viability through business and financial management strategies and branding and marketing skills. Emma is currently the Approved Supplier Program Systems Manager at NMFMA, helping to manage program activities and contributing to the long-term direction of the program through coordination, administrative support and system development.
Kevin Beltrán
Bio coming soon...
Marketing & Communications
Mark Chamberlain
Mark’s interest in creative pursuits started at an early age when his mom proudly taped one of his finger paintings onto the family fridge, and he’s been chasing that buzz ever since. He kickstarted his creative career in the Albuquerque design community but left in the early 2000s to pursue advertising & marketing career opportunities at larger agencies nationwide. While the national exposure was often exciting and rewarding, Mark was always a New Mexico boy at heart and dearly missed having the High Desert as a backyard. Recently his love for the Southwest brought him back home to the Burque, where he once again savors being close to the great outdoors, his family, old friends, and the finest food on the planet.
Lealia Nelson
Bio coming soon...
Danielle Schlobohm
Danielle lives life at the intersections of local food, art, culture, and community connection. Raised in the Midwest, Danielle grew up in the country on a hobby farm, taking care of horses and apple trees. Her love of art and design led her to a bachelor’s degree in majoring general design and minoring in photography. Always a traveler at heart, she moved to Ester, Alaska after college to participate in a farmer training program and expand her knowledge of growing food. A resident of New Mexico for almost a decade now, she started her New Mexico journey managing the Downtown Growers’ Market in Albuquerque. That opportunity led to more involvement with the downtown Albuquerque community through work with Downtown ABQ MainStreet and Arts & Cultural District. A former director of the non-profit, Danielle stepped back last year to pursue her passion in digital marketing. In 2025 she started her own digital marketing business, Mutual Moth Marketing LC, aimed at uplifting human stories, human connections, and human to human marketing. She is excited to bring her community experience and love of all things local to the New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association and currently crafts their monthly newsletters.
Erica Villegas
Bio coming soon...
