USDA Farm to School Staff

Spread across seven regional offices and the national office in Washington DC, an experienced USDA team is available to help facilitate implementation of farm to school programming. For resources and information pertinent to your geographic area, please contact the relevant regional contact below. You may also contact the National Office for general inquiries. Please also see our helpful list of state agency contacts.

National Office Staff

Laura Brown
Program Assistant
1400 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20250
Laura.Brown@fns.usda.gov
202-720-0092
For general inquiries related to farm to school.

Christina Conell
Program Analyst
3101 Park Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22302
Christina.Conell@fns.usda.gov
703-305-2743
For general inquiries related to farm to school, USDA Foods, and procurement of local and regional products.

Maggie Gosselin
Program Analyst
90 Seventh St., Suite 10-100
San Francisco, CA 94103
Maggie.Gosselin@fns.usda.gov
415-705-1342
For inquiries related to training and technical assistance and farm to school planning grants.

Deborah Kane
National Director
farmtoschool@fns.usda.gov

Matt Russell
Program Analyst
1400 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20250
Matthew.Russell@ams.usda.gov
202-720-6765
For inquiries regarding the farm to school grant program.

Regional Office Staff

Mid-Atlantic Region
Justin Darko
300 Corporate Boulevard
Robbinsville, NJ 08691-1598
collins.darko@fns.usda.gov
609-259-5180
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Virginia, Virgin Islands, West Virginia

Mountain Plains Region
Sadie Mele
1244 Speer Blvd., Suite 903
Denver, CO 80204
sadie.mele@fns.usda.gov
303-844-0366
Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming

Midwest Region
Tiffany Carrington
77 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60604
tiffany.carrington@fns.usda.gov
312-353-4109
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin

Southeast Region
Kirk Farquharson
61 Forsyth Street S.W., RM 8T36
Atlanta, GA 30303
kirk.farquharson@fns.usda.gov
404-562-7084
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

Northeast Region
Matthew Chotkowski, NSLP Lead
10 Causeway Street
Boston, MA 02222
Matthew.chotkowski@fns.usda.gov
617-565-6423
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

Alicia Rampulla, CACFP Lead
10 Causeway Street, Room 501
Boston, MA 02222
alicia.rampulla@fns.usda.gov
617-565-5988
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

Southwest Region
Nicole Zammit
1100 Commerce St, Room 522
Dallas, TX 75242
Nicole.Zammit@fns.usda.gov
214-290-9887
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Western Region
Kacie O'Brien
90 Seventh St., Suite 10-100
San Francisco, CA 94103
kacie.o’brien@fns.usda.gov
415-645-1925
Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Freely Associated States, American Samoa