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SAFSF Executive Director
Virginia Clarke joined the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders in January 2003. She came to SAFSF from the University of California's systemwide office for the Education Abroad Program where she served as a Senior Analyst and Regional Director Assistant for Asia and Africa, coordinating university-level student exchanges. From 1995 – 2000, Virginia worked for the Salzburg Seminar in Salzburg, Austria where she was a program director and coordinated the Seminar's outreach to Latin America. While at the Seminar, she directed programs for emerging world leaders on a wide array of issues including food security, sustainable agriculture, international non-governmental organizations, leadership, and various legal themes. Other learning/employment opportunities over the last thirty years have included a stint at the World Bank; a management reorganization for a private clothing manufacturer in Bolivia; assisting immigrants in their efforts to secure legal residency in the U.S.; and creating/running a restitution project for juvenile offenders in Western Massachusetts. Fluent in Spanish, Virginia has a Masters in International Administration from the School for International Training and a B.A. with honors in Spanish from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has lived and worked in seven U.S. states as well as in Spain, Bolivia, Mexico, and Austria. She currently lives with her 13 year old daughter in Santa Barbara, California where she tends a small – sometimes thriving – organic garden. Contact information:
SAFSF Program Associate
Bridget joined the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders in August 2009. She had recently completed her Master's in Environmental Science and Management at the Bren School at the University of California, Santa Barbara. During her second year at Bren, she was honored as a national Doris Duke Conservation Fellow. Prior to graduate school, she worked for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary as the Agriculture Water Quality Coordinator where she led numerous partner agencies toward their goal of reducing non-point source pollution in the Bay. Other experience includes interning with the Sonoran Institute in Montana researching land use policy to help protect wildlife habitat; helping develop the first local food guide for Santa Barbara, Ventura and northern Los Angeles County while working at the Environmental Defense Center; and working as a biological field technician for the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service in Montana, Idaho, and Utah. In addition to Bridget's passion for the environment, she loves cooking, sewing and spends many hours making costumes and clothes. Contact Information:
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