Local First Arizona Foundation Staff
Kimber Lanning | Executive Director
602-956-0909, ext. 5 kimber@localfirstaz.com
Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez | Director Fuerza Local
602-956-0909 ext. 9 tanairi@localfirstaz.com
Liza Noland | Director of Rural Programs
602-956-0909 ext. 18 liza@localfirstaz.com
Emily Bell | Healthy Foods Program Manager
602-956-0909 emily@localfirstaz.com
Anna Dong | Brand & Marketing Manager
602-956-0909 anna@localfirstaz.com
Kate Radosevic | Food & Farm Initiatives Manager
602-956-0909 ext. 15 kate@localfirstaz.com
Michael Peel | Southern AZ Director
(520) 261-0824 mike@localfirstaz.com
Lauren Haggerty | Rural Communications Coordinator
602-956-0909 lauren@localfirstaz.com
Rachael Hudson | Outreach Coordinator, AmeriCorps Vista
602-956-0909 rachael@localfirstaz.com
Gabe Gardner | Farm to Table Programs Manager
937-838-8673 gabe@localfirstaz.com
Board of Directors
Deanna Salazar
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Keisha Tatem
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jenna Rowell
Community Affairs Manager, Arizona Public Service (APS)
Kevin Youngblood Pinnacle Forum
Jon Ford Vitalyst Health Foundation
Jeffrey Brodin, Board Chair
Principal, Brodin HR Law
William Mandeville, Board Secretary
Director of Development, The Nature Conservancy
Levi Esquerra, Treasurer
Director, Rural Policy Institute, Program Director,
Center for American Indian Economic Development, NAU
Robin Romano President/CEO, Marisol Federal Credit Union
Dr. Jonathan Koppell
Dean, College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University
Bo Hughes
Executive Vice President/COO, Pinnacle Bank
