Ben Jones, E.D.

Founder, Executive Director

ben@visfi.org

Dan Glenn

Director of Operations

Creque Dam Slowdown Dinner Experience (CDSDE) coordinator

Internship Liason

dan@visfi.org

Nate Olive, M. A.

Program Director

UGA Warnell Forestry PhD Student: Research in small island tourism development

VISFI Athens Office

nate@visfi.org

Kate Lincoln, M.S.

VISFI Farm Manager

Community Supported Agriculture

Food Production Specialist

kate@visfi.org

Jennifer Spillman, Ph.D.

VISFI Resident Environmental Chemist

Biodiesel Project Leader

UVI Chemistry Faculty

John Vining

VISFI Master Carpenter

Building Design & Construction

Sustainable Materials Scout

Donald Young, E.E.

Sustainable Systems Engineering

Biodeisel Production

Solar Systems

Gravity Irrigation Network

Jean Anderson-Young

Gardner; Permaculture Consultant

Value-added health Products: Roots Remedies

Jessica "Roots Mama" Ewer

Apprentice

Animal Caretaker

Reylbeck Mercado Vacca

Apprentice

Gardener, Builder, Independent Researcher

Becca "Fruits Mama" Lemire

"Apprentern"

Orchard Maintenance and Harvest

Bale Kaza

Garden Specialist

Study Abroad Field Guide

Menelik Kaza

Rising Neighborhood Bush Skills Teacher

School Field Trip Guide

Brian Daly, M.S.

Maymester Guest Lecturer

Remote Sensing Specialist

UVI Agricultural Experiment Station

Sarah Workman, Ph.D.

UGA Research Scientist

VISFI Agroforestry Maymester

Study Abroad Director

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Shayna Bailey

International Relations

VISFI Italy Rep

Ras Lumumba

Independent Hike Tour Guide & Interpretive Naturalist

Proprietor of Ay-Ay Tours

Noah Brendle

Intern from Univeristy of Georgia's Recreation and Leisure Studies Program

Acting head cook, Slow Down Dinners

Stewart Weiss, M.S.

UVI Agricultural Experiment Station

USDA Grant Research

Univeristy of Florida PhD Student

Jenny Clements (on left), C.M.T.

Intern

Gardener, massage therapist

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