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Staff

	Cori Ash, Youth Farm Manager Phone: 406.314.3495 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Cori started her work with Garden City Harvest as the PEAS Farm Caretaker while she was earning her bachelor’s degree from the University of Montana’s Environmental Studies Program. She now manages the 1.5 acre North Avenue Youth Farm, a partnership between Garden City Harvest and Youth Homes. You’ll find her in the fields working with youth and volunteers, running a thriving CSA share program, and enjoying her work outside.
	Sarah Bortis, Orchard Gardens Manager Phone: 406.721.2504 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Sarah started her gardening career as a small helper in the backyard of her childhood home on the Oregon coast. Her initial landing in Missoula at Missoula Urban Demonstration Project (MUD) gave her the tools and teachers to tackle the more challenging Montana growing season. Since then she has worked on several farms, attended the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, spent a summer digging trails in the Bob Marshall, knit many hats and danced all over town.
	Laurie Strand Bridgeman, Youth Harvest Director Phone: 406.531.6384 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Laurie has been involved with Garden City Harvest since 2003. She has worked with youth in experiential therapeutic settings for four years and has worked with the Youth Harvest Project since 2006, taking on the role of Director in 2008. Laurie graduated from the University of Montana with an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies and went on to receive her Master’s in Social Work. She enjoys sliding on sticks down snow covered mountains, practicing yoga, and all aspects of food - from preserving to cooking to eating.
	Kim Degner, Community Gardens Assistant/Campus Corps member
	Laura Lee, Bookkeeper
	Jason Mandala, Community Education Director Phone: 406.239.5524 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Jason is originally from Ohio, and has lived in Missoula since 2004. He is a lover of all things kale and garlic, and is devoted to working with kids at the farm or in school gardens. He has a Master's degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana with a focus on place-based education and sustainable agriculture.
	Genevieve Jessop Marsh, Community Outreach Director Phone: 406.550.3663 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Genevieve hails from the piedmont of North Carolina. She fell in love with sustainable agriculture in Vermont, and studied the subject in Missoula, Montana where she earned her Master’s of Science in 2006. In her work at Garden City Harvest, she heads the Community Gardens team, celebrates the work of our farms and gardens through events and outreach, and helps raise funds for our programs. Prior to joining the Garden City Harvest crew, she worked for the Intervale Center, Sierra Nevada Alliance, Lake Champlain Land Trust and Audubon Society of Portland. She enjoys writing, reading (but not arithmetic), gardening, adventures that require a tent and good walking shoes, and, like her grandfather, the feel of the sun on her back.
	Sarah McMillan, Development Coordinator
	Ky Nayfield, Youth Harvest Project Coordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Since his mid-20's, Ky's passion for food production has taken him to Costa Rica, Tennessee, and now Montana. A native of Florida, he moved to Missoula in 2009 to pursue his Master's in Social Work with a goal of marrying social justice with agriculture. With his degree, Ky hopes to someday practice in a therapeutic farm setting as a licensed social worker . He also spends much of his time rock climbing in attempts to shed his "flatlander" stigma.
	Greg Price, River Road Farm Manager Phone: 406.240.3848 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Greg has served as the River Road Neighborhood Farm and Community Garden Manager since 2002. Under his management of just under one acre of land with an annual growing season averaging just 120 days, River Road produces 30,000 pounds of food annually. In a past life, Greg cooked for and managed the kitchen of Second Thought Restaurant. He now uses his kitchen creativity in cooking up the menu for Garden City Harvest’s Wintergreens locally grown supper and fundraiser. Greg is a great advocate for grizzly bears and loves a good funk band.
	Eva Rocke, ASUM Garden Coordinator/Campus Corps member
	Kate Sheridan, Orchard Gardens Farm Assistant
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Linda Sliter, Community Gardens Coordinator Phone: 406.239.8236 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Working for Garden City Harvest is Linda’s fantasy become reality. Her work with Garden City Harvest began long ago, while she was looking for an alternative social work practicum site. She wanted to be a part of a proactive and sustainable solution in helping people meet their basic needs. Garden City Harvest was and continues to be the answer. When not at the gardens, she’s busy celebrating the many joys of summer and finding creative ways to get through the winter. Each winter she reminisces about the summer with apple butters and cherry chutneys and playing hockey.
	Josh Slotnick, GCH/EVST PEAS Farm Director Phone: 406.239.6993 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Josh is a co-founder of Garden City Harvest and the PEAS farm, a cooperative between Garden city Harvest and the University of Montana environmental studies program. Josh is a lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Montana, and he lives on a farm with his family.
	Ethan Smith, Operations Manager Phone: 406.240.3506 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Ethan has a Masters of Science from the University of Montana and works to keep Garden City Harvest facilities and general opperations running smoothly - especially at the PEAS Farm. He enjoys hunting, fly fishing, and lying in the summer sun with his daughter, Harley.
	David Victor, River Road Neighborhood Farm Assistant & Seed Saving Guru This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it David has worked on various sustainable vegetable farms in Montana, Utah, and Pennsylvania growing veggies, working with volunteers, leading farm tours, and educating people of all ages. These farms have included non-profit, college, and family farms. He is currently working toward a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies, focusing on community food and farming at the University of Montana. David is currently exploring the possibilities of integrating vegetable seed saving with CSA farming on Garden City Harvest farms.
	Jean Zosel, Executive Director Phone: 406.239.3555 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Jean grew up in a small farming community in the Midwest where she first learned the value of community and of neighbor helping neighbor. She's dug deep into the Missoula community, having lead the boards of the YWCA, NCBI, Run Wild Missoula, the Glacier Ice Rink and the Women's Hockey Association. Prior to joining Garden City Harvest, Jean worked for KECI-TV for a over 30 years - starting at the ground and working her way up to Station Manager of a three station working group. She is proud of her role as soccer coach to many Missoula girls since the mid-1990's.

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