Ishani Bakshi Founder

Ishani has been involved in the New Jersey Food System since freshman year when she worked with a local masters student on her project regarding Food Policy Councils. Since then, Ishani has had the pleasure of interning at the NJ Food Democracy Collaborative and at a local NJ Food Waste based lab at NJIT.
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Our Adult Advisory Board

The adult advisory board will attend meetings, offer guest speaker and networking opportunities, and serve as a valuable resource to the Youth Council's Capstone Projects.

Clara Lappert

Rutgers Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development and Montclair Community Farms

Matthew Newman

Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Dept. 4-H Youth Development and Former Peace Corps Volunteer

Emily V. Merchant

Department of Urban-Global Public Health at the Rutgers School of Public Health

Jack L. Harris 

Assistant Teaching Professor and Program Director in Sustainability at Rutgers University

Gina Talt

Princeton University Sustainable Composting Research at Princeton (S.C.R.A.P.) Lab and Princeton Food Project

Prabhakar Shrestha

NJIT Assistant Director of Sustainability

Hayley Klein

FoodCorps New Jersey Program Coordinator.

Kush Patel

Board Member at Hands of Hope Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen

Hajjah Dena Corbin

Board President for United Parks as One and serves on the South Ward Environmental Alliance Air Monitoring Advisory Board

Byron Moran

Passaic County Department of Health Services and Food Insecurity Coordinator at the YMCA of Paterson during the COVID-19 pandemic

Logan Bruno

Co-founder of Maison DÁMASO, a sustainable secondhand fashion LLC, and fellow at the Ripple Center Foundation

Jeanine Cava

Co-Founder & Executive Director, NJ Food Democracy Collaborative Certified ACRE Facilitator

Audrey Kormann

Sustainability Specialist at the NJIT Office of Sustainability

Renata Blumberg

Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Studies, College for Community Health at Montclair University

Gaby Bromfeld

Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Dept. 4-H Youth Development and Food Systems Researcher

Zaire Ali

Executive Director of the Urban Health Collaborative, Raised $200,000+ to fight poverty and food insecurity

Sharonda Allen

Founder of Operation Grow Inc. Rutgers University Environmental Steward, Rutgers University Green Infrastructure Champion

Sammy Aziz

Food Insecurity Coordinator at YMCA of Paterson

Amarilys Olivo Mockabee
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