Meet the team.
Made up of over 250 college students and recent graduates, The Farmlink Project team is powered by young people. (See them here)
meet the current team.
"I grew up looking up to two figures: Kobe Bryant and The Little Train That Could."
James Kanoff
CEO
"I have a twin brother, and before The Farmlink Project I made documentary shorts to submit to international film festivals!"
Aidan Reilly
Creative Lead
"In my free time I enjoy surfing with friends, hiking with my dog, and baking vegan treats."
Stella Delp
Chief of Staff
"I spent years in an improv group called Peaches, and my bedroom walls are a gallery of found art."
Ben Collier
Core Team Lead
"I think cilantro tastes like soap. Yes, the genetic thing."
Jordan Hartzell
Product Team Lead
"I'm an avid fan of birthdays. My claim to fame is that I once won most likely to remember your birthday."
Caroline Ricksen
Head of Operations
"I'm passionate about entrepreneurship, existentialism, journaling, puns, all-lowercase writing, witty Instagram captions, and Spotify playlists."
Alex Tsai
Fundraising Team Lead
"My childhood dream job was to be a frog doctor and I’m still kind of hoping that will work out."
Kiki McComb
Fundraising Team Lead
"When I'm not working at Farmlink, I'm probably walking my dog and cooking the world's greatest scrambled eggs!"
Nick Witham
Chief Financial Officer
Max Goldman
Chief Financial Officer
When not working on Farmlink, Max is dreaming of racing a Formula 1 car through turns 10 and 11 of Monaco.
"When I'm not working at The Farmlink Project, I'm usually outside, baking bread, or recording a podcast episode."
Claudia Sandell-Gándara
Farms Team Lead
"I consider my black labs my two closest friends and am not ashamed at all."
Cooper Adams
Farms Team Lead
"When not working at Farmlink I am biking around Seattle looking for new bagel spots."
Rani Zimand
Farms Team Lead
"I grew up making elaborate homes for wild ants, including leaf canopies, stone walls, etc."
Peter DiGiovanni
Deals Team Lead
"I love exhilarating activities and told my mom I went skydiving by sending her a picture in our family group chat with "sorry mom" on my hands."
Caroline Spertus
Deals Team Lead
"Avid Tolkein enthusiast, will debate the finer points of the Silmarillion with anyone. Lover of pottery and aspiring gardener."
Jacob Dudley
Hunger Outreach
Team Lead
"I spent three years convincing my family to adopt a dog by putting the application and photos all over the house, in my parents' work files, etc. She is now the universal favorite member of the family."
Lindsay Carlin
Hunger Outreach
Team Lead
"When I'm not working on Farmlink, you can catch me surfing (AKA, falling off the board a lot), climbing, trying to grow veggies, and oohing and aahing at every dog I pass."
Sierra Fang-Horvath
Social Justice
Collective Lead
AJ Weaver
Transportation
Team Lead
"Never had a pet fish, but had pretty much everything else. One time I ate a scorpion."
Kate Nelson
Media/Marketing
Team Lead
"On New Years Eve 2020 I broke up a fistfight which led to a police chase that required me to run through a neighborhood in a tuxedo and velvet slippers (I wasn't being chased)."
Charles McBryde
Brand/Design
Team Lead
"I peaked in middle school when I was really good at Type to Learn."
Ashley Wang
Transportation
Team Lead
"I have 13 cousins with the same middle name."
Christina Knight
Impact Team Lead
Andrew Hojel
Product Team Lead
I grew up in Hong Kong!
Jack Rehnborg
Accelerator Business Design Lead
"I like to do geography quizzes on Sporcle to decompress."