Carolyn White

Carolyn White, Board President, member, and Chair for the Development Committee, is a Virginian by way of California currently residing in Pittsburgh. A graduate of American University’s MFA program, she writes short fiction, nonfiction and poetry about families and the stories they keep on telling. She was the recipient of the Myra Sklarew Award and...

Jesse Martinez

Jesse Martinez, member and Vice President of the Board of Directors, has experience as a Board member for several non-profit organizations, serving as President, Treasurer, Regional Commissioner, etc. He has been a resident of Aromas, CA since 1998 (with a brief seven-year stint in St. Helens OR). Jesse currently works at UC Santa Cruz in a...

Hester Hamman

Born in Guatemala City and brought up primarily in the hill country of Texas, Hester Hamman, Treasurer of the Board of Directors, received her formal education at San Diego State University with a brief stint at ILS in Brisbane Australia. She has managed departments at various music industry companies including The Spreckles Building & Theatre,...

Tyler White

Tyler White, PhD is a member and Secretary of the Terra Cultura Board of Directors. Ty recently retired from a 36-year career as a biotech professional in the San Francisco Bay area. A native of Georgia, Ty came to California to attend graduate school and never left. A private pilot since he was a teen, Ty...

Hannah Gelb

Hannah Gelb works in administration at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego and is very excited to be a member of the board in 2020. She created the watercolors for Terra Cultura’s promotional materials and has many art-y projects in mind for the farm. She studied at San Diego’s Finest...

Rosalie DiCarlo

Rosalie DiCarlo, CFRE, member of the Board of Directors, is a strategic development professional, with direct fundraising experience in healthcare, higher education, and community causes. Her record of strategic and programmatic responsibilities has resulted in long and short-term advancement plans, including fundraising and volunteer development while managing a portfolio of key prospects and donors. Her...

Thomas Hintze

Thomas Hintze is a member of the Board of Directors at Terra Cultura. Tom has comprehensive leadership experience as a grassroots organizer. He co-founded the Occupy Wall Street Kitchen at Zuccotti Park and led a team of volunteers to provide up to five thousand free meals a day to activists and underserved populations in New...

Rachel Wohlander

Rachel Wohlander is a co-founder, and the executive director of culture and education at Terra Cultura. She is an interdisciplinary artist and educator with a background in performing arts and creative writing. Her writing and performance focuses on art for social change, and her work has been performed at marches, rallies, protests, and high-profile political...

Nathan Kosta

Nathan Kosta is experienced in implementing and managing educational technology infrastructure in public institutions, as Lead Technology Specialist for the Santa Cruz City School District. In his free time, he works to explore the intersection between art and technology, in both the visual and audio realms. He is extremely excited to help build Terra Cultura...

Jessica Wohlander

Jessica Wohlander is a co-founder and Director of Operations for Terra Cultura, with a rich background in community organizing and sustainable resource management. She has directed her passions for environmental justice and food justice towards empowering communities to lead on their own transition to sustainable, just, and healthy futures both in the US and abroad. She is...

Travis Hill

Travis Hill is a co-founder, and Executive Director of Finance for Terra Cultura. He has considerable experience in startup business management, as a founding member of the senior management team for a music tech startup company. Through this position, Travis mastered the skills of B2B partnership and project development. Travis also has extensive programming and web...

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