Our Team

Farm Team:

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Jacob Grob

Associate Director of farms

Youth Programs & Volunteer Team:

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Micaela Buda

COMMUNITY Programs manager

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Dinorah Cano

BILINGUAL PROGRAM COORDINATOR

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Sydney Corbin

Director of Programs

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Bianca Davis

Youth Dev. & Facilitation Manager

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Pili Gyasi

Farm Programs Manager

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Ian Hunter-Crawford

Senior director of impact & operations

Development:

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Mesha Jefferson

development Director

Executive Director:

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Brian Stephens

Executive Director

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Melissa Laurel

Grants Manager

Urban Roots Board

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Cat Duong Valadez

BOARD CHAIR

H-E-B

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Dana Such

CHAIR ELECT

Squeezed Consulting

Kent Kasischke

SECRETARY

Central Health

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Natalie Choate

Treasurer

Texas Tribune

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Victoria Villarreal

PAST CHAIR

VRV PR

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Rick Lopez

La Condesa 

Meena Pyatt

Lindsay Smith

Smith Strategies

Susana Morales

St. David’s Foundation

Jason Jarl

Broadway Bank

Join our team!

Ready to apply your skills and energy toward creating a more just and joyful food future in Central Texas with Urban Roots?

Explore open positions and how to follow us for future opportunities at the link below.