Kathleen Frith, President

Programs
Sara Grady, Vice President of Programming
Virginia Kasinki, Director of Community-Based Programs
Valery Burchby, Program Assistant, vburchby@glynwood.org

Farm
Ken Kleinpeter, Vice President of Operations
Dave Llewellyn, Director of Farmer Training
Donald Arrant, Livestock Manager, darrant@glynwood.org
Jarret Nelson, Assistant CSA Manager, jnelson@glynwood.org
Devin Kelly, Farm & Estate Associate, dkelly@glynwood.org
Iain Gordon, Livestock Assistant, igordon@glynwood.org
Bill Ladd-Cawthorne, CSA Apprentice, bladdcawthorne@glynwood.org
Madeleine Morley, Livestock Apprentice, mmorley@glynwood.org
Leanna Mulvihill, Livestock Apprentice, lmulvihill@glynwood.org
Jessica O’Callahan, CSA Apprentice, jocallahan@glynwood.org
Cristina Pellegrini, CSA Apprentice, cpellegrini@glynwood.org

Outreach & Communications
Jessica Winberry, Director of Development, , jwinberry@glynwood.org
Ashley Holmes, Communications Manager, aholmes@glynwood.org

Culinary
Jason Wood, Culinary Director, jwood@glynwood.org

Events
Alena Kaufman, Events Producer, akaufman@glynwood.org
Maria Bonsanti, Innkeeper, mbonsanti@glynwood.org
Michael Smith, Innkeeper, msmith@glynwood.org

Administration & Finance
Isabel Lopatin, Manager of Administration & Technology
Maureen McLennon, Financial Management Consultant, mmclennon@glynwood.org
Anita Barber, Administrative Assistant, abarber@glynwood.org
Carmela Frattellone, Bookkeeper, cfrattellone@glynwood.org
Michael Smith, Administrative Assistant, msmith@glynwood.org

Maintenance
Mark Kristiansen, Maintenance Supervisor, mkristiansen@glynwood.org
Neal Tomann, Carpenter, ntomann@glynwood.org

Glynwood Fellows
Judith LaBelle, President Emeritus & Senior Fellow

 

Kathleen Frith, President
kfrith@glynwood.org

With a deep passion for the natural world, especially the ocean that surrounds her family home of Bermuda and the California coast where she was raised, Kathleen studied marine biology and received a Master’s degree in Science Journalism from Boston University. In 2001, Kathleen was recruited to Harvard by the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, an organization that strives to help people understand how our health depends on the health of the natural environment founded by Nobel Laureate Dr. Eric Chivian. There, she helped shape the Center’s programs to educate and inform people about the links between human health, the ocean, food systems and the environment, serving as the organization’s Managing Director during the last two years of her tenure there.

In 2009, Kathleen produced the Award-winning film Once Upon a Tide, a live action and animated educational short that screens around the world. In 2010, Kathleen started the Harvard Community Garden in the heart of Harvard Square, Harvard University’s first garden dedicated solely to the production of food, but continuing the legacy of the Harvard Botanic Garden that operated from 1807-1943. Other initiatives while at the Center included the creation of the Center’s Healthy Oceans, Healthy Humans Program, the launch of Center’s Healthy and Sustainable Food Program and work with National Geographic to help restore a healthy, sustainable seafood resource.

In 2009, Kathleen founded and serves as the Director for the Pleiades Network, a membership-based organization with a mission to inspire, recognize and advance women’s leadership in creating a more sustainable world. Recently, Kathleen launched Kitchen Conversations, a project that aims to collect audio food stories from Americans around the nation. She currently serves as its Executive Producer.

Kathleen has produced a number of award-winning reports and publications and has published in both the peer-reviewed and lay press. She serves as an advisor for a number of environmental and community organizations, including as a Board Member for the Ocean Foundation, a Sister on the Planet for Oxfam, and an advisor on the Boston Mayor’s Council on Food. Her projects have taken her around the world, working with colleagues in the Middle East, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and Australia and she often lectures on topics related to global environmental change and human health.

Judith LaBelle, President Emeritus & Senior Fellow
jlabelle@glynwood.org

As founding President of Glynwood, Judy LaBelle is recognized by colleagues, farmers and policy advisors as a leader in the movement for regional food systems and sustainable agriculture.  Whether participating on a panel about policy innovations and opportunities for America’s New Farmers at the Drake Forum, making presentations about sustainable meat and dairy at Stone Barns, or advising the Governor about the state of agriculture in the Hudson Valley, Judy is sought after for her perspective and expertise.  She is also a skilled networker whose far-reaching connections enable her to bring together experts and stakeholders to solve challenges confronted by small and mid-size farmers.

The daughter of a dairy farmer and an attorney by profession, Judy has devoted her career to  the intersection of issues that link the environment, agriculture and community.   Prior to the creation of Glynwood, she was a member of the firm of Berle, Kass & Case in New York City and served as corporate counsel to the National Audubon Society and Deputy Director and Counsel to the New York State Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century.  In 1990, the Graduate School of Design at Harvard named her a Loeb Fellow in advanced environmental studies.

She has written and spoken extensively on sustainable agriculture, land conservation and the infrastructure needed for a successful regional food system – topics on which she has been interviewed by The New York Times, Audubon Magazine, Heritage Radio, and Civil Eats.  She has traveled to Germany and Italy on behalf of the United States Department of State Speakers Tour program.  Judy serves as Chair of the Hudson Fulton Champlain Quadricentennial Commission Food and Agriculture Task Force, and on the advisory board of Edible Hudson Valley.  Judy has also served on the Executive Committee of the Environmental Section of the New York State Bar Association and on the boards of several nonprofit organizations including Scenic Hudson, The Scenic Hudson Land Trust, the Hudson River Foundation for Science and Education, and Parks and Trails NY.  She has also served as Chairman of The Preservation League of New York State.

Judy received her law degree from New York University School of Law, where she was a Root-Tilden Scholar for the study of public interest law.  She holds a master’s degree in political science from Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, where she was a Fellow at the Eagleton Institute, and a bachelors degree from Carroll College in Wisconsin.

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Ken Kleinpeter, Vice President of Operations
kkleinpeter@glynwood.org
Ken has overall responsibility for Glynwood Farm, including its fields, heritage breed animals and barns, as well as for all of the buildings, grounds and infrastructure that make up Glynwood. Ken was a founding partner in the first integrated sheep dairy and cheese-making operation in the United States, and later managed the Old Chatham Sheepherding Company. He also served as Director of the Farm and Genetics Center for the Heritage Breeds Conservancy.

Sara Grady, Vice President of Programming
sgrady@glynwood.org
Sara identifies and develops projects that complement Glynwood’s mission to save farming in the northeast, including organizing conferences, writing reports and white papers, and enhancing Glynwood’s community outreach via multimedia communications. Her film-making credentials include a video that illustrates Glynwood’s mission, which traveled with the 2010 Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival. Sara also writes for Edible Hudson Valley; her Winter 2010 article about the Hudson Valley Seed Library titled “Precious Pips” won a 2010 EDDY Award for Publishing Excellence for the Best Gardening-Focused Editorial.

Virginia Kasinki, Director of Community-Based Programs
vkasinki@glynwood.org
Virginia oversees Glynwood’s training programs and community support initiatives, at Glynwood and  in communities throughout the Hudson Valley and Northeast region.  Virginia is in charge of development and growth of the Keep Farming program, which is now at work in numerous communities in New York and Massachusetts. Before joining Glynwood, Virginia served as the executive director of a national volunteer organization.

Dave Llewellyn, Director of Farmer Training
dllewellyn@glynwood.org
Dave has overall responsibility for horticulture at Glynwood, which includes estate gardens, an orchard, and 6 acres in vegetable production.  He brings more than a decade of experience in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) to Glynwood’s CSA program, which currently supplies 130 families and food bank donations.  He manages the farm apprentice program, on farm composting and soil fertility for Glynwood’s vegetable operation, pastures, and hayfields.  He is an active farmer mentor and is part of the planning committee for the Mid Hudson and Lower Hudson CRAFT groups (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training).  Dave trained in sustainable agriculture at the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Drumlin Farm and managed organic vegetable gardens for Heifer International’s Overlook Farm for several years.  He has a B.A. in political science from Susquehanna University and a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Purchase College.

Isabel Lopatin, Manager of Administration & Technology
ilopatin@glynwood.org
Isabel handles many aspects of the administration of Glynwood, including managing its technological systems. Before joining Glynwood she worked as a database consultant for several Fortune 100 companies in and around New York City.