Judith LaBelle, President
Diane Hatz, Co-Founder and Director, Glynwood Institute for Sustainable Food and Farming
Ken Kleinpeter, Director of Farm and Facilities
Virginia Kasinki, Director of Community-Based Programs
Christie Williams, Director of Development & Communications
Sara Grady, Director of Special Projects
Dave Llewellyn, CSA Manager
Geralyn Delaney Graham, Media Relations, geralyn@glynwood.org
Donald Arrant, Farm Crew Leader, darrant@glynwood.org
Mark Kristiansen, Maintenance Supervisor, mkristiansen@glynwood.org
Allie Comet, Farm Associate, acomet@glynwood.org
Isabel Lopatin, Manager of Administration & Technology
Carmela Frattellone, Bookkeeper, cfrattellone@glynwood.org
Maria Bonsanti, Innkeeper, mbonsanti@glynwood.org
Anita Barber, Administrative Assistant, abarber@glynwood.org

Judith LaBelle, President
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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Diane Hatz, Co-Founder and Director, Glynwood Institute for Sustainable Food and Farming dhatz@glynwood.org
As Co-Founder & Director of The Glynwood Institute for Sustainable Food and Farming, Diane Hatz uses her expertise to conceptualize and implement innovative solutions to problems around food and farming. Diane uses her marketing expertise to develop projects and raise awareness about sustainable agriculture issues, which will include a media center at The Institute; in 2011 she organized  TEDxManhattan “Changing the Way We Eat”.   She has appeared in many publications and media outlets, including The New York Times, NPR, Grist, More Magazine, Fine Cooking and Vegetarian Times. She is a prolific writer and on occasion can be found hosting or on a panel about sustainable food.

Ken Kleinpeter, Director of Farm and Facilities
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.

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.

Christie Williams, Director of Development & Communications
cwilliams@glynwood.org
Christie has overall responsibility for Glynwood’s development and communications efforts, including the creation of Glynwood’s  much-anticipated annual Boot-Stompin Black Tie Barn Gala held in the Barn at Glynwood Farm each Fall.  He has worked with nonprofit organizations on strategic planning, major gift programs, planned giving programs, capital and endowment campaigns, grant-seeking, e-philanthropy, and direct mail strategies and content.

Sara Grady, Director of Special Projects
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.

Dave Llewellyn, CSA Manager
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 booking the grounds for photo shoots and weddings, and for managing its technological systems. Before joining Glynwood she worked as a database consultant for several Fortune 100 companies in and around New York City.