Welcome W elcome to to the the Issue! Issue!
Page 3 Agriculture & Food Systems Thanks:
Economic Vitality Thanks:
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Page 10 Youth & Family Development Thanks:
• Phyllis & Richard Coombe
• The Matzo Project & Barkeater Chocolates
• Good Find Farm
• Dave Mistretta, Woodbury Commons
• Donna Davies & Janet Syvertsen, Alz Assoc.
• Ag Thank You Bags
• Sullivan Fresh Community Cupboard Volunteers
• Deborah Worden& Shawn Comfort, ATI
Page 6 Nutrition & Healthy Families Thanks:
• Martin Hersh, Esq.
Page 4 Environment & Natural Resources Thanks: • Online Plant Sale Seed Donors • Sullivan BOCES Natural Resources • Poley Paving
Page 5 Community &
• Colleen Emery, Sullivan Renaissance • Vanessa Marsillio, BCES
• Barry Lewis
• Lise-Anne Deoul, OFA • 4-H Make & Takes • Liberty Tractor Supply Co. • Forthright Cyder & Mead
• Richard Boyd • Deborah Worden & Shawn Comfort, ATI
• CJ’s Kitchen, Deli, & Sandwich Shop • 4-H Youth Expo Volunteers
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Colleen Monaghan............................................................................Executive Director Thomas Bosket..........................................................................SALT Program Manager SueAnn Boyd.......................................................Healthy Schools Program Coordinator Elizabeth Clancy-DiBartolo......................................Farmers’ Market & ASP Coordinator Martin Colavito................................................................Community Program Manager Kaitlyn Conklin...........................................................................................4-H Educator Wanda V. Cruz.............................................Healthy Communities Program Coordinator Marylin Jones..........................................................................4-H Program Coordinator Bonnie Lewis..........................................................................Dependent Care Educator Erica Lynch.........................................................Catskills Kitchen Program Coordinator Melinda Meddaugh......................................................Ag & Food Systems Issue Leader Brenda Miller.................................Environment & Natural Resources Program Manager Barbara Moran................................................4-H Animal Science Program Coordinator Bee Moser.......................................................................SNAP-Ed New York Nutritionist Vanessa Petrossian..............................................................................Ag Market Manager Abyssinia Pla El..........................................................Association Operations Coordinator Michelle Proscia.............................................................................Agriculture Educator Nicole Slevin Nikolados................................................Administrator & Diversity Officer Ashley Tully...............................................................................Ag Program Coordinator Tara VanHorn.......................................................................................Finance Manager Brian Vantassell...........................................................Temporary Program Coordinator Sean Welsh............................................................................Energy Resource Educator John Wilcox.........................................................................................Facilities Manager Judy Arpadi, Cherene Audain, Monica Pennings, John Mastrangelo..............................Ag Market Coordinators
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