Advisory Council
Advisory Council Members
Bruce Aidells
Founder, Aidells Sausage Company; cookbook author
Clayton Chan
Chief operating officer, San Francisco Soup Company
Bob Epstein
Co-founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs; founding funder and current Executive Committee member
Andrew Judd
Director of Development, Rausser College of Natural Resources
Cheryl Lew
Culinary Faculty, Laney College; Owner, Montclair Baking and Consulting
Doug Lipton
Co-founder/owner, Healdsburg Shed, and Principal, Lipton Environmental Group
Mas Masumoto
Third generation organic peach and grape farmer and author, Masumoto Family Farm
Frank McPherson
Bay Area Director, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Steve Silberstein
Trustee, UC Berkeley Foundation; founding funder, Berkeley Food Institute; retired co-founder, Innovative Interfaces Inc.
Dana Slatkin
Proprietor, Beverly Hills Farmgirl; chef, cookbook author, and food blogger; founding funder, Berkeley Food Institute
Aliza J. Sokolow
Food stylist/photographer, chef, author of This Is What I Eat
Marion Standish
Vice president, Enterprise Programs, California Endowment
L. Ann Thrupp
Former Executive Director, Berkeley Food Institute
Jen Upson
Garden and Nutrition Educator, Woodside Elementary School