Chair: David Ackerly
Dean, Rausser College of Natural Resources; Professor, Integrative Biology
Who We Are
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is a UC Berkeley campus-based body of individuals who provide oversight, advice, guidance, and support to our team. The Executive Committee plays an integral role in steering the general direction, strategies, and programs of the Berkeley Food Institute.
Charisma Acey
Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, College of Environmental Design
Carli Baker
The Green Initiative Fund and Sustainability Initiatives Manager, Student Environmental Resource Center at UC Berkeley
Timothy Bowles
Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Rausser College of Natural Resources
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean, Berkeley School of Law; Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
Renee Chow
William W. Wurster Dean, College of Environmental Design; Professor of Architecture and Urban Design
Elsadig Elsheikh
Director, Global Justice Program, Othering & Belonging Institute
Bob Epstein
Co-founder, E2; Co-founder and Former EVP, Sybase; Chairman, NRDC Action Fund; Advisory Board, Goldman School of Public Policy
Sarah Sarfaty Epstein
M.S. student in the Energy and Resources Group and a Switzer Fellow
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Amanda Chen Fong
Master of Development Practice, Goldman School of Public Policy & Food Institute Graduate Council Co-Chair
Molly Shaffer Van Houweling
Harold C. Hohbach Distinguished Professor of Patent Law and Intellectual Property
Michael Lu
Dean, School of Public Health
Susana Matias
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology
Kathryn Moriarty Baldwin
Assistant Dean, Development and Public Information, Rausser College of Natural Resources
Will Rosenzweig
Faculty Co-Chair at Berkeley Haas Center for Responsible Business, Continuing Professional Faculty, Haas School of Business
Nathan F Sayre
Professor of Geography and Associate Dean in the College of Letters and Sciences
Mark Schapiro
Continuing Lecturer, Graduate School of Journalism and author
Jennifer Sowerwine
Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Rausser College of Natural Resources
David C. Wilson
Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy; Professor of Public Policy