BFI is proud to announce this year’s 2024 graduates of the Graduate Certificate in Food Systems. We are honored to have awarded 31 certificates to graduate students this year who will no doubt go on to make a lasting impact on our local and global food system. Since its start in 2019, BFI has awarded 117 certificates to promising food systems changemakers at UC Berkeley, creating a growing alumni network of passionate equitable food systems leaders.

BFI celebrated the Graduate Certificate in Food Systems graduating class of 2024 with a sunny ceremony at Berkeley Way West on May 9th. The graduates, who come from a wide range of programs and schools across campus including the School of Public Health, the College of Engineering, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and more, received green cords and locally sourced food and farming gifts honoring their accomplishments. The graduates also heard from the core course instructor Kris Madsen, who gave parting words on the importance of continued activism for social change within the food system.

Class of 2023 recent graduate, Summer Lewis, affirmed this idea by relaying how she has utilized her Graduate Certificate in Food Systems to inform her current work supporting Indigenous communities as a consultant and advocate for tribal public health and education. 

As the class of 2024 GCFS graduates go on to their future careers in academics, public health, law, city planning, and food systems, we are proud to know that they will enter their respective futures with a deep knowledge and understanding of a truly values based and equitable food system. We look forward to continuing conversations and working with them as alumni. 

We are proud to recognize the following 2024 Graduate Certificate in Food Systems Graduates:

• Carmela Wilkins, Masters of Design
• Saoirse Stock, Masters of Public Health
• Ash Seth, Masters of Development Engineering
• Rosario Torres, PhD, Environmental Science, Policy, & Management
• Ethan Wolf, Masters of Public Health Nutrition
• William (Liam) Jameson, Masters of Public Policy
• Leah Bridle, Masters of Public Policy
• Ava Kargosha, Masters of Public Policy
• Haley Wohlever, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
• Hilla Abel, Masters of Public Affairs
• Claire Wilson, Masters of Public Policy
• Ricardo Sarmiento, Masters of Public Health, Policy, & Management
• Nicholas Newman, Masters of Development Practice
• Ashley Davis, Masters of Public Health Nutrition
• Tetyana Yevdosyuk, Masters of Public Health Nutrition
• Rebecca Grey, Masters of Public Health Nutrition
• Arbel Efraty, Masters of Business Administration
• Linda Choi, Masters of Public Policy
• Alyssa Mathiowetz, PhD, Metabolic Biology
• Mikaela Zamarron, Masters of Public Health Nutrition
• marisa weinstock, Masters of Social Welfare
• Emily Ely, Masters of Architecture
• Jeffrey Moridani, Masters of Development Practice
• Katherine Lanca, Masters of Public Health Nutrition
• Sarah McKenzie, Masters of Public Health Nutrition
• Elizabeth Dresser-Kluchman, PhD, Anthropology
• Neil Victor Yang, PhD, Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology
• Viana Quynh Pham, PhD, Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology
• Kenzo Emiliano Esquivel. PhD, Environmental Science, Policy, & Management
• Krista Neumann, PhD, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• Mindy Price, PhD, Environmental Sciece, Policy, and Management

Congratulations graduates! We at BFI recognize all the hard work you have put into your time at Berkeley, and look forward to seeing how you will make change in the food system. 

Big things are on the horizon for BFI and the Graduate Certificate in Food Systems. BFI is working to develop an alumni network where graduates and professionals can connect to uplift each other in their personal and professional careers. Join our new LinkedIn Alumni Network here: