Welcome Janie!

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Pat Stieren

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Nov 6, 2015, 11:08:07 AM11/6/15
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Dear Friends:

Today is my last day as the Executive Director of IFMA.  It was not an easy decision, but  the time has come for me to provide more time, energy and support to my growing family.
 ( so happy to have our newest grand daughter born Nov 4th and both mom and baby doing great)

And, we are very excited to welcome Jane Maxwell as the new IFMA Executive Director!!  (see attached welcome letter which is also on our website, so please share widely)

The Illinois Farmers Market Association Board of Directors is pleased to announce Jane Maxwell, as its new executive director.  Janie, as she prefers to be called, started on October 26 and is excited to be a part of the IFMA. She is very passionate about expanding local food opportunities and promoting Illinois farmers markets.

 

As a Registered Dietitian Janie believes strongly in the health value of local food and advocates for local food by building systems that highlight the economic value of markets to communities and farmers. 

 

In her most recent work with Making Kane County Fit for Kids, as a part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Healthy Kids Healthy Communities Grant, Fit for Kids became a nationally recognized leader in creating a culture of health in part by improving access to healthy food. 

 

Janie brings a background in managing grants and in nonprofit management having managed non-profit initiatives and programs.  She is also a nutrition instructor at Northern Illinois University, Department of Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences.

 

Board President Natalie Kenny-Marquez stated “We are so excited to have Janie at the helm, she is hard at work already with her grant management skills due to the USDA grants that IFMA recently received.” Please join me in welcoming Janie and you can contact her at jmaxwe...@gmail.com.

 

It has been a privilege to work with all of you in building a vibrant farmers market association in Illinois.  With all of the farmers market community support, we established a farmers market network that grew to a statewide association.  I am blessed to have had this wonderful opportunity to help us build this community.  It is so great to see our many accomplishments, and look forward to seeing even greater growth and improvements in the years to come.

 

While it is very hard to step away, I am excited to know that the best is yet to come for IFMA.    I am confident that IFMA will continue to grow and expand under Janie’s leadership and with the best board of directors.ever!!

 Please know that I will continue to be a fervent supporter of farmers markets in Illinois!  


I wish you all the best.  Thank you again for all your support for IFMA!

 

Pat

 

Pat Stieren, Executive Director

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