Our Staff
Ivie Baker IV (he/him)
Community Kitchen Program Manager
Lauren Goldberg
(she/her)
Executive Director
Omar Marroquin
(he/him/él)
Farmers Market Program Manager
Janet Rumble
(she/her)
Deputy Director
Liz Whitehurst
(she/her)
CSA Coordinator
Flor Yanes
(she/her/ella)
Community Outreach Specialist
Community Ambassadors
Previous Staff
Many people have helped to grow Crossroads as an organization since 2007, and we are immensely grateful for their hard work and dedication. In addition to those pictured, we’d like to recognize the contributions of Shayia Johnson, Michele Levy, Liz Curtz, Maria Chevez, Karina Mendoza, Tameka Lance, Victoria Hall, Patricia Jurado, Gabriela Lopez, and Allison Milchling, as well as the amazing efforts put in by our AmeriCorps VISTAs Katie Baker, Gabrielle Rovegno, Hally Sablosky, Maggie Switzer, Lisa Matt, and Hailey Edmondson. Thank you all!
Christie Balch
Michelle Dudley
Morgan Wiggan
Ariel Rothman
Rosa Sanchez
Jennifer Underwood
Sharon Shatananda
Robin Hernández
Sara Servin
Rebecca Rivera
Chris Yanez
Board of Directors
Amyre Barker
Statistician, Health Resources & Services Administration
Massa Cressall
Independent Nonprofit Consultant
Sawa Kamara
Social Impact Coordinator, Washington Housing Partnership
Colleen Normile
Project END Supervising Attorney, Ayuda
Stephanie Powell
Progam Leader, Tinkergarten
Javier Rivas
Executive Director, Takoma/Langley Crossroads Development Authority
Michael Rubin
Worker-Owner, Resolve Financial Cooperative
Carina Ryder
Owner, Takoma Park Gynecology LLC
Ken Simler
Independent Development Economist
Bea Zuluaga
Founder, foodwithbea.com
Advisory Council
Kate Clancy
Food Systems Consultant and Visiting Scholar at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Center for a Livable Future; Adjunct Professor at Tufts University; and Senior Fellow in the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Minnesota
Kate Fitzgerald
Independent consultant to the Fair Food Network and the Farmers Market Coalition
Liz Tuckermanty
Faculty member at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation; Board of Directors, Cheverly Community Market in Cheverly, MD
Founders
Gus Schumacher (1940-2017)
Co-founder of Crossroads Farmers Market; co-founder and VP of Policy of Wholesome Wave; former Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services at USDA
John C. Hyde (1945-2009)
Co-founder of Crossroads Farmers Market; journalist, author, and co-founder with Louise Swartzwalder of Takoma Kitchens
Michele Tsucalas
Inaugural Crossroads Farmers Market manager; founder and owner of Michele’s Granola
Crossroads is thankful to the following partners and supporters:
Alternative Gifts of Greater Washington | CentroNía | City of Takoma Park | Canopy Family Care | Community Health and Empowerment through Education and Research (CHEER) | Cloudbreak Foundation | Eat the Change Impact | Food Biz Mentor | FreshFarm | John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation | La Clínica del Pueblo | Louis H. Shaman Foundation | Lucky Dog III Foundation | Main Street Takoma | Meals on Wheels of Takoma Park/Silver Spring | Michele’s Granola | Montgomery County | North Star Charitable Foundation | Prince George’s County Community Partnership | Prince George’s County Department of Social Services | Priority Partners | Sharing Montgomery Fund of the Greater Washington Community Foundation | Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC) | Spur Local (formerly the Catalogue for Philanthropy) | Takoma/Langley Crossroads Development Authority | Takoma Park Presbyterian Church | The Cliff and Deborah White Family Foundation of the Greater Washington Community Foundation | The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation | Takoma Park Gynecology | TPSS Co-op | USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program | Washington Adventist Hospital/Adventist HealthCare Community Partnership Fund | Wellpoint/Elevance Health
And many, many generous individuals!
Voted one of the DC-area’s best charities!
