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The UGP TEAM

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Linda Appel Lipsius

Founder & Executive Director

The Urban Garden Project

The UGP FOUNDING BOARD

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Cheryl Adelstein
Interim Executive Director

Seed St Louis

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Navera Ahmed

Dept of Neighborhoods Garden Coordinator

City of Seattle P-Patch

Omar Brownson

Executive Director

LA Community Garden Council

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Naomi Lacey
Director
Community Gardens Australia

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Carlos Martinez

Director

NYC GreenThumb

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CJ Sentell

CEO
The Nashville Food Project

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Nessa Mogharreban
Interim Executive Director
Denver Urban Gardens

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Amanda Musilli

Community Ag & Sustainability Services Manager
City of Alpharetta

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Justin Trezza
Senior Director of Healthy Neighborhoods

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)

The UGP advisory Council

Sterling Spiern
Strategic Advisor on Civic Engagement,

Philanthropy & Public Policy


Dana Bryson
Founder & Principal
Kindness & Grit


Edwin Marty
Food Policy Manager
The City of Austin

Ashley Vernon
Co-Executive Director
The Giving Grove

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