Organic Center

"Vision: Conversion of agriculture to organic methods, improved health for the earth and its inhabitants, and greater awareness of and demand for organic products."


 * Joan Boykin, Executive Director

Board
Accessed April 2012:


 * Mark Retzloff, Board Chair, Co-Founder and Chairman Alfalfa's Market
 * Ryan Black, Board Secretary- Co-founder& Chief Executive Officer Sambazon
 * Ken Cook, President, Environmental Working Group
 * Timothy Escamilla, Board Treasurer and Finance Chair, Vice President Procurement/Supply Chain, Ready Pac Produce
 * Michael Funk, Chairman & Co-founder, United Natural Foods
 * Anna Getty, Holistic Lifestyle Expert, Author, and Founder, Pregnancy Awareness Month
 * Myra Goodman, Co-founder, Earthbound Farm
 * Michelle P. Goolsby, Vice Chair and Former EVP of Dean Foods Company
 * David Karr, Co-Founder & Vice President of Marketing of Guayaki Yerba Mate
 * Theresa Marquez, Chief Marketing Executive, Organic Valley
 * Blaine McPeak, President, WhiteWave Foods
 * Nora Pouillon, Chef and Owner, Restaurant Nora
 * Jim Seiple, Group Vice President of Research & Development, Safeway Inc.
 * Susan Shields, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Jamba Juice
 * Sara Snow, Chair of Communications & Education, Green Lifestyle Expert/TV Host
 * Margaret Wittenberg, Vice President of Global Quality Standards and Public Affairs, Whole Foods Market
 * Anthony Zolezzi, Chair Advisory Board, Zolezzi Consulting Inc.
 * Alan Greene, M.D., C0-Chair Advisory Board, Pediatrician, www.drgreene.com
 * Alex Petrov, Advisory Board, General Manager, Consumer Brands at Safeway Inc.
 * Walter Robb, Advisory Board, Co-President, and COO Whole Foods Market Inc.
 * George Siemon, Advisory Board, CEO, Organic Valley
 * Andrew Weil, M.D., Advisory Board, Weil Lifestyle, LLC and University of Arizona

Advisory Committee
Accessed April 2012:


 * Alan Greene M.D. FAAP, Chair, Pediatrician, www.drgreene.com
 * Brian Baker Ph.D., Research Director, Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI)
 * Kirsten Brandt, Ph.D., University of Newcastle, U.K.
 * Theo Colborn Ph.D., President, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, Inc (TEDX)
 * Steve Diver M.S., Agri-Horticultural Consulting
 * Clark F. Driftmier, The Boulder Strategy Group, LLC
 * Brian Halweil, Senior Researcher, World Watch Institute
 * James Kinsinger, Corporate Director of Regulatory Compliance, Hain Celestial Group, Inc
 * Philip Landrigan MD, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NYC
 * Branin Lane, M.S., R.D., WhiteWave Foods
 * Matt Liebman Ph.D., Professor, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University
 * Mark Lipson, Policy Program Director, Organic Farming Research Foundation
 * Theresa Marquez, Marketing Director, Organic Valley
 * Mary-Howell Martens, Organic Crop Farmer
 * Christine McCullum-Gomez, Ph.D,, R.D., Food systems consultant
 * Joseph Montecalvo, Jr. Ph.D., Professor, Food Science, California Polytechnic Institute
 * Mary Mulry Ph.D., President, FoodWise, Inc.
 * Tom Newmark, President, New Chapter, Inc
 * Kevin O'Rell, Vice President of Research and Development, Horizon Organic
 * David Pimentel Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Entomology, Cornell University
 * Richard Rominger, Consultant
 * Joseph Smillie, Quality Assurance International (QAI)
 * Sean L. Swezey Ph.D., Director, UC-SAREP, Professor, UC Santa Cruz
 * John Wargo Ph.D., Professor, Yale University
 * Craig Weakley M.S., Vice-President of Agriculture, Small Planet Foods, Inc.
 * Robin Whyatt Ph.D., Deputy Director, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health

Contact
URL: http://organic-center.org

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