LORI DAVIS

Executive Director

After fifteen fulfilling years in interior design, Lori developed a burning desire to make a long-term social and environmental difference in her community and beyond. She attended the University of California, Berkeley. She received a B.S in Agrobiodiversity and Cultural Food Systems, graduating with scientific honors. Lori and her son Cameron Davis started raising money to donate solar ovens in Central America and Mexico. Her first goal was to make sure the people they worked with had access to healthy food to put into their solar ovens. After several trips south of the border, she realized people in her own Marin County community were also in need. 

Lori has taught urban farming, seed-to-table cooking, as well as nutrition education and cooking classes at many Marin schools, following USDA "My Plate" guidelines. Her programs have been very successful, whether in school classrooms or school gardens. Lori also fulfilled a three-year grant as the Wellness Coordinator for the Marin County Office of Education. Recently Lori wrote a bill for the state of California asking for 10 cents extras per child per school meal that can only be spent on local fruits and vegetables.  The bill has currently passed all three committees and is looking promising that it will pass and be implemented. Her policy work also includes three years as the Co-Chair of the Marin Food Policy Council and helping two school districts rewrite their wellness policies.

BOB MARCUCCI

President

Bob was born and raised in Marin County. He attended all San Rafael schools and graduated from Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, California with a Liberal Studies degree. He received his Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from Saint Mary’s College of Education and his Masters in Education Administration from San Francisco State University. Bob has served as a teacher and principal in San Rafael City Schools since 1997 and he is currently the proud Principal of Davidson Middle School. Bob loves exploring nature, playing live music around the county, and being with his family, which consists of his wife Kristen, children Nello and Lena, his two dogs Zorra and Carlos, and his tropical fish.

ELAINE MCCARTY

Board Chair

Elaine is a highly collaborative leader, driven by a passion for shepherding organizations and communities towards a healthy, sustainable future. Currently applying her extensive and diverse management experience in the food, education, and health care industries to a private consulting practice. Prior to her move into consulting, she served as VP of Operations for a start-up medical device company in San Rafael, where she helped bring the world’s first biodegradable medical device to market. She earned a MBA in Sustainable Enterprise from Dominican University of California (DUC), and then served as its Program Director. She also led the Sustainable Practices Program at DUC, ushering through more than 50 graduates. Elaine holds a B.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics and earned her Registered Dietitian status in 1999 after completing a dietetic internship at University of California, San Francisco.

She is a seasoned professional with extensive management and proven success in: Developing and motivating diverse teams of professionals towards shared goals; Designing and managing innovative programs; Analyzing and improving processes and systems; Developing and implementing strategies and tactics.

ROBYN CHAPMAN

Board Chair

Robyn Chapman is an Agency Director for Monster Worldwide responsible for managing recruitment advertising agency relationships between Monster, clients, and agencies.  With a long career in Sales Management, as a Certified Human Resources professional, and Professional Recruiter, she is immersed in relationship building and management, recruiting strategies, and technology every day.

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Born and raised on the East Coast, with a degree in Liberal Arts from the University of Hartford, her heart is in the Bay Area, spending as much time here as possible.  Additionally, she is either on, or served on, several boards and leadership initiatives, with a focus on education, or companion animal concerns, including equine.  She previously served on the Board of the Rockdale County Public Schools Foundation and currently serves on the Grant Review Committee.  Most notably, she chaired Strand 3, Sustaining Change Through Business and Civic Leadership on the Ford NGL/PAS project in partnership with the Covington Chamber of Commerce and Newton County School District.  She has also successfully written many grants for animal welfare and rescue organizations.  She uses her professional skills and knowledge to engage, attract, and maintain visibility to a cause, helping to build fledgling organizations. View her full profile at .

MARIANNE VICENCIO

Planning & Analytics

Marianne Vicencio Ward is a senior associate at HealthWorks, a consulting firm that assists healthcare organizations with strategic and business planning, trauma center planning and development, valuation services, hospital-physician contracting and integration, and litigation support.  Marianne has more than 20 years of hospital system management and analytic experience. The main focus of her career has been on clinical analytics, performance improvement and patient safety.  Marianne earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration/management science from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality.  Marianne joined Sanzuma to provide planning guidance and to direct analytics efforts. Her background in healthcare dovetailed perfectly with Sanzuma's mission to grow healthy communities.

MARIE KOESNODIHARDJO

Development Associate

Marie spent her early life as a professional artistic roller-dance skater. She quickly discovered her passion for the intersection of sustainability, development, and business during her first year at U.C. Berkeley. She was heavily involved in the Student Organic Gardening Association as a student, instructor, president, and grant writer. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Conservation of Resource Studies. Marie is currently an accounting assistant at an organic produce distribution company. Her passion for organizational systems and social enterprises led her to Sanzuma where she hopes she can make a difference by creating sustainable programs that build healthy and educated communities. 

TIFFANY DAWSON

Farm Manager

Tiffany was born and raised in Marin County, CA, where she spent much of her time riding horses, hiking with her dog, and helping her mom in the garden.  Her deep love for the natural world and all things living inspired her to pursue a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from the University of San Francisco.  After three additional years of biology, chemistry, and physics at the College of Marin, as well as a decade of volunteering as a translator on medical missions in Guatemala, she decided to return to USF to pursue a master’s degree in public health.  It was there, at the intersection of public and environmental health, that she began to make important connections, and sought answers and solutions to the many questions and problems of health in our modern time.

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She is extremely passionate about food, social, and environmental justice, and deeply committed to growing and promoting local regenerative food systems and resilient communities.  She received her Permaculture Design Certificate from the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center and believes that the principles of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), permaculture, regenerative agriculture, and social forestry are essential in restoring balance to our ecosystems while creating a sustainable and just food system for all. In the final year of her master’s program, she completed an internship at Petaluma Bounty Farm, where she worked closely with staff and community members on program development and evaluation for a farm-based nutrition education program for children and their parents. She has always had a love for food, and her wide range of experiences working in gardens, on farms, at farm stands, and even large grocery stores, has allowed her to see many aspects of the food supply chain and where changes can and should be made.

She currently lives in West Marin and, when she is not farming, spends her time tending to her gardens and ducks, running with her dog in the hills, foraging in the woods, crafting herbal medicine, and relaxing with her partner in their little house by the creek.