Andrea Fisher Maril grew up in rural Iowa and has gardened in Santa Fe, southwest Iowa, upstate New York, south Texas and Oklahoma. She previously spent two decades at the helm of Big Brothers Big Sisters Mountain Region and has academic degrees in cultural anthropology (BA from Grinnell College, MA from University of Iowa) and...
Our Team
Syri Mongiello grew up in Taos and has lived in Santa Fe for the last six years. She holds a master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from the University of San Francisco and has a background in arts administration. Prior to joining the Institute staff in 2015, Syri was the Operations Manager for Arts & Ideas...
Janice L. Mayer is a Certified Fund Raising Executive. Prior to joining the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute, for five years she was the Executive Director of the nonprofit Santa Fe Desert Chorale; a fully professional choral ensemble based in New Mexico. During her tenure, earned and unearned revenue grew significantly. In creating SFDC’s Community...
Anna Griswold’s appointment as Market Programs Manager is the culmination of five years of dedicated service to the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute. Arriving in New Mexico in 2015, Ms. Griswold immersed herself in the Institute as an active volunteer, serving both at the Information Booth and in giving Market Fresh Cooking demonstrations. In 2018,...
David graduated from the school of Hotel & Restaurant Management at the University of Missouri – Columbia, after which he built his culinary chops working and staging under numerous chefs. He has traveled and worked extensively throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Europe while cultivating his palate and passion for food and food history. Relocating to Rhode...
James Gould grew up in Lockport, New York, not far from Buffalo. His family valued working with their hands to make and repair a wide variety of things. Smitten with creating artwork and making from an early age, James disregarded advice to the contrary and studied art through high school and obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in...