Coordinating Team

ROC's staff and consultants, called the Coordinating Team, serve both the Changemakers Network and the Stewardship Council by communicating, convening, coordinating, evaluating, synthesizing, and recommending.

The Coordinating Team consists of the following staff and consultants:

Coordinating Team

Haney Armstrong – Director of Operations
Haney has a wide range of experience organizing the efforts of other people and groups. Prior to joining Roots of Change, he managed the online community at Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm creating opportunity for people around the world. Earlier, Haney was community manager for Linden Lab's Second Life, the 3-D virtual world built and owned by its residents. He has led teams to create broadband training programs as senior producer of Ninth House Network and has produced social-issue documentaries, computer games, and training videos with the media partnership Adair and Armstrong. Haney served as community liaison for the Palo Alto Cultural Center and was one of the founders of the Mid-peninsula Peace Center. He received a B.A. in Communications from Stanford University.

Jack Chin - Consultant, Evaluation
Jack is a Senior Analyst and Vice President of Organizational Learning at Blueprint Research and Design, an evaluation firm in the Bay Area. Jack has over ten years of grantmaking experience focusing on education and the environment. He has served as Co-Director of the Funders’ Forum on Environment and Education; Program Officer at the GAP Foundation; and Program Fellow for the Environment at The San Francisco Foundation. Jack has also served on the Management Committee of the Environmental Grantmakers Association. He has an extensive background in environmental education and environmental studies, having been a board member, consultant, and staff member for a number of local and national nonprofit organizations and foundations. Jack previously worked in college student services administration at Oberlin College and Stanford University. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Stanford University.

Stacie Clary- Consultant, Event Director
Stacie has a ten year history of working toward a sustainable food system and twenty years of experience working with nonprofits. Prior to joining ROC, Stacie was the co-Director of the Ecological Farming Association and the Executive Director of the California Coalition for Food and Farming. In addition she has sat on the board of directors of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and is the incoming Chair for the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education's Advisory Council. She currently is focusing on consulting with non-profit organizations (specifically interested in sustainable food systems) and in providing leadership coaching for those in the nonprofit sector. Before working with the California Coalition for Food and Farming, she worked with environmental and social justice coalitions, including the Sacramento Housing Alliance and Friends of the River. Stacie describes her work as facilitating teams to move forward in achieving their vision, motivating activists and volunteers, implementing public education campaigns, fundraising, and working with public officials. Stacie is a graduate of the University of California Davis with a BA in English. She resides in Santa Cruz County.

Michael Dimock - President
Michael has worked in the agricultural sector for seventeen years. After working for a multinational agribusiness company in Europe and California, Michael turned his focus to sustainable agriculture and high value marketing strategies to ensure that small and medium size producers would survive amidst global corporate consolidation. From 1992 to 2006, he founded and directed a unique organization, Ag Innovations Network, which provides strategic planning and consensus building services to rural communities, farming and food companies, and government agencies focused on sustainability. From 2000 to the present he has been a central player in the international Slow Food Movement, both as Chairman of Slow Food USA (until January of 2006) and as a member of the Slow Food International Board. He has also been Chairman of the Board of the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, the state’s oldest organization dedicated to sustainable family farms. Michael came to the ROC Fund following his leadership, as a grantee, of the ROC effort to build a statewide leadership network. Michael holds a B.A. in history from the University of California Los Angeles, and a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University.

Carin D'Oliva - Trust for Conservation Innovation, Fiscal Sponsor and Financial Systems

Joseph McIntyre - Consultant, Process Facilitation
Joseph McIntyre is the Executive Director of Ag Innovations Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a sustainable food system. He joined Ag Innovations in 2001 and over the past five years has headed the expansion of the Ag Futures Alliance—a project that brings together growers, environmentalists, and community leaders to find local solutions to agricultural sustainability. Joseph is a skilled facilitator who combines his academic training (MA in Organization Development, MA in Economics) with twenty-five years of experience as a leader in commercial and non-profit organizations. He spent seven years leading the Expressive Therapy Institute, where Natalie Rogers, the daughter of the noted American psychologist Carl Rogers, mentored him in person-centered facilitation. He has held management and leadership positions at Pacific Bell, MCI, MicroDesign Resources, and O’Reilly and Associates. Joseph’s experience with agriculture and sustainability began in the early 70’s when he attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. There he was simultaneously exposed to the rich farming heritage of California and the work of sustainability thinkers such as Herman Daly and Donella Meadows. Joseph holds a BA in Liberal Arts with Honors from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA, a MA in Economics from the University of Rhode Island and a MA in Psychology, Organization Development focus, from Sonoma State University.

Tiffany Nurrenbern - Network Activity Manager
Tiffany has a history of fostering positive social and environmental change. She understands and caters to people’s motives for taking action, and works to build awareness through innovative communications strategies. As a student, educator and consultant, she has consistently worked to engage the public through strategic outreach and grassroots organizing. As an associate at Gigantic Idea Studio, Tiffany managed social marketing, outreach, and media campaigns promoting sustainable behavior for government agencies and non-profit organizations. Prior to that, Tiffany developed and implemented communications plans for progressive candidates, causes, and organizations as with Effective Strategies Consulting Group. As part of her work there, she organized elected officials, environmental organizations, and business leaders in Orange County in support of clean water and open space initiatives, planned fundraisers and other special events, as well as, coordinated canvassing efforts. For many years, Tiffany has volunteered with both local outreach efforts and statewide initiative campaigns promoting women and girls health. She attended UCLA for her Master’s work and before that UCSC, where she majored in history She prides herself on her solid research background and her creative problem solving skills.

Bobbie Peyton - Development Manager
Bobbie Peyton has worked on a wide range of environmental public relations activities and public awareness campaigns including the promotion of greener transportation options, solar module innovation and clean energy policy. Bobbie received her Bachelor of Science degree in History from Portland State University and earned her Master of Arts degree from Tufts University in the Urban & Environmental Policy and Planning department, where she completed coursework in urban and environmental planning as well as climate change policy. She wrote her Masters’ thesis on solid waste developments and environmental justice issues in Massachusetts. In 2006, she was the recipient of the Tisch Active Citizen Summer Fellows, where she worked with the City of Somerville in Massachusetts to address community concerns for the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists. Prior to graduate school, Bobbie worked for five years in San Francisco’s Tenderloin and Chinatown communities to strategize and fund successful affordable housing programs for the neighborhood’s residents.

< Prev		Next >

[ Back ]

Climate Change and Agriculture

Check out our new resource page for more information about the connection between climate change and food and farming.

Sign the Declaration, become a fan on Facebook, or follow the Food Dec on Twitter.

Be a Changemaker - Actions You Can Take Today

Here are some actions you can take today to help create a sustainable food system for CA in one generation.
Learn more here.

Join the movement for sustainable food.

Climate Change and Agriculture

Be a Changemaker - Actions You Can Take Today

Check out our Blogs!

Upcoming Events

Sustainable Food Blogs