Jim Hanna (he/him)

Executive Director
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Jim is Executive Director at CCFSC. He has been a leader in Maine’s food system for almost 30 years. Among his achievements are founding the New American Sustainable Agriculture Project and co-authoring “Whole Measures for Community Food Systems”. He has been a member of Willow Pond Farm’s CSA program since 1991. He shares those veggies, as well as the ones he grows in his Portland garden, with his friends and family which includes six grand children.

Zoe Grodsky (she/her)

School Food Systems Manager
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​Zoe is the School Food Systems Manager at CCFSC. Before joining the council in 2021 as the Food Fuels Learning Coordinator, Zoe worked as a Farm School Educator and a Researcher studying the U.S. Environmental Movement. Zoe graduated from Middlebury College where she focused her studies on social movements, environmental justice, and the education system. Outside of work, Zoe enjoys exploring the many beaches and forests of Maine and cooking good food with friends! ​

Adele Wise (she/her)

Local Food Access Program Manager
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Adele is the Food Access Programs Manager at CCFSC. Before joining CCFSC in 2021, Adele studied food systems and Human Ecology while attending College of the Atlantic. She has worked on various Maine vegetable farms and most recently a mussel aquaculture farm. She enjoys going for hikes, making homemade pizza with friends, and spending time with her cat Minnow. ​

Bri Bowman (they/them)

Agricultural Value Chain Project Director
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Bri is the Agricultural Value Chain Project Director at CCFSC. Bri’s professional experience includes working with Maine’s forest economy directing the FOR/Maine initiative at MDF, building networks of collaboration across Maine’s food system organizations, cooperative businesses, and climate organizations through various roles, and working to support national networks of beginning farmer training organizations at the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project. They earned their MA in International Development and Sustainable Agriculture from the University of Denver, and their BA in Peace Studies from Goucher College. Bri is an artist, herbalist and devotee of the woods and waters.

Marly Davies (she/her)

Gleaning Initiative Assistant
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​Marly is the Gleaning Initiative Assistant at CCFSC. She moved to Maine to work on organic vegetable farms in 2021 after receiving her B.A. in Sociology & Environmental Studies from St. Lawrence University. While she continues to keep one foot in farming, she has also run the volunteer program of a local nonprofit and dabbles in permaculture-based landscape design and installation. Marly enjoys long bike rides, connecting with her community, and playing in the ocean.

Aimee Styklunas (she/her)

FoodCorps Member for South Portland School District
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Aimee is the 2024-25 Foodcorps member at CCFSC for the South Portland school district. Originally from Boston, she studied Public Health at UMass Amherst, has worked in addiction recovery and houseless healthcare and lived at a community farm out in Oregon. She believes secure relationships to food are foundational to our development and that students can build those relationships for themselves if given the proper resources. She recently moved to Maine to do more of her favorite things, including hiking, dancing to live music, making and eating food with friends, and swimming in as many bodies of water as possible.

Hannah Moore (she/her)

FoodCorps Member for Westbrook School District
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Hannah is the 2024-25 FoodCorps member at CCFSC for the Westbrook School District. Originally from Windham, she spent the last 15 years in Ohio, but was determined to return home to Cumberland County. In May 2024, she graduated from Ohio University with her B.S. in Translational Health- Applied Nutrition with a focus on dietetics. She has worked in the childhood nutrition education space and feels passionately about the importance of exposure to new foods at a young age. Hannah enjoys junk journaling, running outside, grocery shopping at unique stores, solo-traveling, eating seasonally, and spending time with her friends and family in the area. 

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Erin Powers (she/her)

Ending Hunger Corps VISTA 
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Erin is the 2024-2025 Ending Hunger Corps VISTA at CCFSC. Before this she studied energy and environmental policy at Georgetown University with a particular focus on environmental justice. She has worked previously in research into the relationship between global climate change and food insecurity. Erin enjoys reading, baking, and finding new trails to hike outside of work!