Partners
Members of the Advisory Committee
Representatives from Virginia Tribes
W. Frank Adams, Chief, Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe
Lynette Allston, Chief, Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia
Keith F. Anderson, Chief, Nansemond Indian Nation
Walt "Red Hawk" Brown, Chief, Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe
Robert Gray, Chief, Pamunkey Indian Tribe
G. Annie Richardson, Chief, Rappahannock Tribe
Gerald Stewart, Chief, Chickahominy Indian Tribe
University Members
Michele C. Deramo, Associate Provost for Diversity Education in the Office for Inclusion and Diversity
Tiffany Drape, Assistant Profesor, Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education
Maryam Kamran, Director of Inclusion and Diversity, College of Natural Resources & Environment
Susan S. Sumner, Associate Dean & Director of Academic Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Chevon Thorpe, Assistant Dean of Inclusion & Diversity in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Community Partners
The mission of the Virginia Free Farm is to provide free nutritious, responsibly produced healthy food to their neighbors in need. They also supply plants, seeds, chickens, and ducks to communtiy gardens with an eye towards making our foodshed more resilient and self-sufficient.