ANN THRUPP has extensive experience in sustainable, organic, equitable and regenerative agriculture and food systems in the United States and internationally. For more than 35 years, she has been a pioneer working on the intersection of agriculture, ecology, food security, social justice, and public health. Ann has held leadership positions in non-profit organizations, government, academia, business, and now philanthropy. 

She is currently working as Senior Program Officer of Food Systems Transformation for the Clif Family Foundation. In 2022-23 she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research about pesticide use in banana production in Costa Rica. Ann previously served as the Director of the California Food is Medicine Coalition (2019-2022) and was founding Executive Director of the Berkeley Food Institute at the University of California Berkeley from 2013-2019. Prior to that, she was Manager of Sustainability and Organic Development at Fetzer and Bonterra Vineyards for 11 years (2003-2013). She also worked for several years with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Agriculture Initiative in the Western Region office, and for 10 years, was Director of Sustainable Agriculture at World Resources Institute, leading projects in Latin America and other regions of the world.

Ann has a PhD and Master’s degree from Sussex University in England (with Marshall and Fulbright scholarships), a BA from Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa), with double majors in Human Biology and Latin American Studies. She has more than 75 publications, including three books (with two as co-author), and has served on boards of non-profit organization and advisory committees in the field. She is a graduate of the California Agricultural Leadership Program and is fluent in Spanish. She is an avid runner (and was an All-American cross-country runner at Stanford University) and enjoys gardening, music, and creative writing.

Deidre is the Director of Communications for Coming Clean. She provides consistent framing, messaging, and promotion of Coming Clean’s work and that of strategic partner, the Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy reform, across communication channels including mass media, social media, websites, and internal network communications.With a Master’s degree in philosophy, Deidre was previously communications organizer for a graduate union local and taught environmental ethics at Georgetown University. She now lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

Amy is the National Policy and Advocacy Director at Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Inc., where she strategizes and advocates alongside farmworker women in advancing their policy priorities in the areas of immigration, environmental justice and pesticides, workers’ rights, and ending violence against women. Prior to joining Alianza, Amy was a Justice Catalyst legal fellow at Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, where she focused on challenging labor abuse and discrimination migrant workers face during recruitment and in the workplace. Amy has a Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law, and has over 10 years of experience working on intersectional issues in women’ s rights.

Cristóbal is Organizing Lead for Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network. Cris is a strategist, and organizer currently based in Boston, MA. His work is rooted in the belief that our people hold the power to transform the world when we move together. Born in Chile and shaped by the immigrant struggle in the U.S., Cris has spent years organizing alongside frontline communities fighting for immigrant rights, climate justice, and Just Transition. Whether it’s building narrative power, crafting campaigns, or showing up in the streets, Cris brings heart, humor, and deep commitment to the work of collective liberation.