Meg Cotner
CSA Role: Membership Coordinator
Duties Include: Managing waitlist, registration, the CSA's inbox, and membership questions. Writing blog posts from time to time and managing the CSA's social media presence.
Day Job: Freelance writer
Favorite CSA Pick: Strawberries in June, tomatoes in August
Years in the CSA: 6
Significant Factoid: I play the harpsichord and sing.
Megan Franzen
CSA Role: Nutrition expert/ Events Coordinaor
Duties Include: Planning and organizing all CSA events including ones specifically about nutrition. Serving in an advisory capacity on nutrition related issues.
Day Job: Holistic Nutrition Counselor for pre/post natal women, families and anyone who is passionate about eating to live a vibrant life! + teach healthy cooking classes, and 24/7 mama to my toddler son.
Favorite CSA Pick: Anything green and leafy. And apples.
Years in the CSA: 4
Significant Factoid: I was trained to be an opera singer!
Sara Holliday
CSA Role: Events Coordinator
Duties: Helping plan, advertise and host special events to enrich and celebrate the CSA experience. Suggestions welcome!
Day Job: Events Coordinator/Head Librarian's Assistant at The New York Society Library, NYC's oldest library
Favorite CSA Pick: Gotta be the strawberries
Years in the CSA: Member since 2007, core since 2009
Significant Factoid: Can beat you at any name-that-tune with Broadway showtunes and film scores.
Laura Mello
CSA Role: CSA Co-Coordinator
Day Job: Attorney / Photographer
Favorite CSA Pick: Strawberries! Asparagus! Tomatoes! (You mean I have to choose?)
Years in the CSA: 8
Significant Factoid: My husband's family has been in Astoria since 1923 and we are deeply committed to keeping Astoria a great place to live and raise a family.
Litza Stark
CSA Role: Webmaster + (Backup) Site Manager
Duties Include: Keeping the website up and running, adding new features when I get the chance, and working on-site with our lovely member volunteers during some distributions!
Day Job: Web Developer
Favorite CSA Pick: Peaches
Years in the CSA: 4
Significant Factoid: I studied sexual health & sex education in grad school, but make my living programming websites.
Kate Troy
CSA Role: Communications and Community Outreach Coordinator
Duties Include: Communicating information regularly to membership, via the blog and blast emails, posting farmers' newsletters, weekly share information and order deadline reminders. Writing general copy for the website including articles and community event announcements. Helping with grant applications, specifically focusing on community outreach and low-income share support.
Day Job: Stay-at-home-mom
Favorite CSA Pick: Cress and asparagus
Years in the CSA: 3
Significant Factoid: I come from a long line of small farmers including my father, grandfather and two great-grandfathers.
Sean Williams
CSA Role: Site Manager
Duties Include: Helping set up distribution, intercept farm deliveries, breakdown distribution sometimes knowing ahead of time and sometimes last minute but ALWAYS with a willingness to help and big smile!
Day Job: Stay-At-Home-Dad, part-time music and theater producer
Favorite CSA Pick: Jerusalem Artichokes.
Years in the CSA: 4
Significant Factoid: My brother parks his car in my garage while he lives in LA, so I actually have TWO CARS. That's pretty weird for most of my friends who live in the city...