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Meet the Staff
KIRSTEN MILLER (she/her)
Outreach and Development Co-Director
Kirsten’s TRFW journey began as board member in 2018, moving to a staff role in 2025. She dedicated herself to cultivating a culture of thoughtfulness, partnering, respectful disagreement, sustainable contributions, and enjoyment, which has attracted people with more diverse lived experiences and lay the foundation for the now thriving board, engaged volunteer base, and enthusiastic student interns. Cultivating collaboration amongst strategic partners, community organizations, and funders to create meaningful relationships and sustainable change in our community, is the core of what Kirsten excels at. She co-founded the School Garden Network and served as its first Executive Director, connecting and supporting school garden teachers to each other, curriculum, best practices, and funding. As Regional Development Director for the Bay Area Jewish Community Foundation Kirsten managed the Sonoma County annual campaign, raising over $100,000 from over 500 donors. She lives in Corvallis with her family and delights in her hands in the soil, cooking, moving her body and slowing down with those she loves.
MARKAEL LUTERRA
Operations Co-Director
Mark joined the TRFW board in 2019 and also began coordinating the annual Soil Amendment Sale in that year. He served as board treasurer from 2020-24 and was instrumental in launching TRFW's Local Food Directory and developing the Mid-Valley Food Hub concept. Mark brings a passion for replacing our transactional economy with a local web of relationships, a mind for logistics, and an ability to be nimble and flexible in finding ways to serve our community that maximize resilience and break conventional molds. Mark has a background in conservation biology, engineering, farming, and business ownership. He developed the Winnow Wizard seed cleaning machine that is in use around the US and Canada, and he publishes regular essays focusing on interconnection and ecological spirituality. Mark lives in Corvallis and enjoys gardening, hiking, dance, astronomy, singing, and just being present through all of life's adventures.
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