Committee and Staff

The NOFA Organic Land Care Program of CT NOFA is undergoing a period of growth and reorganization in order to better serve our constituency of professionals, homeowners and environmental advocates. Here you will find a list of our staff and new committees. If you are interested in joining a committee, rolling up your sleeves and helping out, we'd love to have you! Please contact Camilla Worden, Nominating Committee, at camillaworden@sbcglobal.net

Advisory Committee

Dwight Brooks
Dwight Brooks Horticulturalist, Inc., Katonah, NY
Donald Bishop
Gardens Are..., Marlborough, MA www.gardensare.com
Peter Schmidt
Compostwerks,  Mt. Kisco, NY  www.compostwerks.com
Frank Crandall
Frank Crandall Horticultural Services, Providence, RI
Diane Devore
  Devore Associates, Fairfield, CT, www.devoreassoc.com
Dr. Michael Klemens
  Carey Institute of Ecosystems Studies, Millbrook, NY www.ecostudies.org
Dr. Sarah Little
Toxics Use Reduction Consultant, Wellesley, MA, slittles@comcast.net  http://home.comcast.net/~little.sarah
Mike Nadeau
Plantscapes Organics, Inc, Fairfield, CT, www.plantscapesorganics.com
Chip Osborne
Osborne's Organics, Marblehead, MA  www.osborneorganics.com
Bettylou Sandy
Bettylou's Gardening, Manchester, CT
Camilla Worden
Camilla Worden Garden Design, Danbury, CT www.camillaworden.com

Staff

Clara Buitrago (staff)
Accreditation Manager, NOFA OLC, Stevenson, CT www.organiclandcare.net
Bill Duesing (staff)
CT NOFA Executive Director, Stevenson, CT www.ctnofa.org
Kristiane Huber (staff)
Outreach Coordinator, NOFA OLC, Stevenson, CT www.organiclandcare.net
Jenna Messier (staff)
Program Director, NOFA OLC, Stevenson, CT www.organiclandcare.net
Teresa Mucci (staff) teremucci@optonline.net
CT NOFA Program Coordinator, Stevenson, CT, www.ctnofa.org; Environmental Landscape Designer, Wilton, CT,
Caro Roszell (staff)
Massachusetts Program Coordinator, NOFA OLC, Boston, MA www.organiclandcare.net

Education Committee

Dwight Brooks
Bill Duesing
Todd Harrington
Teresa Mucci
Mike Nadeau
Bettylou Sandy
Camilla Worden
David Eggleton
Applied Ecologics, Woburn, MA  www.appliedecologics.com
Melissa Henrey
Kinglet Gardens Ecological Horticulture, Cos Cob, CT  www.kingletgardens.com
Aiken Tompkins
Tompkins Organic Gardens, Hasting-on-Hudson, NY
Mobee Weinstein
New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY www.nybg.org 
Priscilla Williams
Pumpkin Brook Organic Gardening, Inc., Townsend, MA www.seedlingspecialist.com
Anne Wolak
Anne Wolak Garden Design, Haddam, CT

Standards Committee

Todd Harrington
Mike Nadeau
Aiken Tompkins

Dr. Jason Henderson
  Dept. of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, www.turf.uconn.edu
Charlotte Pyle
  USDA Natural Resources Conseration Service, Tolland, CT www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov
Cynthia Rabinowitz
HGConnsoil, LLC, Bethlehem, CT www.hgconnsoil.com 
Dr. Bob Rafka
Master Gardener, Kingston, RI

Marketing/Outreach Committee

Dwight Brooks
Bill Duesing
Ashley Kremser
Camilla Worden
Laurence Coronis
Coronis Landscape Consulting Associates, Wilton, NH
Sheryl Ellal
TP Consulting, Wakefield, RI
Christine Rising
The Laurelrock Company, Wilton, CT www.laurelrock.com
Stephanie White
Pumpkin Brook Organic Gardening, Inc., Townsend, MA www.seedlingspecialist.com

Homeowners Committee

Bill Duesing
Sheryl Ellal
Teresa Mucci
Christine Rising
Bettylou Sandy, Chair
Sara Craft
Gardener, Providence, RI
Carlos Kowarick
Hands of Nature, New Milford, CT
Sarah LaValley
Sarah LaValley Garden Design, Westport, MA www.sarahlavalleygardens.com
Anne Rowlands
Connecticut Gardener Magazine, Greenfarms, CT www.conngardener.com
David Sanders
Gardens by Design, Wilton, CT www.gardensbydesign.com
John Tycz
Go Organic LLC, Thompson, CT www.goorganicllc.com
Ann Uppington
Uppington Gardens, Byfield, MA

National Accreditation Program

Dwight Brooks
Todd Harrington
Sarah Little
Mike Nadeau
Chip Osborne
Peter Schmidt

Reaccreditation Committee

Don Bishop
Bill Duesing
Mike Nadeau
John Tycz
Camilla Worden
Barbara Yaeger
Barbara Yaerger Landscape Designer, Madison, CT www.bayworks4u.com

Website Committee

Sarah Little
Christine Rising
Peter Schmidt
Lisa Mattei
  Mattei Design, Townsend, MA
Andi Ross
It's Nature's Way, Plum Island, MA www.naturegardenz.com

Nominating Committee

Priscilla Williams
Camilla Worden


Link to OLC Committees Administrative Site