Our Leaders

The Rural Coalition Board of Directors

John Zippert* | Chair

Director of Programs Emeritus
Federation of Southern Cooperatives/
Land Assistance Fund, Epes, AL
Lisa Bellanger* | Co-Vice Chair

Three Fires Spiritual and Cultural Education Society Minneapolis, MN
Maria Moreira* | Co-Vice Chair

World Farmers
Lancaster, MA
Dorathy Barker* | Treasurer

Operation Sprint Plant
Oxford, NC
Tirso Moreno* | Secretary

Latino Farmers of the Southeast
Crescent City, FL
Mily Trevino-Sauceda* | Assistant Secretary

Organización en California de Liderés Campesinas, Inc., Pomona, CA
Darnella Burkett Winston* | Youth Representative

Mississippi Association of Cooperatives
Petal, MS
Savonala Horne*

Land Loss Prevention Project
Durham, NC
Gary Redding*

Concerned Citizens of Tillery
Tillery, NC
Lorena Andrade

La Mujer Obrera
El Paso, TX
Rudy Arredondo

Latino Farmer and Ranchers International Washington, DC
Willie Booker

Rural Advancement Fund of the National Sharecroppers Fund, Orangeburg, SC
Starry Krueger

Rural Development Leadership Network
New York, NY
Barbara Shipman

Cottage House Inc.
Ariton, AL
Willard Tillman

Oklahoma Black Historical Research Project
Oklahoma City, OK

Carlos Marentes | Chair Emeritus

Border Agricultural Workers Project
El Paso, TX
Georgia "Mama" Good | Vice Chair Emeritus

Rural Advancement Fund of the National Sharecroppers Fund, Orangeburg, SC
Lorette Picciano | Ex-officio

Executive Director, Rural Coalition

Rural Coalition deeply honors & stands upon the shoulders of our board members who have become ancestors.

Patricia Bellanger | Founding Mother
John Bloch | Board Member Emeritus
Hubert Sapp | Chair Emeritus
Marge Townsend | Emeritus

North American Farm Alliance
Windsor, OH

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