Staff
![Stephanie Pearl, PhD](https://asanonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Stephanie-and-Dog-Resized-248x300.jpg)
Stephanie Pearl, PhDInterim Executive Director
[email protected]
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa
Arlo PateDirector of Farmer Programs
[email protected]
Birmingham
Birmingham
Current Board
![Darren Beachem](https://asanonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/unnamed2.png)
Darren BeachemPresident
East Alabama Black Belt Farmers’ Co-operative, Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Union Springs / Huntsville
Union Springs / Huntsville
![Angie Comeaux](https://asanonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ComeauxAngelaPhoto-1-scaled-e1708038435153-300x300.jpg)
Angie Comeaux
Hummingbird Springs Farm
Florala
Florala
![Mark Hainds](https://asanonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Mark-on-Logs.jpg)
Mark Hainds
Sweet Bill’s Mushrooms and Smoking Wood
Andalusia
Andalusia
![Emma Busby](https://asanonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Emma-Busby-Schoolyard-Roots-Tuscaloosa-AL-300x225.jpg)
Emma Busby
Schoolyard Roots
Tuscaloosa, AL
Tuscaloosa, AL
![Marie-McGruder](https://asanonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Marie-McGruder-McGruder-Farms-Sawyerville-AL-243x300.jpg)
Marie-McGruder
McGruder Farms
Sawyerville, AL
Sawyerville, AL
![Catherine Rider](https://asanonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Catherine-Rider-Freenlance-Writer-Environmentalist-Andalusia-AL-221x300.jpg)
Catherine Rider
Freelance Writer & Environmentalist
Andalusia, AL
Andalusia, AL
![Sarah Bell](https://asanonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sarah-Bell-National-Young-Farmers-Federal-Policy-Committee-USDA-Advisory-Committee-on-Minority-Farmers-Adamsville-AL-214x300.jpg)
Sarah Bell
National Young Farmers Federal Policy Committee – USDA Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers
Adamsville, AL
Adamsville, AL
![Holt Akers-Campbell](https://asanonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Holt-Akers-Campbell-Alabama-Cooperative-Extension-Birmingham-AL-250x300.jpg)
Holt Akers-Campbell
Alabama Cooperative Extension
Birmingham, AL
Birmingham, AL
![Marguerite-McClintock](https://asanonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Marguerite-McClintock-Alchemy-Farms-Plants-Owens-Cross-Roads-AL-279x300.jpg)
Marguerite-McClintock
Alchemy Farms & Plants
Owens Cross Roads, AL
Owens Cross Roads, AL
Kathleen Kirkpatrick
Hometown Action
Montgomery
Montgomery
Phyllis Light
The Appalachian Center for Natural Health, Arab, AL
Lee Ellenburg
UA Huntsville
Huntsville
Huntsville