LDEI Sacramento Members
Dawnie Andrak
Owner, Tour Guide
Local Roots Food Tours
Sara Arbabian
Founder
The Rind
Board Officer, Secretary
Debbie Arrington
Blogger, freelance writer, consultant
Sacramento Digs Gardening
Former Board Member
Melissa Cheever Azevedo
Owner
Pasta Therapy
Katerina Balagian
Chef
Allora
Carol Barsotti
Chief Marketing Officer
Raley's
Former Board Member
Elise Bauer
Founder (retired)
Simply Recipes, Inc.
Board Officer, Co-President
Taryn Beltz
General Manager
Mulvaney's B&L
Marybeth Bizjak
Food Journalist
Program Committee Co-Chair
Jody Bogle
VP of Consumer Relations
Bogle Family Wine Collection
Carrie Boyle
Owner, Author
The Mindful Glass
Former Board Member
Georgeanne Brennan
Author, Journalist
Erin Bright
Chef
Eskaton Village Carmichael
Donnell Brown
President
National Grape Research Alliance
Former Board Member
Maryellen Burns-Dabaghian
Author, Historian, Founder
BookTalk
Beth Wellar Byers
Sommelier, Wine Educator
Mackenzie Cecchi
Co-Founder
Fat Acid Studio
Kara Chin
Owner, Photographer & Graphic Designer
KBC Creative
Board Member, Communications Chair
Suzanne Cook
Owner
Scott's Seafood Roundhouse
Elaine Corn
Founding member
Les Dames d'Escoffier
Food editor, author, journalist
Jami Correia-Babcock
Retired Fine Wine Distributor
Board Member, Program Committee Chair
Nicholle Cox
Assistant Director of Vocational Training
St. John's Program for Real Change
Kori Dover
Director, Food & Nutrition Outreach
California Beef Council
Rachelle Doyle
Owner
Royal Doyle Honey
LDEI Board member, Professional educator, Director of Advancement at Sacramento Country Day
Jennifer Eckard
Regional Culinary Director
Eskaton
Ann M. Evans
Author, Market Memories Cookbook: Celebrating 50 Years of the Davis Farmers Market; Columnist Davis Enterprise; Davis Food Co-op and Davis Farmers Market CoFounder
Past President
Anne Ewbank
Journalist
Sacramento Bee
Lisa Falcone
Director of Food Quality and Standards
Aramark Healthcare
Registered Dietitian, Certified Executive Chef
Vicky Flaig
Director of Operations
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Heather Fortes
Founder, Owner
SacTown Bites – Food Tour Adventures
Board Officer, Treasurer
Lisa Frank
Taste Educator
Amanda Frew
Senior Vice President
FleishmanHillard
Board Officer, Vice-President
Lane Giguiere
Owner
Matchbook Wine Company
Founding board member
Camille McArdle Hankin
Founder, CEO
Food Simply
Amy Harrington-Pickens
Owner
Ame's Mean Eats
Amina Harris
Queen Bee
The HIVE, Z Specialty Food
Past President
Linda J Harris
Professor Emeritus
UC Davis
Board Member, Scholarship & Philanthropy Chair, Food safety microbiologist, cooperative extension specialist
Christy Hayes
Owner
Mojo's Lounge & Kitchen428 Restaurant
Laura Heckenlively
Innovation Manager
Blue Diamond Growers
Sarah Hemly
President
MB Hemly Ranch
Judy Hirigoyen
Sole Proprietor
Hirigoyen Communications
Amy Hoopes
Chief Commercial Officer
The Wine Group
Carissa Jones
Culinary Arts Teacher
Roseville Joint Union High School District - Oakmont High School
Jennifer Kaye
Owner
The Allspicery
Board Officer, Co-President
Shelly Kessen
Senior Vice President & Partner
FleishmanHillard
Past President, Board Member, Nominations Committee Chair
Mary Kimball
CEO
Center for Land-Based Learning
Building next generation of ag leaders, farmers, and natural resource stewards
Nicole Salengo Lee
Winemaker
Ophiolite Cellars
Enthusiastic about creating high quality wines
Rachael Levine
Co-Owner, Manager
Naranja Hospitality
Past President
Evie Lieb
Food Educator and Baker
Julie Liebenbaum
Alchemist Kitchen Project Manager
Alchemist CDC
Gayla Mace
Real Estate agent and former owner
Mace's Restaurant & Dining Diva
Former Board Member
Randii MacNear
Manager
Davis Farmer's Market
Former Board Member
Jocelyn Maddux
Owner
JBrand Marketing & SAC WINE & ALE
Kristen Madigan
Pub Manager
Touchstone Brewing Company
Craft Beer & Food
Kelsey Maher
Program Manager
Culinary Institute of America
Board Member
Elizabeth-Rose Mandalou
Owner / Beverage Director
WM Restaurants - Allora
Cinthia Martinez
Owner
Nixtaco
Communications Committee Social Media
Corinne Martinez
Owner, President & COO
Berryessa Gap Vineyards
Former Board Member
Patty Mastracco
Owner
IDoFood
Recipe developer, food/prop stylist, TV spokesperson
Janet McDonald
Owner
The Good Stuff Jams
Membership Committee Co-Chair
Courtney M McDonald
Pastry Chef, General Manager & Owner
Restaurant Josephine
Laura McIntosh
PBS TV Host and Producer
Bringing It Home
Amy Myrdal Miller, MS, RDN, FAND
Founder & President
Farmer's Daughter Consulting
Past President
Jennifer Millsap
Chef/Owner
Shef Madres Catering
Liz Mishler
Owner / General Manager
Bella Bru Cafe
Former Board Member
Bobbin Mulvaney
Proprietor
Mulvaney's B&L
Board Member
Anastasia Murphy
Owner & Publisher
Edible Sacramento
Website Administrator
Roxanne O'Brien
Educator, Artist, Chef
Former Chief Instructor, American River College Culinary Program
Tayler Pecha
Co-Founder / Sake Somm
Omakase Por Favor
Maria-Elena (Nena) Rasul
Culinary Arts Teacher
Sac City Unified School District
Sue Robison
Co-Founder
Food Network
Former Board Member
Ann Martin Rolke
Owner, Foodservice PR & marketing, writing, recipe development
Tasty Bits Consulting
Membership Committee Chair
Ashley Rosales
Nutrition & Industry Affairs Officer
Dairy Council of CA
Scholarship & Philanthropy Committee Chair / Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Jennifer Basye Sander
Founder, Book Packager, Publishing Consultant
Big City Books Group
Loraine Scott
Owner
Acheson Wine Company
Elizabeth Smith
Journalist and Fora Travel Advisor
Self-Employed
Kathi Riley Smith
Culinary Supervisor
American River College
Founding Board Member
Karen Stone
Partner
Yolo Land & Cattle Co
Ranching Responsibly Since 1976. We are a cow/calf operation in Yolo County.
Amber Stott
Founder, CEO
Food Literacy Center
Joni Stuart
Sommelier, Wine Educator
Regal Wine Company
Former President
Suleka Sun-Lindley
Owner/Chef
BahnThai, Inc
Zion Taddese
Owner
Queen Sheba Ethiopian Cuisine
Owner, Queen Sheba Ethiopian Cuisine | Culinary Leader & Agriculture Advocate
Deema Tamimi
Founder
Land & Ladle
Andrea Hagan Thompson
Associate Program Director
UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute
Kate Washington
Writer, Speaker, Author
Former Board Member
Marcella White
Server
Waterboy
Former Board Member
Gerine Williams
Community Engagement Manager
Food Literacy Center
Maya Wilson
Chef, Cookbook Author, Food Photographer
Shoshana Zeldner
Director of Brand Strategy
Z Specialty Food / The HIVE
