Our Team

The people behind Seed to Table bring a wide range of skills and experience to our farm, education programs, produce distribution, Sisters Farmers Market, and community partnerships—all rooted in a shared commitment to connecting people with food, farming, and one another.

Audrey Tehan is a farmer, educator, fundraiser, and organizational builder, bringing a deep care for the people and land at the heart of her work. A Sisters native and Environmental Studies graduate of Southern Oregon University, Audrey founded Seed to Table from the roots of a greenhouse classroom created by the Sisters High School Science Club.

Her leadership was built from the field up—first learning alongside her team how to grow abundant produce in Central Oregon’s challenging high-desert climate and teaching farm-based field trips, and then building the fundraising, partnerships, operations, and organizational infrastructure needed to grow the work. Today, Seed to Table produces more than 100,000 pounds of food annually, serves more than 1,400 youth through farm-based education, expands fresh-food access across the region, and operates the Sisters Farmers Market.

Audrey’s strengths are building strong teams and organizational culture, fundraising and grant writing, developing lasting community relationships, and knowing when to adapt as needs change. Staff describe her leadership as creating an exceptional culture of care—for the farm and land, for the people who work and volunteer there, and for the community Seed to Table serves. That culture has contributed to remarkable staff continuity, with several team members now having worked at Seed to Table for nearly half of the organization’s 13-year history.

A lifelong learner, Audrey has sought out farmers, educators, food-system leaders, and nonprofit peers throughout her career, participating in national leadership communities in farm-to-school and farm-based education while also sharing her experience through statewide forums. Her perspective is grounded in more than a decade of working across nearly every part of the organization she now leads—and in the belief that there is always more to learn.

Audrey’s weeks rarely look the same. She might harvest tomatoes with a podcast in one ear, sit down with Helen to sort through logistics, spend the afternoon supporting staff on a program, and finish the day reviewing a grant, writing communications, or preparing for a board meeting. Somewhere in between, she’ll likely talk with a farmer, teacher, student, volunteer, donor—or all of the above. Her favorite place, though, might still be around the lunch table with the team, with Odie underfoot waiting for someone to slip him a carrot.

Audrey Tehan

Executive Director

Julie Forbes believes that strong communities are rooted in connection — to one another, to the land, and to the food we share. That belief has shaped her journey and brought her to Seed to Table Oregon, where she serves as Associate Director.

“From the moment I connected with Seed to Table, I was deeply inspired — the culture of care, the strength of the team, and the tangible impact of the programs make it clear that this organization is truly transforming lives through food and community,” Julie shares.

Her career has been dedicated to strengthening organizations from the inside out, with experience spanning nonprofit operations, human resources, and community outreach. Julie has led strategic initiatives at High Desert Food & Farm Alliance and Ruffwear, always with a focus on cultivating positive team culture, operational excellence, and equity in action. With a degree in Health and Exercise Science, she brings a deep understanding of how fresh food and wellness go hand in hand.

“I believe that when we nourish people with good food and strong community, we create the foundation for true wellness and belonging,” she says. Julie is excited to help Seed to Table grow its impact, season after season.

Julie Forbes

Associate Director

Food is at the center of Hannah’s life - the way she builds community and makes sense of the world. Hannah (she/her) holds that food is at the intersection of every social justice issue, and believes that through food education, we can leverage real change in our communities. 

Hannah grew up in Spokane, Washington and has returned to the Northwest after exploring other parts of the world. She joined Seed to Table in 2021, after teaching gardening and cooking at public elementary schools in New York City. The success of these programs hinged on community trust, engagement, and joy. She loves seeing curiosity in students - young and old - when seeing the garden grow or tasting an unfamiliar food for the first time. Hannah believes food educators have the opportunity to highlight community knowledge and she is thrilled to be part of the Seed to Table team, learning from the Central Oregon community, and working towards a more just food system. 

Hannah Joseph

Programs Director

Willa (she/her) grew up working her family’s food booth at Saturday Market in Eugene. Since then, she’s spent years working with farmers markets in volunteer leadership roles and as a market vendor. Willa believes farmers markets are vital to their communities and she is looking forward to growing the Sisters Farmers Market with Seed to Table!

Before coming to Seed to Table, Willa led ToolBox Project, a nonprofit tool-lending library in Eugene, and completed a Master’s in Nonprofit Management at the University of Oregon in 2020. Willa also runs a small vegetable farm with her partner Joey in McKenzie Bridge, along with their two dogs, Ueli and Luna.

Willa Bauman

Sisters Farmers Market Director

Helen Vaskevitch joined Seed to Table in 2020 and has since played a pivotal role in strengthening the organization’s internal systems, communications, and long-term sustainability. Since joining the team, Helen has quietly shaped almost every corner of Seed to Table’s internal structure. She manages financial systems with clarity and care, oversees bookkeeping with precision, refines data and communication platforms, and has served as the final editorial eye on too many documents to count. Her ability to move between spreadsheets and empathetic leadership, between long-term planning and day-to-day problem-solving, has been key to the organization’s growth.

Helen loves being part of a mission-driven team and brings warmth, humor, and deep heart to her work. She is a powerful force of steadiness and insight—someone who listens closely, works thoughtfully, and keeps everyone grounded in purpose. Splitting her time between Portland and Sisters, Helen stays closely connected to the people and place she serves, helping Seed to Table remain rooted, responsive, and ready for what’s next.

Hailing from Alexandria, VA, Jenn has lived in Central Oregon and worked at Seed to Table since 2022. Though her grandparents grew up on farms, farming skipped a couple generations in her family. Jenn majored in Creative Writing at Hollins University, then worked in retail management and many years in Adult ESL Education. In 2016, a feeling of disconnect from her food and a curiosity about how to solve the USA’s broken food system led her on a “mid-thirties gap year” where she spent time volunteering on farms throughout South America and completing an intensive course in Sustainable Agriculture in Canoa, Ecuador. Upon return, Jenn completed a Rogue Farm Corps internship in Southern Oregon. Since then, she alternated work on farms and as a line cook before finding her place at Seed to Table. Jenn loves keeping the cooler organized and the endless puzzle of figuring out when crops will be ready to harvest, how much there will be and where they will go. Observing the joy that fresh vegetables bring to her community in Sisters fuels her passion for farming and strengthening the local food system here in Central Oregon.

When not in the cooler sorting veggies, driving wholesale deliveries around Sisters, or leading the team on harvest mornings, you can find Jenn backpacking in the mountains, salsa dancing in Bend, or at home with a book. 

Helen Vaskevitch

Finances

Jenn Gardner

Produce Distribution Manager

Rubye first started farming in 2018 as an intern at Seed to Table. This experience showed her a whole new world and deepened her relationship with food. The work of a vegetable farmer has always felt very fulfilling for Rubye and being on a close-knit team while doing physically demanding labor reminds her of the many years she played sports. Each growing season is a chance to trust the process while remaining curious about the changes she sees each day in the field. Originally from California, Central Oregon has become Rubye’s full time home since 2021. 

Rubye Fangmeier

Farm Manager

Vivian, a Farm Manager and Educator at Seed to Table, grew up in Ashland, Oregon, and now calls Sisters home. A graduate of Southern Oregon University, Vivian holds a degree in Outdoor Adventure Leadership and Environmental Science and Policy. Before joining Seed to Table, Vivian built a diverse background in outdoor-based education, backpack guiding, land and property management, and organic farming.

With over six years of farming experience – most of them spent at Seed to Table navigating Central Oregon’s challenging growing conditions – Vivian brings both skill and creativity to cultivating a resilient farm environment. Deeply inspired by the natural world and its interconnected systems, Vivian infuses every aspect of farm operations with an ecological perspective. Her passion for native plants, especially wildflowers, has helped shape Seed to Table’s approach to ecosystem-minded vegetable production, supporting a balanced, vibrant landscape that feeds both people and the environment.

When Vivian is away from the farm, she can be found hiking, backpacking, trail running, paddle boarding and reading in beautiful and unique landscapes. 

Vivian Toll

Farm Manager

Farm Team

Eliza Stowe

Chloe Dame

Jackson Lewis

Market Team

Shae Gascon

Amy Requa

Soren

Our Board

Our volunteer Board of Directors provides leadership, guidance, and stewardship in support of Seed to Table’s mission and long-term vision.

 

Sheila’s passion for the community contributions of Seed to Table was sparked by her time volunteering for the Sisters Farmers Market. She brings to the board over thirty years of experience managing legal matters nationwide for international corporations. Sheila and her husband, Mark, have lived part-time in Sisters since 2010 and became full-time residents in 2020. Sheila recently launched Sisters Lavender Company LLC, where she and Mark are taking a deeper dive into Central Oregon farming by growing lavender and handcrafting lavender products. Sheila is honored to join the Seed to Table team in its work to improve the health and wellness of our growing community.

Sheila Kelley

Board Chair

 
 

Co-Founder, PIQue Coaching and
Strategy Group

Stefanie (she/her) grew up in Kansas and has great memories of being on her grandfather’s farm, gardening and canning produce. She moved to Oregon in 2001 and has lived in Sisters for 5 years.  Professionally, she has spent 30 years in the fields of education and workforce development. She is currently the co-founder of PIQue Coaching and Strategy Group where she helps organizational leaders align their people strategy with their business strategy.  Stefanie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Leadership and Organizational Development, a Master’s degree in Public Administration, and an Executive Certification in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University.  Stefanie is passionate about creating community through equity and inclusion. Stefanie believes that healthy food and food security are at the heart of a healthy community. She is honored and excited to be able to support Seed to Table’s mission in bringing agricultural education and fresh food to community tables. 

Stefanie Siebold

Vice Chair

 
 

Retired- Global Account Manager

Linda retired to Sisters in 2021 after 30 years in the apparel industry, global sales and owning a small business. After witnessing the hard work being done at the farm, Linda found herself wanting to engage more with the Seed to Table organization. Embracing S2T’s mission of working with the community to provide education and fresh local foods, she is ready to roll up her sleeves as a board member. Linda believes that an understanding of nutrition and good food should start at an early age. If our youth have fun learning about planting, harvesting and eating nourishing vegetables, they have a great start towards a healthy future.

Linda Vigliotti

Treasurer

 

Trainer and Facilitator, ULP & VTS

Mirka landed her first job in the summer of 1972, relocating caterpillars from her grandmother’s vegetable garden to the woods in a lettuce-lined shoe box. She grew up with her hands in the soil- growing and preparing food with her mother and grandmothers. Volunteering at S2T reconnects Mirka to that experience and deeply connects her with people and place in Sisters. She feels inspired by the S2T community and honored to be involved. Mirka is an experienced facilitator who guides conversation and engages participants in the critical skills of thinking, listening, and communicating. She trains, coaches, and facilitates programs around the US and in Europe. Mirka is eager to support S2T’s intentional farm-based science education programs.

Mirka Jablonski

Secretary

Journalist | Retired Development Director of Sisters Folk Festival

Katy grew up working and eating from a family garden in Northern California. She and her family moved to Sisters Country in 1993. Central Oregon weather and wildlife challenged her to find ways to grow food and flowers that nourish people and pollinators. She was the Development Director for Sisters Folk Festival Inc. for ten years and has been a freelance writer for Central Oregon publications for over twenty years. She joined the board in 2021.

Katy Yoder

Community Outreach

Cathy Lang is driven by a powerful passion: feeding people. As the Director of Nutrition Services for the Council on Aging of Central Oregon, Cathy ensures seniors have access to nutritious meals and vital social connections. Her commitment to food security stems from a lifelong career in the culinary and service industries, including managing the cafe at The High Desert Museum. A dedicated advocate for food justice, Cathy brings a spirit of curiosity and a deep heart for service to everything she does.

Cathy Lang

Board Member

 

Diane is a native Oregonian who grew up in farm country outside of Portland.  She helped in the family nursery business, in the family vegetable garden and in preserving produce as a kid.

Although her college education and early career in the international agricultural business took her away from the farming community, her passion for gardening and farm fresh food remained a focus in her life.  She moved to Sisters in 2017 and became a Master Gardener through the OSU program and discovered Seed to Table through the Sisters Farmers Market, local events and newspaper articles.  Her love of gardening, holistic nutrition, life long learning as well as sharing this love with children drew her to get involved in the Seed to Table organization.  She believes that exposing children to growing and harvesting vegetables and fruits, and allowing them to delight in the taste of one that they pick themselves, is the best way to improve the health of our communities.

Diane Cook

Board Member

 

Emerald moved to Sisters in 2021 and was introduced to Seed to Table through its children’s summer camp. As her children participated in Seed to Table programs and field trips, Emerald was inspired by their enthusiasm for learning about farming, their local environment, food systems, and where their food comes from. Watching her children engage with the organization’s hands-on educational programs gave her a firsthand appreciation for the lasting impact Seed to Table has on local youth and families. Emerald joined the board in January 2026 and is continuously blown away by the organization’s deep commitment to community care, farming education, and accessibility. She works as an Area Manager for the Oregon Department of Transportation and is excited to apply her professional experience in strategic planning and financial oversight to support Seed to Table’s mission. A passionate gardener, Emerald enjoys the unique challenges of growing food in the high desert and spends much of her free time tending her backyard garden with her family.

Emerald Shirley

Board Member

 

Karen Grandidier

Board Member