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She is currently the Executive Director at the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry. Lariza is passionate about social and environmental justice. She believes that workers\u2019 rights, public health, racial equity, and environmental sustainability are interconnected. She supports grassroots movements that address the intersectionality of these issues. Lariza believes that the well being of humans and the environment is priceless. This is why she is a proud member of Toxic Free NC\u2019s Board of Directors. Lariza lives in Raleigh, NC, with her partner and her dog, Maxi.<\/p>\n
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Lariza Garzon\u00a0was born in Bogota, Colombia, where she lived until the age of 18. She has been working with farmworkers since 2004, when she was a student at Stetson University. She is currently the Executive Director at the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry. Lariza is passionate about social and environmental justice. She believes that workers\u2019 rights, public health, racial equity, and environmental sustainability are interconnected. She supports grassroots movements that address the intersectionality of these issues. Lariza believes that the well being of humans and the environment is priceless. This is why she is a proud member of Toxic Free NC\u2019s Board of Directors. Lariza lives in Raleigh, NC, with her partner and her dog, Maxi.<\/p>\n
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Derrick Jackson<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Derrick Jackson is a regenerative farmer based in Durham County. He previously served with the US Army, Special Operations, for 14 years. He now farms full time and is the CEO of Grass Grazed Farms. Read More…” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” title_line_height=”1.3em” title_font=”|300|||||||” title_text_color=”#ffffff” open_toggle_text_color=”#ffffff” open_toggle_background_color=”#971047″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#971047″ icon_color=”#ffffff” toggle_icon=”P||divi||400″ open_toggle_icon=”||divi||400″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ body_text_color=”#ffffff” body_font=”|300|||||||” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”20px|15px|20px|15px|true|true” border_width_all=”0px”]<\/p>\n Grass Grazed is a pasture-based regenerative farm, focusing on soil health and sustainable farming practices. The farm raises pork, chicken and cattle. 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_module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lariza Garzon\u00a0was born in Bogota, Colombia, where she lived until the age of 18. She has been working with farmworkers since 2004, when she was a student at Stetson University. She is currently the Executive Director at the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry. Lariza is passionate about social and environmental justice. She believes that workers\u2019 rights, public health, racial equity, and environmental sustainability are interconnected. She supports grassroots movements that address the intersectionality of these issues. Lariza believes that the well being of humans and the environment is priceless. This is why she is a proud member of Toxic Free NC\u2019s Board of Directors. Lariza lives in Raleigh, NC, with her partner and her dog, Maxi.<\/p>\n Derrick Jackson is a regenerative farmer based in Durham County. He previously served with the US Army, Special Operations, for 14 years. He now farms full time and is the CEO of Grass Grazed Farms. Grass Grazed is a pasture-based regenerative farm, focusing on soil health and sustainable farming practices. The farm raises pork, chicken and cattle. They strive to offer transparency, from farm to table, for all of their customers. Derrick is an avid reader (biographies top his list) and coffee connoisseur. In his free time, he enjoys bike riding and spending time with his wife, Paige, and their 5 children.<\/p>\n Rachel Weber is a communications strategist at Mission Partners, a woman-owned B-corp and social impact agency. Rachel brings her background in North Carolina media relations and environmental justice organizing to the Toxic Free NC board. Previously, she led the state media strategy to amplify the youth vote in the 2020 elections as NextGen America\u2019s North Carolina press secretary, and she campaigned for forest protection and climate justice across the US South with Dogwood Alliance. Rachel got her start as an environmental activist while at Duke University, where she earned a BA in Public Policy Studies, advocating for sustainable food procurement on campus and for divestment from fossil fuels. Rachel lives in Durham with her partner and their two cats \u2014 say hi if you see her on the Ellerbee Creek trail!<\/p>\n Ont\u00e9 holds a master\u2019s degree in public policy and a minor in philosophy from Stony Brook University. Over the last decade, he has worked in three state legislatures and led many local grassroots campaigns aimed at improving our communities and global environment. He is currently a project manager with Advanced Energy and worked as an adjunct professor at Bennett College, and as the Clean Energy Campaign Coordinator at the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) coordinating engagement efforts of diverse coalitions to inform, evolve, and advance an accessible and affordable Clean Energy Vision for North Carolina. Ont\u00e9 previously worked with Plate of the Union campaign in North Carolina around food policy issues, combating food insecurities, advocating for increased wages for food and farm workers, and calling on the 2016 Presidential candidates to fix our food system. Ont\u00e9 is a proud father of a 6-year-old daughter, and a 3-year-old son.<\/p>\n Demarcus Andrews is the NC Policy and Outreach Associate for the Center for Responsible Lending. In this role, he focuses on predatory debt practices and student loan debt. Prior to joining CRL, Demarcus served as the Policy Advocate at Toxic Free NC, where he supported and led coalitions and engaged members of the General Assembly. Demarcus graduated with a B.A degree in Political Science from Gardner-Webb University. He also received a Master\u2019s in Public Policy from the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. In his spare time, Demarcus enjoys spending time with his beautiful daughters (Covington and Cobi), fishing, and jogging for exercise.<\/p>\n Jillian holds a Masters degree in Accountancy from Arizona State University and is a Certified Public Accountant. She spent two years in public accounting, working for not-for-profit clients; primarily in the healthcare field. Jillian is passionate about protecting the environment for both people and animals, volunteering previously at the Phoenix Zoo and can now be found volunteering as a tour guide at the Carolina Tiger Rescue.<\/p>\n Ana\u00ed is a first generation Mexican-American who studied Criminology, Anthropology, and forensic science at NC State University. In 2020 she graduated and pursued a career in the non-profit sector looking to support her community. Growing up in a low-income neighborhood, the ravages of environmental injustice affected her life and the lives of those around her, which fueled her energy towards supporting and advocating for safe living conditions and protections. As a previous farmworker, her efforts extend towards safer protections for agricultural workers, especially those working in fields, animal farms, and processing plants. Her passions include reading, music, and justice for all.<\/p>\n For over a decade, Fronsy designed and implemented climate education and advocacy programs for environmental organizations in New York City. A lifelong activist, she has worked on both electoral and issue-based campaigns around racial equity, housing, immigration, and environmental justice. Fronsy received her Master\u2019s in Sustainable Development from SIT Graduate Institute, where her research focused on climate justice and policy. She is currently the Director of Development at Rights & Democracy, a multi-issue non-profit based in Vermont. Fronsy lives in Durham with her son and can usually be found either out on the trail or planning her next big hike.<\/p>\n Brandon Christian is a Durham NC native. Over the past eight years he has been a beauty entrepreneur as the founder and CEO of Pore People, an ultra-pure farm-to-face clinical multicultural skincare line. With a background in fashion design, art history, spa management and all-natural skincare formulation, Brandon is passionate about creating toxic-free and sustainable products. His goal is to grow a community that adopts a resource-based economy. Beyond business, Brandon is a big foodie and loves to shop and travel.<\/p>\n Tiffany Williams-Brooks graduated from Winston-Salem State University with her BS in clinical laboratory science. She earned her Master\u2019s of Public Health degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tiffany is a project manager at Gramercy Research Group where she coordinates and manages multiple projects including the largest chronic disease prevention research study ever conducted that focuses on African-American men. Tiffany began beekeeping as a hobby and became a certified\u00a0beekeeper with the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association in 2018. With the support of her husband, Derek, this hobby progressed into an entrepreneurial venture known as Miss Humble B\u2019s Hive, LLC. She maintains beehives, processes and sells honey, and educates youth and families about beekeeping with experiential learning opportunities.\u202f Tiffany enjoys cooking, spending time with family and friends, and riding her motorcycle.<\/p>\n Bio coming soon.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lariza Garzon – PresdientShe is currently the Executive Director at the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry. 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<\/p>\nLariza Garzon <\/strong>– President<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\nDerrick Jackson<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\nRachel Weber – Secretary<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\nOnt\u00e9 T. L. Johnson<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\nDemarcus Andrews – Vice Chair<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\nJillian Logan – Treasurer<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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Ana\u00ed Santiba\u00f1ez<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Fronsy](\"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fronsy-head-shot.jpg\")
<\/p>\nFronsy Thurman<\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\nBrandon Christian<\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\nTiffany Williams-Brooks<\/h5>\n
Rodney Medley<\/h5>\n
Toxic Free NC Emeritus Board Members<\/h3>\n
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Billie Rogers
(1933-2021)<\/strong>
Founding Board Member<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/jane-mac.jpg\")
Jane Sharp MacRae
(1917-2012)<\/strong>
Founding Board Member<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/allenspalt.jpg\")
Allen Spalt<\/strong>
Co-founder of Toxic Free NC<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/erickumstead.jpg\")
Erick Umstead<\/strong>
Co-founder of Toxic Free NC<\/em><\/p>\nBoard of Directors<\/h2>\r\n
\r\nLariza Garzon <\/strong>- President<\/strong><\/h5>\r\nLariza Garzon\u00a0was born in Bogota, Colombia, where she lived until the age of 18. She has been working with farmworkers since 2004, when she was a student at Stetson University. She is currently the Executive Director at the Episcopal Farmworker Ministry. Lariza is passionate about social and environmental justice. She believes that workers\u2019 rights, public health, racial equity, and environmental sustainability are interconnected. She supports grassroots movements that address the intersectionality of these issues. Lariza believes that the well being of humans and the environment is priceless. This is why she is a proud member of Toxic Free NC\u2019s Board of Directors. Lariza lives in Raleigh, NC, with her partner and her dog, Maxi.\r\n\r\n
\r\nDerrick Jackson<\/strong><\/h5>\r\nDerrick Jackson is a regenerative farmer based in Durham County. He previously served with the US Army, Special Operations, for 14 years. He now farms full time and is the CEO of Grass Grazed Farms. Grass Grazed is a pasture-based regenerative farm, focusing on soil health and sustainable farming practices. The farm raises pork, chicken and cattle. They strive to offer transparency, from farm to table, for all of their customers. Derrick is an avid reader (biographies top his list) and coffee connoisseur. In his free time, he enjoys bike riding and spending time with his wife, Paige, and their 5 children.\r\n\r\n
\r\nRachel Weber - Secretary<\/strong><\/h5>\r\nRachel Weber is a communications strategist at Mission Partners, a woman-owned B-corp and social impact agency. Rachel brings her background in North Carolina media relations and environmental justice organizing to the Toxic Free NC board. Previously, she led the state media strategy to amplify the youth vote in the 2020 elections as NextGen America\u2019s North Carolina press secretary, and she campaigned for forest protection and climate justice across the US South with Dogwood Alliance. Rachel got her start as an environmental activist while at Duke University, where she earned a BA in Public Policy Studies, advocating for sustainable food procurement on campus and for divestment from fossil fuels. Rachel lives in Durham with her partner and their two cats \u2014 say hi if you see her on the Ellerbee Creek trail!\r\n\r\n
\r\nOnt\u00e9 T. L. Johnson<\/strong><\/h5>\r\nOnt\u00e9 holds a master\u2019s degree in public policy and a minor in philosophy from Stony Brook University. Over the last decade, he has worked in three state legislatures and led many local grassroots campaigns aimed at improving our communities and global environment. He is currently a project manager with Advanced Energy and worked as an adjunct professor at Bennett College, and as the Clean Energy Campaign Coordinator at the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) coordinating engagement efforts of diverse coalitions to inform, evolve, and advance an accessible and affordable Clean Energy Vision for North Carolina. Ont\u00e9 previously worked with Plate of the Union campaign in North Carolina around food policy issues, combating food insecurities, advocating for increased wages for food and farm workers, and calling on the 2016 Presidential candidates to fix our food system. Ont\u00e9 is a proud father of a 6-year-old daughter, and a 3-year-old son.\r\n\r\n
\r\nDemarcus Andrews - Vice Chair<\/strong><\/h5>\r\nDemarcus Andrews is the NC Policy and Outreach Associate for the Center for Responsible Lending. In this role, he focuses on predatory debt practices and student loan debt. Prior to joining CRL, Demarcus served as the Policy Advocate at Toxic Free NC, where he supported and led coalitions and engaged members of the General Assembly. Demarcus graduated with a B.A degree in Political Science from Gardner-Webb University. He also received a Master\u2019s in Public Policy from the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. In his spare time, Demarcus enjoys spending time with his beautiful daughters (Covington and Cobi), fishing, and jogging for exercise.\r\n\r\n
\r\nJillian Logan - Treasurer<\/strong><\/h5>\r\nJillian holds a Masters degree in Accountancy from Arizona State University and is a Certified Public Accountant. She spent two years in public accounting, working for not-for-profit clients; primarily in the healthcare field. Jillian is passionate about protecting the environment for both people and animals, volunteering previously at the Phoenix Zoo and can now be found volunteering as a tour guide at the Carolina Tiger Rescue.\r\n\r\n
Ana\u00ed Santiba\u00f1ez<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAna\u00ed is a first generation Mexican-American who studied Criminology, Anthropology, and forensic science at NC State University. In 2020 she graduated and pursued a career in the non-profit sector looking to support her community. Growing up in a low-income neighborhood, the ravages of environmental injustice affected her life and the lives of those around her, which fueled her energy towards supporting and advocating for safe living conditions and protections. As a previous farmworker, her efforts extend towards safer protections for agricultural workers, especially those working in fields, animal farms, and processing plants. Her passions include reading, music, and justice for all.\r\n\r\n\r\nFronsy Thurman<\/h5>\r\nFor over a decade, Fronsy designed and implemented climate education and advocacy programs for environmental organizations in New York City. A lifelong activist, she has worked on both electoral and issue-based campaigns around racial equity, housing, immigration, and environmental justice. Fronsy received her Master\u2019s in Sustainable Development from SIT Graduate Institute, where her research focused on climate justice and policy. She is currently the Director of Development at Rights & Democracy, a multi-issue non-profit based in Vermont. Fronsy lives in Durham with her son and can usually be found either out on the trail or planning her next big hike.\r\n\r\n
\r\nBrandon Christian<\/h5>\r\nBrandon Christian is a Durham NC native. Over the past eight years he has been a beauty entrepreneur as the founder and CEO of Pore People, an ultra-pure farm-to-face clinical multicultural skincare line. With a background in fashion design, art history, spa management and all-natural skincare formulation, Brandon is passionate about creating toxic-free and sustainable products. His goal is to grow a community that adopts a resource-based economy. Beyond business, Brandon is a big foodie and loves to shop and travel.\r\n\r\n
\r\nTiffany Williams-Brooks<\/h5>\r\nTiffany Williams-Brooks graduated from Winston-Salem State University with her BS in clinical laboratory science. She earned her Master\u2019s of Public Health degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tiffany is a project manager at Gramercy Research Group where she coordinates and manages multiple projects including the largest chronic disease prevention research study ever conducted that focuses on African-American men. Tiffany began beekeeping as a hobby and became a certified\u00a0beekeeper with the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association in 2018. With the support of her husband, Derek, this hobby progressed into an entrepreneurial venture known as Miss Humble B\u2019s Hive, LLC. She maintains beehives, processes and sells honey, and educates youth and families about beekeeping with experiential learning opportunities.\u202f Tiffany enjoys cooking, spending time with family and friends, and riding her motorcycle.\r\n
Rodney Medley<\/h5>\r\nBio coming soon.\r\n
Toxic Free NC Emeritus Board Members<\/h3>\r\n
Billie Rogers\r\n(1933-2021)<\/strong>\r\nFounding Board Member<\/em>\r\n\r\nJane Sharp MacRae\r\n(1917-2012)<\/strong>\r\nFounding Board Member<\/em>\r\n\r\nAllen Spalt<\/strong>\r\nCo-founder of Toxic Free NC<\/em>\r\n\r\nErick Umstead<\/strong>\r\nCo-founder of Toxic Free NC<\/em>\r\n\r\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5332,"href":"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/5332"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2219.temp.domains\/~toxicfr2\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}