Directors

Christopher Burley

Chris Burley is a social entrepreneur especially adept at building groundbreaking organizations around shared values and bold visions. Having fulfilled diverse leadership roles in organizations such as CouchSurfing International, UCSF School of Medicine and MyFarm his experiences in strategic planning, operations, human resources and marketing have been both broad and deep. As Co-Founder and Co-Director of Hayes Valley Farm in San Francisco, he thrives on working with people to develop regenerative relationships with the planet and each other. He is inspired to create an abundant and resilient food system for all of the San Francisco Bay Area to enjoy.

Chris will be accountable for overall project direction and lead operations of the urban farm areas dedicated to intensive vegetable production. He will work with urban farmers being ultimately responsible for the daily operation and activation of the site. These farmers will also serve as garden educators. A portion of the produce grown on site will be donated to project volunteers and local meals programs.

David Cody

David will lead the Hayes Valley Farm Education Program, organizing classes and workshops year round. David will coordinate the design and construction of the urban farm food production and soil building areas. He will promote and implement education in systems design on site and co-facilitate Permaculture courses. He will lend his inventive expertise in the development of closed-loop systems and cutting edge low-technologies. Along with Chris Burley, David will be responsible for the daily operation and activation of the site.

David brings a long history of "do-it-yourself" endeavors to the table. There is no project too small or too large for David. He's continually searching for a better way to design even the most seemingly unnoticed aspects of life ... and to the benefit of everyone. He's recently spent much of his sustainable urban food systems energy at 18th and Rhode Island Permaculture Demonstration garden where he shares his passion for ecosystem design with others. David is a supporting leader of the San Francisco Permaculture Guild and co-facilitates Permaculture trainings with Kevin Bayuk.

Jay Rosenberg

As a community organizer, volunteer and educator, Jay has been involved with sustainable agriculture projects in rural and urban settings since the beginning of the century. In that time, Jay has traveled the world collaborating on farms and food gardens including City Farm in Chicago, a 14-acre farm and tropical food forest in Maui, and edible gardens in Miami; London; Sydney, Australia; and locations throughout California.

Jay is currently the Volunteer Coordinator for the San Francisco Permaculture Guild and is actively building education and research programs focused on gardens, food and community throughout the city. Working with the amazing individuals on the Hayes Valley Farm Project Team, as well as the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association, the City's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, and all of the members of the community is a dream come true.

Advisors

Kevin Bayuk

Kevin is a serial entrepreneur especially skilled at translating visionary solutions into operating models and activated organizations. He has experience in every facet of technology start-up development and has raised over $40 million in venture funding and established valuable strategic partnerships with some of the world's largest organizations.  For the last 5 years Kevin has dedicated his energies to leveraging his skills and relationships to develop organizations and projects that regenerate healthy ecosystems and socially just environments.

Kevin has been active in the sustainable food community in San Francisco for 10 years.  He produced a 500 person event for World Environment Day in 2005 celebrating sustainable solutions in San Francisco and has taught over 75 workshops, seminars and trainings about permaculture, sustainability and food systems to groups of adults and youth ranging in size from 10 to over 250 people (2000+ people total).  Kevin sits on the Board of Directors of the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council, Daily Acts and the Urban Alliance for Sustainability.  He teaches with the Urban Permaculture Institute, Urban Permaculture Guild, Earth Activist Training, and UC Berkeley Extension.

Core Volunteers

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