Staff
Lucy Norris - Director of Marketing
Lucy oversees all marketing, advertising and promotional activities for Northwest Agriculture Business Center, and is also the project manager of the Puget Sound Food Network. Lucy brings over 12 years of food industry experience to Northwest Agriculture Business Center having worked with some of the largest companies in the world, helping them to understand consumer insights in food and beverage trends, including health and wellness, sustainability and organics. As part of a faculty contract at Oregon State University, Lucy managed a shared-use commercial kitchen at the Food Innovation Center and worked with Ecotrust's Food and Farms team as an interim editor of “The Guide to Local Seasonal Products for Oregon and Washington 2006.” She gathered qualitative data for an economic impact study for Portland's 6th Annual Farmer Chef Connection, and worked with the Oregon Department of Agriculture to develop products for commodity export showcase events.
Lucy writes articles and conducts lectures across the country. She is the author of Pickled: Preserving a World of Tastes and Traditions (2003), a collection of stories and recipes that emerged from a three-year oral history project with the New York Food Museum. Lucy helped launch the New York City International Pickle Day in 2001 (now called the Peck Slip Pickle Festival). She holds a MA in Food Studies from New York University, and a BA in Performance Studies and Cultural Anthropology also from NYU. Her work has been featured in a variety of media outlets, including The New York Times, Food Network, NPR’s Morning Edition, The Splendid Table, Lee Bros. Boiled Peanut Hour on Martha Stewart Living Radio, Saveur, Domino and more. She has been a member of Slow Food since 1999, has been involved in chapter leadership in Portland from 2004-2006, and co-chaired the Seattle chapter from 2007-2009. She currently serves on the Seattle Culinary Academy's Technical Advisory Committee.
Karen Mauden – Account Manager
Karen is dedicated to our new CPPW funded Farm to Table project led by Seattle Human Services (Aging and Disability Services). She is focused on connecting local food to Seattle’s least served communities through Congregate/Home Delivered Meal Programs. Karen’s responsibility is to identify local food sources, negotiate pricing and create solutions that will lead to opportunities for expansion in Puget Sound and modeling in other cities, especially underserved communities. Representing PSFN, Karen acts as a “benevolent broker” to work with local producers and find ways to improve access to fresh fruits and vegetables for low-income adults. For Karen's full biographical information please see our blog post.
Emma Brewster – Communications and Outreach Coordinator (AmeriCorps State Member)
Emma plays an important role representing PSFN in the CPPW Healthy Eating Active Living grant funded partnership led by Seattle Human Services. Emma divides her time between Seattle and the Mt Vernon office working to establish contacts with project partners and farmers through site visits and regularly scheduled partner meetings. Emma is responsible for tracking PSFN’s involvement in the partnership, writing reports and tracking all transactions related to the project. Throughout her 10-month assignment, Emma works side-by-side with PSFN’s Farm to Table Coordinator, project partners and the farming community. For Emma's full biographical information please see our blog post.
Account Managers
Beyond an online tool, PSFN is about relationship building. Our Account Managers forge personal connections with producers, buyers and distributors in the Puget Sound region. They are a trusted resource for small and medium sized food producers, and commercial and institutional buyers. In addition to Lucy and Karen, three other NABC contribute their time to helping PSFN members achieve goals as PSFN account managers.
David Bauermeister, david@agbizcenter.org
Sera Hartman, sera@agbizcenter.org
Jeff Voltz, jeff@agbizcenter.org
The Puget Sound Food Network is a project of the Northwest Agriculture Business Center.