Who’s Who at SCLT

  • Margaret DeVos

    Executive Director 401-273-9419 ext. 102

    Margaret believes everyone benefits when we take on troubling issues in our most challenged communities. She came of age in Detroit questioning systems that offer...read more

  • Director of Garden Programs

    Tarshire Battle

    Garden Programs Director 401-273-9419

    Tarshire has combined her interests in art and nature to help people heal from the effects of trauma, mental illness, homelessness and incarceration, and to...read more

  • Jenny Boone

    Jenny Boone

    Grants & Communications Manager 401-273-9419 ext. 106

    Like many people, Jenny learned about SCLT by attending the annual Plant Sale soon after moving to Providence in the ’90s. She joined the staff in early 2015 after working…...read more

  • Kakeena Castro

    Kakeena Castro

    Food Service Program Associate 401-273-9419 ext. 808

    Kakeena helps community members obtain high-quality, locally grown food from farmers selling their fresh produce through SCLT’s Farm-to-Market Center. ...read more

  • Andrew Cook

    Community Growers Coordinator 401-273-9419 ext. 107

    Andrew came to SCLT after working at local community organizations and on area farms. He counseled students at the Community College of Rhode Island and later taught...read more

  • Isabelle Izobankiza

    Finance Coordinator 401-273-9419 EXT. 104

    Born to Burundian parents, Isabelle and her family were uprooted due to regional wars, moving among Burundi, Congo and Tanzania before emigrating to Belgium....read more

  • Indira Miller

    Youth Programs Associate 401-273-9419 ext. 805

    Indira joined SCLT in September 2021, providing environmental education, skills training and mentorship to high school youth in Pawtucket....read more

  • Rich Pederson

    City Farm Steward 401-273-9419 ext. 110

    Many years ago as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of Kiribati, Rich learned that growing food brings people together. This turns out to be just as true...read more

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    Raffini

    Youth Programs Director 401-273-9419

    Raffini has been educating young people most of her life. She is a poet, oral historian and playwright, best known as a member of RI Black Storytellers....read more

  • Dan Roberts

    Property Manager 401-273-9419 ext. 812

    After working at Waltham Fields Community Farm in Massachusetts for many years, Dan joined SCLT in early 2022 to manage our properties in Providence, Cranston and Hope, RI....read more

  • Shana Santow

    Development Director 401-273-9419 ext. 103

    With a Bachelor of Architecture from Philadelphia University and a background in designing schools, her focus shifted over time from design to development...read more

  • Food Access Associate

    Jake Stanton

    Food Access Associate 401-273-9419

    Along being a farmhand at City Farm, Jake enjoys his work with the Produce Aggregation Program, which enables local farmers to grow their businesses and expand their customer bases....read more

  • Urban Edge Farm manager

    Ben Torpey

    Urban Edge Farm Manager 401-273-9419

    Ben caught the farming bug in 2003 and has co-managed Scratch Farm, a low-till, community-supported market garden at Urban Edge Farm in Cranston since 2012....read more

  • matt tracy

    Matt Tracy

    Land Access Manager 401-273-9419

    Matt’s previous farming experiences prepared him well for his role at SCLT, which he joined in early 2021....read more

  • Josselyn Velásquez-Florián

    Development Coordinator 401-273-9419

    Josselyn brings 20+ years of community-based experience to her role, including family literacy, ESOL, and women’s leadership...read more

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    Chandelle Wilson

    Education Program Manager 401-273-9419

    Besides her life-long interest in plants, and parenting three children, Chandelle is also committed to creating healthy spaces in her community. ...read more