Staff

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

Jazandra Barros

Community Outreach Coordinator 401-273-9419 EXT. 111

Jazandra is a native of Providence and a lover of all things food and communal. As SCLT's Community Outreach Coordinator, they will be focusing on our capital...read more

Tarshire Battle

Director of Garden Programs 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 bring about social change. She has…...read more

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

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

Alejandra Mayorga

City Farm Assistant Steward 401-273-9419

Alejandra became involved with SCLT while a student at the Met High School. As a City Farm intern she discovered her love for farming, plant life and meaningful work....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

Bishnu Poudel

Community Garden Associate 401-273-9419

Bishnu prepares new properties and maintains existing gardens and urban farms, as well as communicates with growers about resources, workshops and other opportunities....read more

Raffini

Director of Youth Programs 401-273-9419 EXT. 109

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

Agnieszka Rosner

Development & Administrative Coordinator 401-273-9419 ext.100

Agnieszka joined the SCLT team in January 2017. She spent the first few years of her life in an orphanage in Poland where access to nutritious food...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

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

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

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

Who’s Who at SCLT