Meet the Council Members

Vickie James

Council Coordinator

Blake Druecker

Food System Retail/Waste Mgmt./food recovery/Chamber of Commerce member (City)

Carol Sevin

KSU/At-Risk Populations (City)

Sharolyn Jackson

Research and Extension/Health (County)

John Green

Retail/Institutional Food/Waste Management (County)

Maureen Olewnik

KSU/Small Agriculture/Food Industry (County)

Lizz Daniels

Community at Large/Communications (City)

Adrian Self

KSU/At-Risk Populations (City)

Cheryl Arthur

Schools System (City)

Andrea DeJesus

Small Scale Agriculture/Farm-to-Plate (County)

Krista Sylvester

Waste Management (County)

Janette Gelroth

Community at Large/Rural (County)

Liz Nelson

Seniors/At Risk/Public Health/Healthy Food Advocacy (County)

Cathy Jones

Healthy Food Advocate/Hunger Relief (County)

Michael Wilson

At-Risk/Retail/Transportation (City)

Megan Dougherty

Nutrition/Food Safety/Health (County)

Shanika Rose

County Staff Liaison

Julie Gibbs

County Staff Liaison

Requirements

Our 15-member Council comprises six City appointees and nine County appointees.

Members have expertise in relevant fields, and to the extent possible, represent the diversity of the community in aspects such as culture, gender, age and geography. Priority is given to applicants who live or work in the City of Manhattan, Riley County and adjoining counties.

Interested in serving on the Council? Please review which stakeholder group you would like to represent. Learn more about the requirements, then fill out an interest form on the City or County website.