Our Staff
Organizational Leadership and Administration
Keefe Keeley
Executive Director
Kate Wersan
Senior Director, Partnerships, Outreach & Education
David Bruce
Director of Agroforestry Adoption
Brandi Brandes
Administrative Director
Kathleen Fitzgibbon
Administrative Coordinator
Fred Iutzi
Director of Research and Commercialization
Alison Long
Director of Development
Agroforestry Adoption Department
Connect with advisors to develop plans for adopting agroforestry.
David Bruce
Director of Agroforestry Adoption
Kaitie Adams
Community Agroforester, Illinois
Sven Pihl
Technical Service Provider, Illinois
Barbara Decré
Community Agroforester, Wisconsin
Matt Wilson
Technical Service Provider, Wisconsin
Devon Brock-Montgomery
Water Quality Program Manager
Omar de Kok-Mercado
Agroforestry Technical Service Provider
Education, Outreach and Communication Department
Learn about apprenticeships, events, online courses, communication projects, and media contacts.
Kate Wersan
Senior Director, Partnerships, Outreach & Education
Kristy Gruley
Education Program Manager
Michele Manske
On-Farm Apprenticeship & Engagement Manager
Jacob Grace
Communications Project Manager
Wil Crombie
Communications Specialist
Renee Gasch
Communications Manager
Jenn Ripp
Education & Events Coordinator
Research Department
Sharing ground-breaking research into agroforestry best practices.
Fred Iutzi
Director of Research & Commercialization
Kevin Wolz
Lead Scientist
Scott Brainard
Tree Crop Breeder
Monika Shea
Research Fellow – Landscape Ecology
Eliza Greenman
Germplasm Specialist
Nate Lawrence
Ecosystem Scientist
Xinyuan Shi
Research Fellow
Commercialization Department
Working across the value-chain to scale up agroforestry in the Midwest.
Fred Iutzi
Director of Research & Commercialization
Bill Davison
Tree Crop Commercialization Lead
PJ Connolly
Business Analyst
Spring Green Campus
Landscape-scale agroforestry demonstration, education, and research center based in Southern Wisconsin.
David Bruce
Director of Agroforestry Adoption
Erik Hagan
Home Farm Director
Dave Hopey
Field Operations Manager