“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.”
--Abraham Lincoln
--Abraham Lincoln
Farming New Orleans is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to promote the cultivation of gardens, groves, and livestock as vehicles for education, building community, feeding the hungry, and promoting entrepreneurship in New Orleans. "The gardener cultivates wildness, but he does so carefully and respectfully, in full recognition of its mystery.” --Michael Pollan |
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Board of Directors
President & Chair of the Board
Dr. Scott Roos, Ed.D., is a native of New Orleans. He currently runs Teacher Scott, LLC, which provides alternative health and wellness instruction as well as online academic tutoring for high school students.
Vice President
Carol Egan Rosanelli is dedicated to the helping the city of New Orleans. Her expertise in marketing, advertising, and web design is indispensable to the organization. She's also worked as a lawyer, a nurse, a CFO, a capital campaign fundraiser, and a National Charity League member, and she has run a couple of international medical meetings. Her experience is invaluable!
Director of Operations & Treasurer
Matt Jones has been living in New Orleans for the past four years. He teaches high school Biology and AP Biology at the Isidore Newman School. He has a long history of working with environmental projects and education, and he knows everything about trees!
Co-Founder, Director of Special Projects
Scott Conroy is a New Orleans native who has been working in technology for the past 20 years. He wants to give back to his home town by facilitating gardening through technological innovation.
Board Member
Mark Burlet is a New Orleans native who has been working in technology for the past 20 years. He really loves New Orleans. Really.
Board Member
Deborah Hicks loves New Orleans and brings her many years of experience having served on many boards: The Center for Blue Economy, Middlebury College Board of Overseers, the Loker Foundation, the California Hospital Medical Center Foundation, and the Monterey Institute of International Studies. She believes that the mission of Farming New Orleans is a creative way to help New Orleanians help themselves, learn about nutrition, and find a use for the acreage of the Ninth Ward that will provide a fresh food source for its denizens. She also believes that sh will be able to apply her skills to further develop its goals.