Connect • Grow • Learn

Board and Staff

Jedrek Lamb
Board Chair

Farmer, Agricultura Network, Bosque Farms


Jedrek Lamb currently farms on family property in Bosque Farms with his amazing wife, Kimberly. He participated in the founding of the Albuquerque Northeast Farmers' and Artisans' Market. Jedrek sells his produce at several area markets, serves as a market manager, and has been on the board since 2010. His main priority is to bring recognition to the importance of good food, therefore encouraging people to defend land, water, and self-determination.

Don Emery
Board Vice Chair

Cindy Talamantes
Board Secretary

Manager, Los Alamos Farmers' Market, El Rito


I have served on the NMFMA board of directors for three terms and have managed the Los Alamos Farmers' Market for the past nine years. I also helped start the Pojoaque Farmers' Market and managed that market for five years. I've been involved in farming for 20 years.

Nadine Ulibarri-Keller
Board Member

Farmer and retired Health Promotion Specialist, New Mexico Department of Health

Loretta Torres
Board Member

Co-Manager, Los Lunas and Bosque Farms Farmers' Markets, Bosque Farms

Joe Phy
Board Member

Robert Hoberg
Board Member

Kenneth T. Romero
Board Member

Executive Director, Cochiti Youth Experience, Cochiti Pueblo

Todd Taylor
Board Member

Alma Maquitico
Board Member

Christine Ortiz
Board Member

John Rose
Board Member

NMFMA STAFF

Denise Miller
Executive Director

Denise has been with the NMFMA since 2005. A Chicago native, she spent every vacation of her youth at her grandfather's farm in Harvard, Illinois, falling in love with nature, fresh farm food, and quiet country roads. After many years in promotional and brand marketing for companies of all sizes as well as non-profits, Denise took a brief detour into education and taught part-time at several Santa Fe middle and high schools. She then hightailed it back to marketing something close to her heart - fresh, locally grown food. Cooking for three hungry teenagers at home keeps her culinary skills sharp, and proves real-world inspiration her her long-running Albuquerque Journal column. She enjoys every aspect of supporting New Mexico's sustainability-minded farmers, ranchers, and food producers, and is grateful for the knowledge and spirit these individuals regularly share with her.

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Sarah Grant
Co-Founder

Sarah has been involved in small-scale sustainable agriculture in Northern New Mexico since 1982. In 1991, she was a start up member of the New Mexico Organic Commodity Commission, New Mexico's organic certification program. In 1994, she helped establish the NMFMA to assist communities around the state interested in starting farmers' markets. Sarah served as a member of the board of directors of the Santa Fe Farmers' Market from 1990-2002. In 2009, she graduated from Southwest Acupuncture College and presently splits her time between work with the NMFMA and her acupuncture practice.

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Christina Keibler
Engagement Director

Christina has a varied background, including 20 years' worth of experience working as a horticulturist, ecologist, and expert in food and culture. She worked on an organic farm when she lived in Kansas, and holds degrees in horticulture, ecology, and cultural anthropology. Her areas of expertise include local food systems, sustainability, farming, cooking, and outreach for co-ops, non-profits, government agencies, and state agricultural extension services. Christina is also a writer and was an associate editor at Mother Earth News magazine. She adores New Mexico and is committed to its people and the work of the NMFMA. In her spare time, Christina is a local fiber artist and makes soap as her dog, River, looks on.

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Sarah Lucero
Program Specialist

Sarah has been an enthusiast of local, sustainable agriculture for many years and is excited to become more involved in the community. She has an AA in General Studies and a Certificate of Completion as a Film Technician from CNM. She currently lives in Albuquerque with her husband, young daughter, and two yorkies. Sarah is an avid lover of books and documentaries, and in her spare time enjoys hiking, sewing, and cooking.

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