Staff


Camille Miller, Executive Director
  Camille Miller is a lifetime resident of New Jersey with an affinity for philanthropy and living and gardening organically with her family. She comes to us with over 20 years of experience in senior level leadership with extensive experience in operations, sales, marketing and brand management efforts with both for profit and non-profit organizations. She began her career as a volunteer with the ARC of Morris County, found her niche and served in fund development positions with many well known New Jersey organizations to include: Center for Educational Advancement, United Way of Hunterdon County, Urban Renewal Corp., New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Saint Barnabas Medical Center. She is a strong, collaborative administrator with extensive experience in directing non-profit and she looks forward to moving NOFA-NJ through this changing philanthropic environment. Camille holds an M.B.A. in Marketing from the William Paterson University Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Psychology from the State University of New York, College at New Paltz.

 

 

Connie Deetz, Administrative Coordinator

    Connie joined NOFA-NJ as Administrative Coordinator in May 2007, after more than six years most recently with North Jersey Resource Conservation & Development Council  (NJ RC&D) and four years with the South Branch Watershed Association (SBWA).   Both are nonprofit organizations located in Hunterdon County, NJ and both are dedicated to conservation of and education about natural resources and environmental issues. At SBWA, Connie worked extensively with the public on a daily basis fielding questions about well testing results and water quality concerns. She organized large volunteer based events such as the River Monitoring Program and Stream Cleanup Days, training workshops, and worked with area schools, teachers, and students to develop and teach in-class and in-the-field environmental education classes to third grade through high school students. While at NJ RC&D, she developed her knowledge of non-profit administrative procedures as well as gained extensive experience in day to day organizational financial oversight as well as grant/project financial tracking and periodic reporting requirements.     

 

Justine Cook, Organic Farming Conservation & Technical Services Specialist

   

Justine Cook joined NOFA-NJ as the Organic Farming Conservation & Technical Services Specialist in December 2010.  In this position, Justine provides technical assistance to farmers and gardeners who are employing organic production methods and works in conjunction with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff to support natural resource conservation on certified organic farms and farms transitioning to organic production. Justine has her B.S. in Environmental Studies from Stockton College and her M.S. in Agronomy from Penn State. Sign up for Farmer News, send a question through the Technical Hotline or give the office a call to get in touch with Justine! Farm and Business members have access to Justine for personalized recommendations and site visits.

 Ask about: Cover Crops, Soil Fertility Recommendations, Creating Professional Farm Maps, NRCS Conservation Programs, Natural Resource Protection, Organic Certification, Cultural and Biological Controls for Pests & Diseases, Sources of Organic Amendments and more!

 

Alison Romano, Director of Outreach and Development


 
   

Alison Romano  graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration for marketing and social enterprise with a certificate in micro-finance. Alison has worked with Maine State Employees Association-SEIU local 1989 as an organizer for public service workers. She has expertise in developing capacity by engaging membership through various campaigns. Additionally she has worked worked with the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Syracuse as a program coordinator to their fundraising efforts. Alison spent the last two years apprenticing at the Echo Lodge farm in Raymond, Maine helping to cultivate vegetables, flowers, and herbs for  direct market and co-creating a community garden.

Currently she has an organic & biodynamic market garden at Carpe Diem Farms in Califon, NJ. Alison will be working at NOFA-NJ to help cultivate new membership and outreach programs such as the Ambassador network, Faces of NOFA-NJ member profiles, and managing the annual Food & Agriculture Winter Conference held in January.  


Eve Minson, Beginning Farmer Program Manager

   

Born and raised in N.Y.C., Eve left for greener pastures in 1987 to pursue her love of plants and nature at Cornell University. Between degrees and family life, she ran her greenhouse and gardening business, Paradise Gardens, for twelve years in Ithaca, NY. In 2003 she came to Bucks County to teach sustainability and green landscape design at Delaware Valley College while farming part-time on a small scale. Eve combined her years of gardening, teaching, and design experience into her business, JUST ONE SEED, where she is doing what she loves best: growing healthy food and teaching folks to do the same to help create a greener world! She brings her skills and experience to her new position at NOFA-NJ as the Program Coordinator for the Beginner Farmer Rancher Development Program.

 

David Smalley is a recent graduate from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He is interested in camping, backpacking, rock climbing, traveling, small scale farming, and supporting local farmers at farmers markets. David hopes that his internship with NOFA will allow him to work on some hands on studies with local farmers and learn more about farming for personal use.