Nivi Pillai is the Director of System Strategy at RWJBarnabas Health, a 12-hospital healthcare system in New Jersey. Nivi has fifteen years of experience in healthcare strategy planning and data analytics, working for Health Strategies & Solutions and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children before moving to RWJBH. Her undergraduate degree is in Econometrics from University of Mumbai and she has her MBA in Healthcare Management and MS in Management Information Systems from Temple University. She currently serves as the President of Health Care Planning and Marketing Society of New Jersey.

While Nivi is originally from Mumbai, India, she moved to the US in 2000 and currently lives in Fort Washington, PA with her family. She is grateful for the opportunity to serve on SFEC Board and to learn and contribute towards the mission and vision of the farm.

Ms. Snipes-Wells is the current President of Snipes Properties, Inc. managing several facilities and real estate holdings. She previously served as the Executive Director of Snipes Farm & Education Center and co-owner of Snipes Nursery. Ms. Snipes-Wells lends her horticultural expertise to Snipes Farm’s orchard/fruit production. She is a Board member of the Bucks County Foodshed Alliance and a public speaker on sustainable agriculture topics as wells as a bi-lingual educator. She holds a BA from Earlham College and an M.Ed from Temple University.

Clark Martin, president emeritus of MBI*GluckShaw, New Jersey’s largest advocacy firm, co-founded the company with Paul Bontempo in 1991. He has worked in the state’s government affairs arena for 43 years. A former principal of Katz, Martin and Brill, the state’s first contract lobbying firm, he is known as a persuasive advocate and a strategic thinker. His primary focus has been in the area of healthcare policy, professions and facilities, pharmaceuticals and alcoholic beverage franchises and taxation. Prior to lobbying, Martin was a reporter for the Trenton Times and engineering editor of Aviation Week and Space Technology. He simultaneously pursued a career in the United States Air Force, serving on Active Duty, the Reserve and the Air National Guard. He flew more than 150 combat missions in Vietnam and concluded his career as Commander of the NJANG with the rank of Major General. He currently serves the State of New Jersey as its Military and Defense Economic Ombudsman, focusing on its five military installations. He is chairman of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation and chairman of the Trenton Downtown Association. He is the immediate past president of the Ivins Outreach Center in Morrisville, PA. He also serves as President of the Board of Trustees of the Morrisville Presbyterian Church. He is a graduate of The Citadel and earned an M.S. at the University of Southern California.

Charlotte Wells is a Clinical Herbalist and Educator. Charlotte has studied/apprenticed under 7 renowned herbalists in the country, covering topics of botany, anatomy and physiology, clinical work, alternative western medicine, traditional chinese medicine, indiginious medicine, and has started her own medicinal and educational garden on Snipes Farm to supplement her budding business Heart of the Moon Herbs. Charlotte works with Snipes Farm’s Education Department teaching herbal and nutrition classes. She also works to support their marketing and long term planning initiatives, as well as impart wisdom on native medicinals and endangered species.

Matthew Coleman is the Manager of Talent Acquisition and Development at Crown Holdings, Inc. As a member of the Corporate Human Resources Team, Matthew is primarily responsible for planning and executing development/staffing plans. His specialties include: staffing and recruiting, specifically college recruiting, engineering positions, and HQ positions up to Vice President. He holds a B.S. in Management from Clemson University, and a M.S. in Human Resource Development from Villanova University.

Charles Raudenbush, Jr. is employed by Waste Management, Inc. as the Public Sector Services Manager specializing is design, construction and operation of Materials Recovery Facilities, and the processing and marketing of comingled recyclables. He serves on the Municipal Waste Advisory Committee of Montgomery County, PA and is skilled in the areas of recycling, waste management, environmental compliance, hazardous waste, sustainability, remediation and environmental awareness. He holds a B.A. from Temple University.

Michael Nordquist is the Chief Strategy & Innovation and Officer at HomeFront, where he is responsible for planning & strategy, evaluation & assessment, post-award grants management, and information technology.  HomeFront’s mission is to end homelessness in Central Jersey, support family self-sufficiency and ease the impact of structural and systemic poverty. Michael earned his B.A. in Politics and German Studies from Ithaca College and his Ph.D. in Political Science: Political Theory and International Relations from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.