Who Is the AFPC?
The Alaska Food Policy Council’s partners and members include a broad cross-section of Alaskans and organizations. Our members include restauranteurs and farmers, elementary school teachers and medical physicians, architects and bankers, nutritionists and agricultural agency administrators.
Are you interested in becoming a member or donating? Join us today!
AFPC Staff
Robbi Mixon, Executive Director (2020-current), Regional Food Business Center Co-Director (2023- current), Homer, AK
Sundance Visser, Operations & Finance Director (2023 - current), Homer, AK
Colin Peacock, Regional Food Business Center Co-Director (2023- current), Juneau, AK
Rachel Lord, Advocacy & Policy Director (2023-current), Homer, AK
Leah Moss, Communications & Outreach Director (2023-current ), Anchorage, AK
Interns/ Contractors
Summer Sweet, Public Health AmeriCorps Service Member/ Intern (2023-24), Anchorage, AK
AFPC Governing Board Members
Melissa Chlupach (Secretary)
Dietetics & Nutrition Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage
Tikaan Galbreath (Vice Chair)
Technical Assistance Network Director - Alaska Region, Intertribal Agriculture Council, Anchorage
Glenna Gannon (Co-Chair)
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Food Systems, Fairbanks
Gatgyeda Haayk
S'ndooyntgm Galts'ap Community Garden Champion, Metlakatla
Hannah Hill
Executive Director, the Bread Line, Fairbanks
Kyle Hill (Treasurer)
President, Alaska Commercial Company, Anchorage
Tanya King (Co-Chair)
Program Director, Rasmuson Foundation, Anchorage
Ron Meehan
Director of Government Affairs, Food Bank of Alaska, Anchorage
Rachael Miller
Chief Advocacy Officer, Food Bank of Alaska, Associate Business Professor, Alaska Pacific University , Anchorage
Heidi Rader
Professor of Extension, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Alaska Tribes Extension Program Director, Fairbanks
Sara Renard-Woods
Assistant Manager, Alaska Seeds of Change at Alaska Behavioral Health, Anchorage
Melissa Sikes
Natural Resource Education Specialist, Fairbanks Soil and Water Conservation District, Fairbanks
Milena Sevigny
Executive Director, Kids Kupboard, Wasilla
Evie Witten
Principal, Regeneration North; Co-owner Ebb Tide Ocean Farm, Anchorage
