Staff
Rachel Gardner
Deputy Executive Director / Client Services Manager
Rachel co-founded Food For Thought’s organic gardens and horticultural therapy project in 1999, and joined the staff full time as Client Services Manager in 2001....
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Elisa Baker
Volunteer Manager
Elisa began volunteering at Food for Thought nine years ago and loved it –always leaving feeling better than when she arrived. She was hired as the Volunteer...
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Robert Bogdanoff
Office Manager
Robert brings a wide range of experience to the position of Office Manager. From 20 years in the film industry managing demanding project schedules, over ten years in...
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Mark Brudzinski
Creative Director, FFT Antiques
Mark Brudzinski comes to FFT Antiques with 25 years visual merchandising and store design experience, beginning in Topeka with Macy’s and traversing the...
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Allen Chivens
Manager, FFT Antiques
Allen came to Food For Thought as a garden volunteer in 2004. He had worked in Southern California as a container garden and interior plant display specialist before...
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Gretchen Nelson
Assistant Manager, FFT Antiques
Gretchen Nelson comes to Food For Thought Antiques with extensive experience in retail, marketing and business management. . Gretchen grew up in Wisconsin and has...
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Beth Wolfer
Development Director
Beth Wolfer comes to Food For Thought with 15 years of Development experience from a variety of nonprofit agencies in Utah (Utah Youth Village, KUED Public Television,...
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Amanda Wood
Food Drive Coordinator
Amanda Wood volunteered with Food For Thought in 2003. She returned at the start of 2012 to take on the position of Food Drive Coordinator. Years of...
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