Staff Research Associate

University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

She is an agricultural researcher and educator with a passion for using interdisciplinary and research and cross-sector collaborations to develop applied solutions to sustainability challenges. Her most recent work in coffee involves using a collaborative research approach to address climate change- related issues in smallholder coffee production systems in Central America. With a strong interest in using education as a tool for change, Evie works as a curriculum developer on courses related to the intricacies of the coffee sector including the UC Davis ‘Just’ Coffee course as well as the Coffee Quality Institute.

The Plant Podcast & Notes

Institutional Partnership Manager

Trees for the Future

She is an international development practitioner and researcher with a commitment to building partnerships across the private, development, and academic sectors. She enjoys translating between the realities and constraints of each sector and fostering work that keeps farmer equity and autonomy at the forefront of those conversations and spaces. As a graduate student at UC Davis, she conducted research on challenges facing smallholder producers in the Guatemalan with an interdisciplinary research team and in partnership with Caravela Coffee. Lisa is currently the Institutional Partnership Manager at Trees for the Future, where she builds relationships to expand agroforestry systems in West and East Africa.

Third generation coffee grower.

General Manager of the family farm Finca La Merced since 2006.

Current Vice-President of the Specialty Coffee Association - SCA

Current President of Anacafe (Guatemalan Coffee Growers Association)

Grew up in Clinton, OK!

DFW Regional Manager

Counter Culture

Hana was born and raised in Washington State, so a love for coffee was inevitable. Her coffee career started in college - in the on-campus coffee shop - and has been nonstop ever since! After graduating, she helped launch a coffee program at a local neighborhood market in before diving deep into the world of specialty coffee at Verve Coffee’s first LA location. Over the next few years she gained experience in management, training, coffee competitions, and many friends in the coffee community. Hana joined Counter Culture Coffee in late 2017 and has held positions ranging from Educator to Technician to Regional Manager and moved from Los Angeles to Dallas in the meantime. In addition to remaining involved in coffee competitions as both a judge and competitor, she was part of the first SCA USA Chapter, and has presented at several BGA/SCA events.

Sourcing Consultant

is a sourcing consultant based in Austin, Texas. After studying economics, biology, and Portuguese at UNC Chapel Hill, she got into smallholder agriculture as a WWOOF volunteer in Spain and Brazil. She started as a trader for green importer InterAmerican Coffee, then spent six years building the green buying program at Texas roaster-retailer Merit Coffee. She now consults on sourcing projects around the world, including leading the green sourcing program for London-based Square Mile Coffee Roasters. Her unique approach is informed by ethnography, journalism, tech equity, and linguistics.