Board of Directors
Now accepting board applications!
Jenni Crain (she/her)
Chair, Slow Food USA Regional Councilor
Jenni Crain is a writer and local foods enthusiast who became aware of the connections between food and community when someone at the first food co-op where she volunteered explained the labels on some of the produce to her, demystifying the differences between organic, pesticide-free, and other growing methods.
Since then, she’s become a dedicated food storyteller and local foods advocate. She was honored to be the chapter’s community representative at Slow Food International’s 2016 Terra Madre conference in Italy and has been a member of the board ever since.
Annie Barrett (she/her), Events
Annie Barrett is an Educator, National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Ayurvedic Practitioner, and Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher and Trainer with a passion for sharing delicious, seasonal and healthy food with her clients, family, and community.
She has worked in the field of holistic wellness for more than twenty years, empowering groups and individuals to live their best lives with the tools of coaching, lifestyle medicine, habit change science, mindfulness, and yoga.
Rachel Floyd (she/her)
Rachel Floyd is a good food advocate, Greener-grad, and two-time Americorps alum. She works in child nutrition for the state of Washington by day and pens nature-based activity books for children by night. Her career in anti-hunger, community nutrition, and food safety has spanned a decade, both here and in Vermont. Rachel lives with her spouse Brian, a small flock of chickens, and a growing number of fruit trees in Olympia. She grew up near Fresno, California in the heart of large-scale agricultural production which heavily influenced her desire to engage with local food systems.
Beyond food, Rachel enjoys scuba diving, floral arranging, and spending time outside.
Claire Schechtman is a community planner and long-time farmers market manager who now facilitates public art projects with ArtsWA. Her work supports local food systems, cultural equity, and creative public spaces. Claire moved to Olympia from Eugene and is excited to build community here in the Puget Sound. She loves to cook, make art, garden, and backpack throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Claire Schechtman (she/her), Membership, Communications
Michael Liang (he/him), Treasurer
Michael Liang is a farmer and owner of Happy Kitchen Farm, based in Tacoma, WA. He started the farm to increase the variety of culinary ingredients for his community and to inspire others to grow and cook their own food. He loves cooking with “all parts” of the plant and showcasing produce that celebrates the Pacific Northwest seasons.
Prior to farming, he worked with public land agencies for more than a decade and led a nonprofit program for creative entrepreneurs in Tacoma. He has served on multiple boards, including the Tacoma Farmers Market and as a commissioner with Parks Tacoma. He brings a multidisciplinary background to Slow Food that is rooted in public service, creativity, and connection.
Advisory Council
Angela Jefferson was unanimously selected to serve on the Tumwater City Council in March 2021. Prior to her selection, she served on the Tumwater Planning Commission and the Tumwater Historical Preservation Commission. Before moving to Tumwater in 2017 from Lacey, she served on the Lacey Parks and Recreation Commission.
She is a combat veteran who served 25 years as an active-duty Soldier in the U.S. Army. After 14 years as an enlisted Soldier (SFC/E-7), Senior Non-Commissioned Officer, she obtained her bachelor's degree and was selected to attend the Army's Officer Candidate School.
Angela went on to serve 11 more years as a commissioned officer and retired at the rank of Major.
Angela is an Army Mom and Air Force Mom who is passionate about both physical fitness and mental wellness and is a strong advocate for seniors, youth, and the disadvantaged. She strongly believes that our environment, food systems, and health are interconnected. Therefore, serving as a board member for Slow Food Greater Olympia is personal for her.
Angela Jefferson, City Councilwoman
For three decades, Chef Treacy has invested time, energy, and expertise in filling restaurants with local flavors and creating pathways for regional farmers and small businesses to get their products into the hands of local residents.
He is one of the co-founders of South Sound Fresh, a web-based farmers' market with home delivery that takes locally grown and produced food quite literally from farm to table. The organization is based out of Our Community Kitchen, the latest way Treacy is contributing to the success of our community by providing an accessible space where small, local, food-based businesses can process and store their products.
Treacy’s unwavering love for the Pacific Northwest is rooted in Thurston County, where he was born and raised and which he enjoys as a hiker, lover of dogs, and devoted grandfather.
Treacy Kreger, Chef
As a second-generation shellfish farmer, John Adams has been growing specialty, beach-grown Pacific oysters for more than two decades. He co-mingles his oyster beds with native Olympia oysters and Skookum Point oysters. He and the other farmers on their land grow their own seed, using nothing but time, technique and clean bay water.
John has been part of the Slow Food movement for many years, as part of Slow Fish North America and as a friend and informal advisor to the Slow Food Greater Olympia Board. John and his farm are profiled in Slow Food USA’s The Ark of Taste: Delicious and Distinctive Foods That Define The United States by Giselle Kennedy Lord and David S. Shields, where they highlight his work to grow, sell, and save the Olympia oyster. John’s farm, South Sound Fresh, earned a Snail of Approval in 2025.
John Adams, Shellfish Farmer