Team Members

Karna Ray joins us as the Northeast Markets Program Manager with a focus on ensuring a better future for marginalized communities through real climate initiatives. He is guided by the principle that positive change must primarily uplift the marginalized communities that bear the heaviest burdens of climate catastrophe. Karna is joining Wolfe’s Neck Center after … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/karna-ray/">Continued</a>

Born in Norway and raised on her family’s farm in South Dakota, Sunni brings a passion for sustaining meaningful connections to important landscapes. Educated in biology and habitat management, she strives to support agricultural producers in their efforts to feed our communities while contributing to ecosystem health.   Sunni started as the Mountain West Markets Program … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/sunni-heikes-knapton/">Continued</a>

Dr. Jessica Chiartas is a soil biogeochemist seeking to build bridges between science and industry, policy, and the populace. She received her PhD from the University of California, Davis, where she also served as a postdoctoral scholar and a fellow with the Innovation Institute for Food and Health. Her research has focused on the long-term … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/jessica-chiartas/">Continued</a>

Aaron spent most of his childhood in North Carolina but moved up north to New Hampshire for his high school years and finally to Maine just after high school. He is happy to be helping the finance team as the Accounting Assistant while still attending school at Southern New Hampshire University with a Data Analytics … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/aaron-kaczor/">Continued</a>

Thew spends a lot of time thinking about kelp. From the incredible biodiversity of wild kelp beds to its phenomenal growth rates, kelp occupies a lot of his head-space. His studies and research have taken him from the giant kelp forests of California into the Arctic and throughout the North Atlantic. He is passionate about … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/thew-suskiewicz/">Continued</a>

Nichole Price is a benthic marine ecologist with interest in how global change phenomena, like ocean acidification and warming, can alter bottom-dwelling species interactions, community dynamics, and ecosystem function in shallow coastal regimes. Her work focuses primarily on the eco-physiology of seaweeds and calcifying invertebrates and their current and future role in dissolved inorganic carbon … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/dr-nicole-price/">Continued</a>

As the lead specialist for Seaweed and Shellfish Farming on the WWF-US Aquaculture team, Bailey supports the seaweed industry in reducing barriers to growth and advancement for climate gains. Her current region of focus is the Eastern Pacific to the North Atlantic. She oversees grants to community organizations and research institutes focused on projects ranging … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/bailey-moritz/">Continued</a>

Co-Founder of Nautical Farms, Morgan-Lea Fogg set out to change the world and disrupt food systems by building a modern farm that promotes sea greens and creates sustainable food & bath goods that are just as healthy for consumers as they are for the planet. With a background in community building at Summit- a thought … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/morgan-lea-fogg/">Continued</a>

Alexandra Cousteau has been advocating for the oceans since age eight, when she joined her grandfather’s petition to create an Antarctic nature reserve. A filmmaker, public speaker and advisor to governments and non-profits, she has conducted deep-sea surveys, campaigned for the expansion of marine protection areas, rescued dolphins and manatees, and investigated the impact of … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/alexandra-cousteau/">Continued</a>

Vic is a tenth-generation land steward and plant lover from East Tennessee. They studied Environmental Studies at Oberlin College, where they worked on the campus organic farm and as a storytelling instructor. They spent the next few years working in habitat restoration, horticulture, botany and field trials, and developed a passion for environmental research support … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/vic-spindler-fox/">Continued</a>