Team Members

As Managing Director of Advancement, Jeannie leads a team responsible for fundraising, storytelling, and community engagement events that support the health and long-term growth of Wolfe’s Neck Center. Jeannie’s early years growing up on an island digging in the clam flats, climbing rocks, and exploring coastal woods instilled a deep appreciation for the power of … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/jeannie-mattson/">Continued</a>

Originally from north of Boston, I “discovered” farming after volunteering on a farm in 2009, and never looked back.  My educational and professional journey since then has cultivated a deep passion for helping others experience that sense of wonder I discovered years ago through getting my hands dirty.  I feel grateful every day that I … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/marissa-mastors/">Continued</a>

Prior to coming to work at Wolfe’s Neck Center, I was a staff Accountant at Maine Coast Heritage Trust. That experience provided me with a deeper appreciation for the value of land conservation. I have come to believe that the most successful conservation work is achieved when individuals feel connected to the land. Through the … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/dan-mahoney/">Continued</a>

I was fortunate to have parents that supported a crazy passion for cows by enrolling me in 4-H, connecting me with patient mentors, and encouraging me to study dairy science in college. I started my career by caring for some of the world’s most elite cattle and working with the best people in the dairy … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/sarah-littlefield/">Continued</a>

I have always sought to spend my time outdoors.  In the summers leading up to my graduation from college at UVM I lead canoeing, hiking and kayaking trips in the White Mountains and worked on organic farms in Maine and New Hampshire.  After college, I worked as a Garden Coordinator and Naturalist at an Outdoor School in the … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/richard-hodges/">Continued</a>

Dave Herring has served as Executive Director of Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment since 2012. In his role, Dave leads a team working to build an ecologically and economically resilient food system in the Northeast through regenerative agriculture. Dave has overseen the transformation of Wolfe’s Neck Center from a farm to a … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/dave-herring/">Continued</a>

I was born in Freeport and grew up in a bed and breakfast run by my family, before we moved to the ocean just down the road from the farm! After graduating from The Culinary Institute of America, and Drexel University, I joined the flocks of beaten down city dwellers and folks from afar and migrated … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/robin-kerber/">Continued</a>

Kari hails from smack-dab in the middle of the United States—central Kansas. In her twenties she transplanted to Boulder and earned her B.A. in Environmental Studies, focused on youth development and sustainable food systems. While in Colorado, she continued to develop her passion for sustainable food systems, community and youth engagement through teaching and environmental … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/kari-jenkins/">Continued</a>

As an educator and agrarian, I seek to cultivate connections with the land and the people living on it. Equipped with a B.A. in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic and an enduring sense of wonder, I’ve worked with youth in a variety of settings from the Allaghash to the Appalachian Trail to NYC public schools. My passions eventually led … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/piper-dumont/">Continued</a>

I was born into the DeGrandpre family and remember my grandparents babysitting me in what is now our office space.  At Wolfe’s Neck Center I keep all the moving parts of the farm moving and well oiled! When I’m not at Wolfe’s Neck, I enjoy the outdoors and wrenching in my home shop.  mdegrandpre@wolfesneck.org