Board of Directors and Staff
The people keeping the coalition running day to day and year to year
Board of Directors
Becky Dunn, Chair
Becky’s connection to the Monadnock Grown Coalition grows naturally out of a 30-year career in nutrition, and a much-loved 25-year tradition as a CSA member, starting with Tracie’s Farm (now Dog Days Farm). She is a registered dietitian by training, having worked her way from a BS to an MA to a PhD in nutrition, beginning in clinical settings before finding her stride in academia. Currently she serves as Associate Dean at Franklin Pierce University. She is happiest turning CSA treasures into favorite recipes usually alongside her husband Bill as they cook up something to satisfy their two always-hungry teenage sons. When not in the kitchen making a cheerful mess, you’ll find her on the tennis court, cruising on an e-bike, paddling on Nubanusit, swimming with the Harrisville Mermaids, out for a hike, or hitting the slopes.
Megan LaFaso-Hercher, Vice Chair
Megan LaFaso-Hercher is a small business owner and community advocate rooted in the Monadnock Region’s local food system. She co-owns Sullivan Country Store in Sullivan, NH, a small but busy general store and deli that prioritizes local sourcing and community connection. As Marketing Manager at the Monadnock Food Co-op before purchasing her store, Megan spent years building relationships with farmers, producers, and organizations across the region. Her work centers on supporting local economies, telling the stories behind our food, and making regional products more accessible to the community. Through her role with the Monadnock Grown Coalition, Megan is committed to helping strengthen a resilient, inclusive, and connected food system for the region.
Heather Goodwin, Treasurer
Heather Goodwin joined the Monadnock Grown Coalition in June of 2025. Heather has a BS in Management from Keene State College. Heather, along with her husband Matthew, owns and operates Goodwin Family Farm in Surry. At her farm, Heather raises chickens, goats, angora rabbits, miniature horses and has large gardens, fruit trees and berry bushes. Heather has four children and two grandchildren. In her spare time Heather enjoys cooking from scratch and knitting.
Oliver Levick
Oliver grew up on his family’s farm, Monadnock Berries in Troy, N.H., where he was introduced to agriculture from an early age. Through college he continued working at a second fruit farm his parents leased in Chelmsford, MA while earning his degree in Economics & Finance from Bentley University. For over a decade Oliver led an analytics program at a national nonprofit aimed at helping hospitals improve product utilization and reduce costs. In 2022, he and his wife, Elise, returned to New Hampshire to begin transitioning out of the corporate world and purchasing Monadnock Berries upon his parents’ retirement. They are now full-time farmers at Monadnock Berries where they live with their 1-year-old son, Jasper and dog, Wilson.
Nicole Lamont
Nicole’s introduction to agriculture was picking rocks on a pumpkin patch at age 15. Ever since, Nicole has been working with farms, homesteads and gardens, gleaning experience, harvesting wisdom, and cultivating long-lasting connections. Nicole is a community herbalist and a certified permaculture landscape designer with a focus on forest farming, fairy gardens and fruit tree guilds. She has a degree in Sustainable Farming and Food Systems, and is currently continuing her education at UMASS Stockbridge School of Agriculture. In 2020, she and her family established Frog Belly Farm. Nicole with her husband and their two wildlings cultivate produce, mushrooms and radical joy under the canopy of an old sugarbush in Keene, NH.
Lea Kablik
In 2015, Lea graduated from Roger Williams University with a B.S. in marine biology and afterwards gained experience as a biological technician surveying turtle nests and rehabilitating seals. She realized she enjoyed working with the public, and attended Antioch University of New England to learn more about informal education. While there, she became interested in local food systems and gardening, specifically, in studying the ways to increase equity within our food system and create access to healthy foods and outdoor spaces. She earned her M.S. for Environmental Science with a concentration in Environment Education in 2021 and went to work as the Community Garden Coordinator for Keene Housing. She currently works for the Center for Population Health at Cheshire Medical Center as the Community Health Education Coordinator.
Susy Meehan
Susy Meehan is a retired educator having taught at the elementary level in the Monadnock Region for over 40 years. Her passion for growing things has been lifelong and found her starting the Symonds School Community Garden. Thanks to volunteers this project is continuing today. Susy is the co-coordinator of the Nelson chapter of End 68 Hours of Hunger which provides school children with food for the weekends while they are not in school. When not in the garden, you can find Susy out walking or kayaking. Susy lives in Nelson NH with her husband John.
Dan Field
Dan and his wife Megan, grew up in the Monadnock region enjoying all the outdoor activities the area offers. While in high school, Dan became a puppeteer at the New England Marionette Opera in Peterborough. This set him on a path that led him to earn a degree in Puppet Arts from the University of Connecticut and subsequently to a career in stop-motion animation and theme park animatronics. After years of following their careers to numerous cities including New York, Los Angeles, Savannah, and Nashville, Dan and Megan realized no other part of the country felt like “home”. They moved back to the area in 2020, and a couple years later founded Bending Branch Farm, a small goat dairy and creamery located in Marlborough. Since starting this business they have loved becoming active in the local food community where they have met so many amazing people!
Suzanne Green
Suzanne’s background in agriculture began on her family’s homestead in central Massachusetts. She majored in agricultural education and production agriculture at Ohio State University and spent 35 years as an agricultural educator, later becoming principal and superintendent of an agricultural and environmental high school. She earned masters degrees in agricultural education and cooperative work placement. Suzanne served as an agricultural citizen-ambassador for the USDA, contributed to National Science Foundation water quality research in Boston Harbor, and taught graduate courses in employability skills for over 30 years. She now works as the Director of Internships for the Environmental Studies Department at Antioch University while homesteading on the family farm near Mt. Monadnock, where she gardens, raises sheep and beef cattle and spends time with her family and their Border Collies, Ruby, Fergus Ian McTavish, Bad Jack, and Katydid (the “Saucy Aussie”).
Staff
Roe-Ann Tasoulas, Director
Roe-Ann’s passion for farming and ranching started as a child growing up on her family’s large sheep and cattle ranch in New Mexico. She has directed the Monadnock Grown Coalition for the last 13 years bringing together hundreds of stakeholders regularly in forums, work groups, and events to build a passionate, forward-thinking, and well-connected local food system in our region. She received a BA in Political Science from Colorado College and completed post-graduate work in Communications at the Univ of New Mexico. In 2022, she became an AgriCluster Resilience and Expansion (ACRE) Certified Facilitator from the Lyson Center at Cornell University, NY. She raised two children with her husband, John, in Keene and loves to play the electric guitar and hike with her dogs, Jack and Lola.