Susie Sutphin

Community Food Program Manager at Center for Land-Based Learning
  • Claim this Profile
Contact Information
us****@****om
(386) 825-5501
Location
Truckee, California, United States, US

Topline Score

Topline score feature will be out soon.

Bio

Generated by
Topline AI

You need to have a working account to view this content.
You need to have a working account to view this content.

Experience

    • United States
    • Farming
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Community Food Program Manager
      • Apr 2023 - Present

    • United States
    • Food Production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Founder/Senior Advisor
      • May 2022 - Present

      As Founder/Senior Advisor for the organization, I am focused on strategic planning and project development. As founder, I am the voice of the organization. With this perspective, as well as my experience and relationships, I am cultivating new donors, writing grants and organizing fundraising events to diversify our financial portfolio to support our community outreach programs and services. Tahoe Food Hub has recently been approved to build a year-round education garden with a geodesic greenhouse. It will be the focus of our Farm to School program. We have been working to find a "forever home" for this project for over 8 years. With the most historical perspective for this program, I will serve as interim project manager to get the program off the ground before handing it off to a Farm to School manager who will be hired to run the program. Show less

    • Founder/Executive Director
      • Jun 2011 - Apr 2022

      As Founder, developed the concept for Tahoe Food Hub after a 2-year independent study on sustainable, local food systems. To launch the organization, wrote the IRS application, formed a board of directors, wrote the business plan and strategic overview for the 501c-3, non-profit organization. As Executive Director, set-up an earned-income model to generate revenue for the organization’s three, community outreach programs: Giving Box, Farm to School and Farmer Resiliency. The earned-income model, Farm to Market (F2M), created a network of 40 farms and ranches and over 100 specialty food producers. By addressing local food access challenges at a systems level, it created a hub for local food. A local food system benefits diversified, family farms looking for fair market opportunities while increasing access to local food for the mountain community of North Lake Tahoe. Driving the mission was the goal to support regenerative and sustainable farming practices that help mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon in the soil.Boot-strapped the first couple years and grew the grassroots organization 20% annually reaching $1.6 million dollars in revenue in nine years. Over nine years, grew to a staff of 15 with a hierarchy of directors, managers and supervisors. Responsible for financials, grant writing, donor development, marketing, public relations, community partnerships and business development. Oversaw directors and managers responsible for human resources, online farmers market, retail stand, event planning, wholesale partnerships, customer service, program management, warehouse operations, fleet management, food safety standards and producer relations. Show less

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Tour Manager
      • Jan 2007 - Jun 2011

      Responsible for all aspects related to the tour program of the Wild & Scenic ‘Environmental’ Film Festival which travels annually to over 100 cities nationwide. In preparation for the opening festival, the tour manager assisted with film solicitations from all over the world and coordinated the 2-day activist conference which brought the issues in the films to life providing a forum for workshops and presentations. After the opening festival, the tour director was solely responsible for the tour’s execution. Film contracts were negotiated for those films selected to go on tour and a coordinated effort controlled the receipt of tour materials sent by the filmmakers. Pitching environmental and non-environmental organizations the tour grew by 10-15 venues annually over the course of five years. Host venues were oriented to the festival’s guidelines and procedures. Each tour venue received a customized schedule to ensure they met their targets and deadlines. Working with an off-site production house, customizable film programs for each tour venue were assembled and disseminated. To further the reach of the tour, partnerships were developed with outside agencies and organizations. Coupled with media relations, news stories expanded the festival’s reach even further obtaining national coverage for the tour and opening festival. The Tour Manager also managed the relationships with the six National Partners bringing value to their sponsorship packages and nurturing their long-term support. Additional responsibilities included all the daily administrative tasks related to the tour such as invoice tracking, web content, social media, tour contracts, filmmaker payments, venue follow-up, film screen report, collateral development, budgeting, fielding inquiries and other office duties. Host partners who received a grant through Patagonia to host a tour was guided by the tour manager on how to meet the goals of the grant. Show less

    • United States
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Athletes & Events Manager
      • Oct 2003 - Dec 2006

      Developed and strategically implemented a grassroots marketing plan for Patagonia’s ambassador (athlete) and events program. The plan launched a three-year initiative to effectively communicate the story of Patagonia’s ambassador program to consumers via Patagonia’s, three direct channels: retail, catalog and online. Execution of this initiative involved working closely and collaboratively with in-house PR and Creative Service agencies to ensure objectives of this goal were realized. Responsibilities included coordinating and overseeing the planning, promotion, budgeting, and scheduling of both the ambassador program and Patagonia’s corporate, wholesale and grass roots consumer events. Developed relationships with fifty, professional athletes and managed their contract fulfillment, travel and event scheduling. Annually, evaluated all programs to measure their effectiveness and developed an athlete and event marketing strategy which also managed the flow of athlete and event information into all Patagonia collateral and literature. Show less

    • United States
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • Sales & Marketing Manager
      • Aug 1999 - Aug 2003

      As director, the position oversaw all aspects of advertising sales and marketing for two magazines: Couloir, a backcountry ski and snowboard magazine and Telemark Skier, a telemark ski magazine. The primary objectives were sourcing and developing all advertiser relationships. Responsibilities included formulating and implementing an effective marketing strategy to increase distribution and circulation. Other duties included working closely with both the editorial and graphic design teams evaluating product quality and ensuring on time delivery as well as assisting in layout production and ad design. A secondary role of associate publisher required frequent collaboration with the publisher on strategies and initiatives. Additional marketing roles included organizing the magazine's presence at trade shows and coordinating the annual ski test. Under Couloir Publications, developed the concept and managed the launch of the first ever telemark ski magazine, Telemark Skier. Show less

Education

  • John Carroll University
    Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
    1988 - 1992

Community

You need to have a working account to view this content. Click here to join now