Team Members

Nathan’s path to Wolfe’s Neck Center has been a winding journey that started with his spending time as a field biologist before navigating into environmental education and finally diving into the world of organic farming. Luckily, he found a position with the Maine Conservation Corps that has allowed him to continue pursuing all of these … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/nathan-cross/">Continued</a>

Richard (Rick) Ganong has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry with a focus on venture capital and hedge fund investing. He was a Partner at the Tudor Investment Corporation, an internationally recognized diversified investment management firm, and was a founding General Partner of the Tudor Venture Group which managed a … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/rick-ganong/">Continued</a>

In addition to his work at Wolfe’s Neck Center, Dorn is a farmer working his 250-acre certified organic family farm in New Hampshire. As a founder of the FarmOS software platform and the Farm Hack community, he is passionate about sharing open-source agricultural tools, software, and data to accelerate innovation and quantify environmental services from … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/dorn-cox/">Continued</a>

C.P.A. How did you first become connected with WNC?  My grandson attended summer camp and had a great experience. How do you hope to best contribute to WNC’s development through your tenure on the Board?  I hope to be able to use my years of financial and tax experience to assist in whatever ways are … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/william-t-racine/">Continued</a>

Associate Professor and Program Director – Agriculture Food and Environment Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston MA How did you first become connected with WNC? My first university faculty position, starting in 1992 (until 2000) was at the University of Maine.  My expertise includes grazing management, and I visited WNC during … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/tim-griffin/">Continued</a>

Graduated February 2019 After graduating from high school I was thinking about going to school for something in the agriculture field and heard about Wolfe’s Neck Teen Ag program. After working on the farm for a summer I knew I was in the right field. I went to Kennebec Valley Community College to learn more … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/abigial-smith/">Continued</a>

Graduated December 2018 I came to Wolfe’s Neck because I wanted to learn about the dairy industry. Another big appeal was that it was a public farm. I did not grow up on a farm, so now I get to teach and educate visitors about the farm and agriculture. I feed and milk cows, hay, … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/lauren-robertson/">Continued</a>

Graduated May 2018 Unlike many dairy farmers it wasn’t until my senior year of high school that I was introduced to dairy farming when a classmate invited me to visit her family farm. The family took me under their wings and taught me all they could about dairy farming, including the financial hardships that all … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/kelly-oconnell/">Continued</a>

Graduated November 2018 After graduating from college I started an apprenticeship at Aldermere Farm in Rockport Maine. After completing that program, I was looking for another apprenticeship and found Wolfe’s Neck Farm. I take care of all the animals at Wolfe’s Neck Center. When I’m not at Wolfe’s Neck, I spend a lot of time … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/josh-harlan/">Continued</a>

I fell in love with grazing, and working with beef cows at the previous farm where I worked, Free Union Grass Farm in central Virginia. During my last season there, I bought a Jersey milk cow and sold raw milk as a side project. I learned that dairy cows and the management practices that comes … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/haden-gooch/">Continued</a>