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WSDA Food Assistance (FA) Team


General Information
 

Main Phone: (360) 725-5640


General Inquiries Email: foodassistance@agr.wa.gov

Grant Inquiries Email: foodassistancegrants@agr.wa.gov 


Address:

Washington Department of Agriculture
Food Assistance
1111 Washington St SE
PO Box 42560
Olympia, WA 98504-2560


Feel free to send inquiries to the general information contacts above. We look forward to assisting you!  

 

Program Management


Kim Eads, FA Program Manager

(360) 250-4848, kim.eads@agr.wa.gov


Kyle Merslich, FA Program and Policy Administrator

(360) 515-6413, kyle.merslich@agr.wa.gov


Business Operations


Lisa White, FA Business Operations Administrator

(360) 481-9945, lisa.white@agr.wa.gov


Taelor Nguyen, FA Management Analyst

(360) 918-1694, taelor.nguyen@agr.wa.gov


Tarnah Wright, FA Business Operations Coordinator

(360) 480-2979, tarnah.wright@agr.wa.gov
 

Community Engagement


Andrea Litzow, FA Community Engagement Specialist

(360) 918-6914, andrea.litzow@agr.wa.gov
 

FA Grants and Farm to Community


Jessica Hernandez, FA Grants Administrator

(564) 999-3799, jessica.hernandez@agr.wa.gov
 

Jeff Mathias, FA Farm to Community Specialist Lead

(360) 515-6875, jeff.mathias@agr.wa.gov
 

Elise Levesque, FA Farm to Community Specialist

(564) 200-4304, elise.levesque@agr.wa.gov


Erin Kester, FA Resiliency Grants Specialist Supervisor

(360) 878-1579, erin.kester@agr.wa.gov


Britt Beug, FA Resiliency Grants Specialist

(360) 490-5046, brittany.beug@agr.wa.gov


Ashley Blowers, FA Resiliency Grants Coordinator

(360) 233-6041, ashley.blowers@agr.wa.gov


View Resiliency Grants Listing

 


Compliance and Contracts


Deborah Ornellas, FA Compliance and Contracts Administrator

(360) 974-9761, deborah.ornellas@agr.wa.gov


Cajsha White, FA Compliance and Contracts Specialist

(509) 306-6117, cajsha.white@agr.wa.gov
 

Food Inventory


James Scovel, FA Logistics Administrator

(360) 725-5641, james.scovel@agr.wa.gov


John Carney, FA Inventory and Training Coordinator

(360) 489-2897, john.carney@agr.wa.gov


Regional Representatives


Mallorie Shellmer, FA Specialist Supervisor

(360) 515-6496, mallorie.shellmer@agr.wa.gov


Heidi Cobun, FA Specialist

(360) 688-4749, heidi.cobun@agr.wa.gov


Mike Hatada, FA Specialist

(360) 819-6582, mike.hatada@agr.wa.gov


Nichole Garden, FA Specialist

(360) 972-5947, nichole.garden@agr.wa.gov


Sarah Benner-Kenagy, FA Specialist

(360) 628-2821, sarah.benner@agr.wa.gov


View Our Regional Representatives Territory Map

View Regional Representatives Listing

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