Rachael is the founding executive director of Farm to School of Park County. As a fourth generation Montanan, she first stepped into her role in 2015 when Farm to School of Park County was a single-employee program housed within the Livingston Public School District. Rachael brings passion and dedicated leadership to the Farm to School mission, guiding the organization into a high-functioning, independent nonprofit with strong connections across the County and beyond. She moved to Park County in 1997 from Roundup, MT; graduated from Park High; earned a B.S. in horticulture from Montana State University, and completed an Executive Scholar Certificate at the Kellogg Center for Nonprofit Management at Northwestern University. Rachael is a proud member of the Leadership Montana cohort of 2026. When not working, she enjoys spending time outside with her family, friends and dogs, Turtle and Messi.

Lizzie grew up in South Dakota and followed her curiosity to Missoula to attend the University of Montana. There, she fostered her love for dance and developed a passion for sustainable agriculture, graduating with dual degrees in Choreography and Performance and Environmental Studies. During her undergraduate years, some of her favorite times were spent with her hands in the soil at the PEAS Farm, which later grew into a role with Orchard Gardens, a CSA farm—both part of Garden City Harvest’s programming. More recently, she has worked in nonprofit arts administration, coordinating film festivals and site-specific artist residencies. No matter the setting, she is most excited about creating spaces that invite curiosity, creativity, and community for all ages. Outside of work, she enjoys catching the latest flick, cooking, and getting outside. She shares life with her partner, David, and two doggos, Marvin and Emmy Lou.

Born and raised in Massachusetts, Megan moved to Montana in 2016. With extensive experience working on organic farms across the Northeast and Montana, Megan manages the learning gardens and Lincoln School Farm for Farm to School of Park County in addition to teaching Farm to School curriculum at East Side public school. She is a gardening guru with a side hustle in the kitchen, and never turns down a day on the trails or chance to camp under the stars with her family. 

Abby is passionate about helping young people connect with the natural world through gardening, cooking, and outdoor exploration. An avid home cook and gardener herself, she loves sharing that joy both in and out of the classroom.

Abby graduated from Missouri State University with a degree in philosophy. She spent much of her twenties teaching and writing songs in San Francisco before making Livingston her home five years ago. With more than a decade of experience in education, Abby is also a touring musician who enjoys weaving music, creativity, and hands-on learning into her Farm to School lessons.

A lover of the outdoors from birth, Kelly made the move to Bozeman from Northern California in 1996, launching a private learning center while enjoying all the hiking, skiing and fishing that Montana has to offer. More than a decade later, Kelly sold her business and moved to the Shields Valley to start a small farm where she raised her two children and a menagerie of animals. With nearly ten years of regenerative agriculture practice under her belt, Kelly received her Certificate in Permaculture Design with training in advanced social justice in 2017, and continues to pursue her love of soil through the Soil Food Web School.

Rich hails from Dayton, Ohio.  Following his service in the U.S. Navy, he ventured into the private sector and founded Foreside Financial Group, LLC where he took the reins as CEO.  Rich presently serves as Chairman and CEO of Big Sky Trust Company. Throughout his career he’s been involved in several startups, lent a hand to various non-profit organizations and navigated the ever-changing landscape of the business world.  When Foreside Financial changed hands, he and his better half, Linda, made the decision to settle down in Montana for good.

Kent’s roots and love for Montana are deep. Growing up on a family farm just off the Sangamon River in Central Illinois, his grandmother, who lived with them, was born in Blackfoot City, Montana, just outside of Deer Lodge. After a 15-year career in law, Kent left the practice and started his own healthcare company which eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee. He currently splits time between Paradise Valley, MT and Nashville, TN with his wife, Karen. They love to fly fish, travel, garden and stay politically involved while enjoying time with their 12 grandchildren.  

Anne Penn Cox serves as Senior Strategic Implementation Manager at OxEd & Assessment, a University of Oxford spinout company, where she partners with schools, districts, states, and early childhood systems to strengthen student outcomes through a strategic focus on oral language development. In this role, she supports education leaders in implementing research-based language strategies, assessments, and curriculum that build sustainable capacity and improve reading and learning outcomes. As a previous teacher and administrator in Park County, Anne Penn believes in teaching young people where their food comes from and the value of healthy eating. She proudly supports Farm to School of Park County’s efforts to connect students with agriculture through hands-on learning, gardening and exposure to fresh, locally grown food. She sees this work as an important way to build responsibility, work ethic and a lasting respect for the land. Anne Penn enjoys Montana’s outdoor lifestyle and spends her free time gardening, running, skiing, and snowmobiling in the mountains. She lives in Livingston with her family and two loyal dogs, Cricket and June Shirley.

Kris hails from the northeast where she spent her youth helping her family raise animals and vegetables to supplement their grocery purchases and stock their freezers for winter. She studied Plant & Soil Science at the University of Vermont and has spent her years since focusing her passion and attention on sustainable food systems. Much of this experience came from spending her college and post-college years working in the fields of a large organic vegetable farm. This is where she learned and fell in love with the connections within her own food system. Seed-to plant, farmer-to plate, store-to consumer. In 2009, with equal parts luck and a sense of adventure, she found Livingston, Montana. In an effort to put her own roots down, while at the same time, providing the community with high quality, local products, she took a leap of faith and started her own business business, Woods Rose Market which has become an integral part of the community and the greater local foods movement.

Druska Kinkie has lived and ranched in Paradise Valley, just south of Livingston, for over 40 years. She holds a BS in Animal Science from Colorado State University and an MS in Reproductive Physiology from Montana State University. Her career has included Peace Corps service in Zaire, land reclamation work at Spring Creek Coal, and a role as a sales representative for Pfizer. Druska has served more than 25 years as a school board trustee for both Arrowhead and Livingston School Districts. Passionate about animals, land stewardship, and food systems, she is committed to helping people understand where their food comes from and the value of good nutrition. She also serves as Vice Chair of the Upper Yellowstone Watershed Group and Chair of the Paradise Valley Working Lands Group, advocating for ranching and conservation.