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Sarah Weiner, Executive Director
Sarah has worked side by side with the sustainable food movement's founders and visionaries across the globe, from Italy to England to Washington D.C. She maintains a special focus on bringing passionate young people into the movement. As the Director of Communication for the Slow Food International Office in Bra, Italy, Sarah wrote The Slow Food Companion, the official overview of the Slow Food movement now in its fourth edition and translated into eight languages. Travelling and translating for Slow Food Founder Carlo Petrini around the world created a unique immersion in the sustainable food movement.
Subsequently, Sarah worked in the office of Alice Waters, where she developed an internship program and co-wrote the proposal for creating Slow Food Nation. After raising $400,000 in seed capital, she became the first employee of the largest sustainable food event in America. As its Content Director, Sarah oversaw the Slow Food Nation Marketplace and Slow on the Go in the Civic Center, and organized renowned food artisans in the Bay Area to create the Taste Pavilions at Fort Mason showcasing thousands of the country's best foods.
Following Slow Food Nation, Sarah worked in Washington, D.C. to create Art.Food.Hope on behalf of Alice Waters. In 2009, Sarah moved to Bristol, England, and produced the Soil Association's Organic Food Festival 2009 for 20,000 people and 150 organic farmers. -
Sarah Weiner in the Press
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Dominic Phillips, Executive Producer
Dominic has been responsible for large-scale productions such as Slow Food Nation, the largest sustainable food festival in the U.S.A. with 85,000 people attending 80 distinct outdoor and indoor events. His passion is in utilizing events to build community that last well beyond when the last marquee is taken down. Dominic Phillips is the founder and president of Dominic Phillips Event Marketing (DPEM), a full-service event marketing, design, and production company founded in 2004. DPEM has become a pioneer in sustainable events, implementing "zero-waste" policies, carbon offsets, and other sustainable best practices into its creative process.
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Dominic Phillips in the Press:
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Dava Guthmiller, Brand Manager
Dava is the CEO & Creative Director of Noise 13 Design Inc. Dava has been doing branding and design since 1996. With her design and consulting experience, Dava and the Noise 13 team work with their client to create full scale brands across media. Noise 13 with Dava acting as Creative Director, have been featured in Communication Arts, HOW, San Francisco, 7X7, Paper City, Metropolis, Interior Design, and Architecture Magazines, as well as in many design books.
Dava enjoys several leadership roles in the Bay Area community. She is the president of the San Francisco Chapter of Slow Food, the founder and managing director of Pow.wow Network, and a former instructor at the Academy of Art University in the undergraduate and master programs for Graphic Design. -
Dava Guthmiller in the Press:
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Aine Morris, UK Projects Director
Aine brings over seven years of communication and project management experience to her work with sustainable food systems in the U.K. After setting-up Sheffield's first organic lunch-box scheme in 2003, she moved to Slow Food International headquarters in Italy to study at the ground-breaking University of Gastronomic Sciences. While based in Italy Aine had the opportunity to travel with Slow Food Founder Carlo Petrini and represent the role of young people in creating a healthy, sustainable future for the planet. Aine has spoken publicly to promote the sustainable food agenda in the European Parliament and as a keynote speaker at other international conferences. As a founding member of Slow Food's Youth Food Movement she has been responsible for developing Slow Food's international youth outreach program, which has active chapters in over 15 countries worldwide. In 2008 she coordinated youth participation at the international bi-annual meeting of world food communities, Terra Madre. Same 1,300 young people were brought from countries around the world to participate in four days of conferences, workshops, exchange, and innovation. Aine is currently working on developing content for Terra Madre 2010. Aine returned to the U.K. in 2009 to work as Director of Marketing for the Soil Association's Organic Food Festival, which welcomed 20,000 visitors over three days. Aine is excited to be returning to the UK to continue developing a range of projects and events with a focus on educational outreach and community generation. She is also a mother, vegetable grower, and fermentation enthusiast.
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