EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
18 REASONS
Sarah Nelson has worked on food-related projects in the Bay Area since 2008. She launched Cooking Matters in the Bay Area in 2010. In her previous work with Bay Area farmers’ markets, she created the Bay Area’s first Market Match program, which gives farmers’ market customers who use food stamps extra funds to spend at the market, and a Veggie Rx program that helps diabetes patients. In 2011, she founded the nonprofit Three Squares, which merged with 18 Reasons in 2013.