Employee & Producer-Owned Cooperative Since January 2022
Angus Hughes
Board President
Angus Hughes is an Idaho mountain man, gardener, and forager. He has volunteered on several non-profit boards and likes the non-violent communication style. He believes that good leadership starts with good listening skills, and is rooted in commonly held values. He is excited and grateful to work with the awesome SRSC as a seed grower, coop member, and board member.
Board President
Angus Hughes is an Idaho mountain man, gardener, and forager. He has volunteered on several non-profit boards and likes the non-violent communication style. He believes that good leadership starts with good listening skills, and is rooted in commonly held values. He is excited and grateful to work with the awesome SRSC as a seed grower, coop member, and board member.
Kelly Kingsland
Board Vice President
Kelly Kingsland has been growing vegetables for market in Moscow Idaho since 2001, and seeds for the Snake River Seed Coop since 2017. She is thrilled to get to serve on the first-ever Board of Directors of the Snake River Seed Co-op and sees it as an honor to work with the stellar individuals who comprise the staff and BoD. Kelly has lived in Idaho for 51 years and welcomes the opportunity to expand the conscious intention that is growing food for her local community, outward to helping to steer the Coop in its mission to engage in regional economic models that embrace environmental ethics, seed sovereignty, and economic and racial justice.
Board Vice President
Kelly Kingsland has been growing vegetables for market in Moscow Idaho since 2001, and seeds for the Snake River Seed Coop since 2017. She is thrilled to get to serve on the first-ever Board of Directors of the Snake River Seed Co-op and sees it as an honor to work with the stellar individuals who comprise the staff and BoD. Kelly has lived in Idaho for 51 years and welcomes the opportunity to expand the conscious intention that is growing food for her local community, outward to helping to steer the Coop in its mission to engage in regional economic models that embrace environmental ethics, seed sovereignty, and economic and racial justice.
Ana Sigler
Board Secretary & Treasurer
Ana is currently the Fiscal Affairs Coordinator for SRSC and formally a grower (Plum Shed Seeds). As a lover of number-crunching, spreadsheets, organization and quietly working behind the scenes, she loves holding down the role of Treasurer. She has been working with budgets, data, and numbers in general for many years. Her background is in Ecological Restoration and she has a Bachelor's Degree in Conservation Biology from Kent State University. She lives in Sandpoint, ID and works remotely for the business. She lives with her family in Sandpoint, ID where she grows copious amounts of flowers (both annuals and perennials).
Board Secretary & Treasurer
Ana is currently the Fiscal Affairs Coordinator for SRSC and formally a grower (Plum Shed Seeds). As a lover of number-crunching, spreadsheets, organization and quietly working behind the scenes, she loves holding down the role of Treasurer. She has been working with budgets, data, and numbers in general for many years. Her background is in Ecological Restoration and she has a Bachelor's Degree in Conservation Biology from Kent State University. She lives in Sandpoint, ID and works remotely for the business. She lives with her family in Sandpoint, ID where she grows copious amounts of flowers (both annuals and perennials).
Casey O'Leary
Board Member at Large
As the co-founder of SRSC, Casey has been intimately involved in the organization since its inception, working arm-in-arm with other seed freaks to grow it from a tiny seed to the flourishing bioregional resource it is today. Cooperative management has always been a core philosophy of the business, but it took over 7 years to actually make the transition to a legal cooperative. Casey proudly participated on the cooperative transition committee, and is now grateful for the opportunity to serve on the Board of Directors. She enjoys edu-taining folks about the wonders of the natural world, and the wonders of seeds specifically. And she really, really loves growing lovage.Â
Board Member at Large
As the co-founder of SRSC, Casey has been intimately involved in the organization since its inception, working arm-in-arm with other seed freaks to grow it from a tiny seed to the flourishing bioregional resource it is today. Cooperative management has always been a core philosophy of the business, but it took over 7 years to actually make the transition to a legal cooperative. Casey proudly participated on the cooperative transition committee, and is now grateful for the opportunity to serve on the Board of Directors. She enjoys edu-taining folks about the wonders of the natural world, and the wonders of seeds specifically. And she really, really loves growing lovage.Â
Katie Painter
Board Member At Large
Katie lives on an urban homestead in Garden City where she grows flower seeds for the coop, grows a garden, and keeps chickens and bees. She has been growing seeds for Snake River since the early days of the coop and really appreciates all of the amazing folks involved in this project, and the opportunities to learn about new plants, amazing varieties, and all the details that go into growing and packaging viable seeds! Katie also works for a non-profit that makes learning materials for farmers (isedsolutions.net), and gets to help some of her favorite local non-profits with fundraising. Aside from work, she enjoys exploring the wilds of the Intermountain West with her family and making sure her kids can identify at least a few plants. Â
Board Member At Large
Katie lives on an urban homestead in Garden City where she grows flower seeds for the coop, grows a garden, and keeps chickens and bees. She has been growing seeds for Snake River since the early days of the coop and really appreciates all of the amazing folks involved in this project, and the opportunities to learn about new plants, amazing varieties, and all the details that go into growing and packaging viable seeds! Katie also works for a non-profit that makes learning materials for farmers (isedsolutions.net), and gets to help some of her favorite local non-profits with fundraising. Aside from work, she enjoys exploring the wilds of the Intermountain West with her family and making sure her kids can identify at least a few plants. Â