CISA is pleased to announce Phil Korman as our next Executive Director. He brings to the position strong management experience, energy, intelligence, and a passion for protecting and sustaining our region’s agricultural resources. CISA’s Board and staff welcome his leadership as we enter our 15th anniversary year.

A resident of Northampton, Phil received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his masters degree in public health from the University of California at Berkeley. As National Priorities Project’s Director of Development for the past seven years, Phil has been responsible for a national development program that has doubled the organization’s revenues, diversified its funding and helped strengthen its management practices. National Priorities Project shows how federal tax and spending policies impact local communities in every state in the country.

He has also served as Program Manager at the Franklin Regional Council of Governments, where he aided towns and non-profit organizations in organizational planning and securing financial resources, and as a founding director of an independent Western MassCOSH, a coalition of workers, unions and health and legal professionals that improve workplace health and safety conditions.

Phil officially joins CISA on March 31 and is excited about taking the reins. He is looking forward to working with the board, staff and volunteers in helping CISA build on its past successes and meeting the challenges our community faces in growing, harvesting, processing and delivering local food and farm products to all our tables.