Slow Food East Bay (formerly Slow Food Berkeley) is the East Bay (Northern CA) chapter of Slow Food. We’re one of over 210 chapters in the U.S. operating within the network of the national non-profit organization Slow Food USA.

Slow Food East Bay’s leaders are volunteers who organize programs that bring Slow Food’s values to our community. We are supported by fundraising and, in small part, by the dues-paying members of Slow Food. We believe that everyone, dues-paying or not, can get involved in the healthy food and agriculture movement. With diabetes and obesity ruining our nation’s health and with climate change and environmental injustice worsening, we can’t afford to ignore the consequences of the way we grow, distribute and eat food

The leaders of Slow Food East Bay are ordinary people who volunteer their time to bring Slow Food’s values to our community. We aren’t “foodies” and we don’t all work in food. We do all believe that organizing our community to share and support good food is a cause that’s worth our time and passion.

The leadership team is 6 co-leaders with elected positions and a steering committee that advises them, offers input and plans events. The team meets once a month. There are no limits to the size of the steering committee, but committee members agree to attend meetings and to co-organize at least one event per year. If you’d like to learn more, please download our bylaws.

Leaders :

Arthur Perley, Chair & Information Technology

Jon Eldan, Vice Chair/Programming & Events

Iris DeSerio, Treasurer

Lisa Quaid, Membership

Sylvia Wu, Communications Chair

Steering Committee

Anna Hillgruber-Smith Clark

Will Gerard

Andy Beahrs

Ed Lewis

Maria McLaughlin

Mat Rogers

Sylvia Wu

Lauren Heumann

Paige Lansing