Rebekah Smillie, President, has lived in Newton for the last 6 years with her husband, Jonathan, and their three young children. For several years, she has been a volunteer and board member of City Sprouts, an organic gardening program in the Cambridge public schools. Her volunteer activities also include serving on the board of the Russell Cooperative Preschool, coaching 2nd grade soccer, and teaching 1st grade church school at the First Unitarian Society of Newton. Rebekah has a master's degree in education from Stanford University and has worked in educational research for Palo Alto-based Institute for Research on Learning.

Jon Regosin, Chair of the Fundraising Committee, serves on the Board of Directors of the Newton Conservators and grows much of his family's summer produce on a small plot adjacent to his Newton home. He is a Conservation Biologist with the Endangered Species Program at the MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife and has led numerous nature walks and educational programs for non-profit organizations and schools.

Ted Chapman, Chair of the Farming Committee. A passionate organic gardener for 35 years, he practiced homeopathic medicine and raised a family in Newton with his wife Beverly. After launching his two daughters, he took up a second career in landscape design and will graduate from the certificate program at Arnold Arboretum's Landscape Institute this spring. A member of the Newton Lower Falls beatification committee, his gardens have been featured on the organic garden and Newton garden tours and his home on the annual solar home tour. He produced a Cultural Landscape Report for the Angino Farm, and master plan for the Newton Angino Community Farm will be his final project at the Landscape Institute.

Sam Fogel, Chair and Coordinator of Volunteers, has been a Newton resident for 35 years, and an avid gardener for 40 years. He and wife, Margaret, have a special interest in growing fruit trees and berries with no or very limited use of pesticides. Sam has a PhD in microbiology from the U. of Illinois, Urbana. He and Margaret operate an environmental microbiology laboratory in Watertown specializing in Bioremediation (the use of bacteria to biodegrade hazardous chemicals).  Sam is one of the NCF gardening teachers, designing courses and teaching gardening through the Newton Community Education program.

Peter J. Barrer, Chair of the Building Committee, is a Professional Engineer; in 1989 he founded Demand Management Institute, Inc. to consult to building owners, architects, and utilities on cost effective ways to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. The company has become a New England leader in engineering-based energy efficiency analysis and implementation of complex energy efficiency programs. Presently Mr. Barrer is a consultant to DMI's management. In Newton, Mr. Barrer is a member of the City's Design Review Committee, and a member of the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Renewable Resources.

Gene Rubin is a neighbor to the farm and also the President of the Ledgebrook Condominium Association. Dr. Rubin has a deep interest in the historical significance of Angino farm buildings.

Newton Angino Community Farm   A CSA project serving the Newton community through produce sales, educational programming, special events, open space & historic preservation