President

Association Member since 2006

Tractor Team member, Past Ground Committee Chair & Vice President

Rob is the owner of Connection Technologies, LLC and is passionate about continuing the mission to restore, preserve, and protect the farm for present and future generations.  He loves the opportunity to work on the property with the other volunteers to continue to improve the efficiency and resilience of the project.

Julie Guerin has been the Secretary for the Assoc since 2014 and a member since 2008. She designed and oversees the Colonial Garden;  Chairs the Annual Perennial Plant Sale. 

Prior to retiring, Julie worked at DELL Corp.  She served as a member of the Cumberland Conservation Commission for over 20 years in both the Chair and Secretary roles.  She is the head of the Garden Committee at St John Vianney Church. 

Carrie Almon is a seasoned financial professional with over 25 years of experience in accounting, treasury operations and management, corporate finance, as well as budgeting, planning, and analysis. Since joining the Association in 2018, she has served as Treasurer and is also an active member of the Harvest Festival Committee and the No-Till Garden Committee. 

Will serves as our Historian and BSA/ Girl Scout Liason.  He is part of the Harvest Festival Committee.

He and his family were the recipient sof the  Franklin Farm Silver Trowel Award.

Will  is a Manager of the Unix Team at Johnson & Wales University. He also serves as a Board of Trustee with the Cumberland Library. 

Tractor Team Chair  & Grounds Committee Chair, He is an advocate for the environment and Board of Directors Member of the Blackstone River Watershed Council.  Frank is instrutmental in the education of use and maintenance of all farm equipment to future generations. Past BOD Positions: President, Vice President

Denise was a founding member of the HMFFPA (and is a neighbor of the farm). Currently, she  is the Communications Director (social media and web design), on the Education Committee and occassional Tractor driver. She has served as President, Vice President, and Communications, Volunteer & Education Director.

Denise is a STEM Instructor./ Tutor with a focus on  Science & Engineering  for homeschool students and an out- of- school educator.  

Education Director, Education Committee Chair 

Kathy has been a member of the Farm Community since 2007 when she created a Summer Science Program for elementary school children.  Since then she has served in a variety of roles, from pulling weeds  to pulling the manure spreader with the tractor. 

Kathy is a retired Kindergarten teacher.  Many of her students return to the farm each year as students, educators and volunteers.

Judy as been the Community Garden Chair for over 10 years. She brings her knowledge of gardening and harvesting.
She is also part of the Harvest Festival Committee.

Judy also serves on the Cumberland Community Response Team 

Prior to retiring she was a Graphics Technician.

John has been actively involved with the farm since 2021 and has been an avid gardener since the early 1970s, when he first learned about growing fruits and vegetables from his mother. He has a passion for cultivating hot peppers and enjoys creating hot pepper jams, tomato sauce, and other homemade specialties.

John dedicates much of his time to volunteering with the Community Garden, where he boxes fresh vegetables, weighs them, and distributes them to local food pantries and agencies.

Professionally, John works as an MFL auditor at FM Global. He also serves as the Treasurer of Troop 12 Berkeley-Ashton and previously held the role of Treasurer for Pack 12 Berkeley-Ashton for many years.

Rick's primary involvement involves the tractors and related equipment.

With an engineering background, "special projects" is an area where he contributes.

Examples would be the irrigation system and the upcoming Greenhouse project.

Rick recently was appointed as head of the Grounds Committee.