A longtime Cedarbrook/East Mount Airy resident, Kiasha Huling joined the board of directors in February 2023. Kiasha is a social worker and nonprofit administrator. She has worked with communities and organizations in Philadelphia across the sectors of Public Health, Environmentalism, Community Engagement and Organizational Development. Kiasha is a graduate of Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. 

Kiasha also serves as an environmental organizer for West and Southwest Philadelphia with the Clean Air Council. Her work also extends to advisory roles with PHMC HUP at Cedar Health Campus, Hunting Park Green, City of Philadelphia Department of Health Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Unit, University of Pennsylvania’s Injury Science Center, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Healthy Neighborhoods Advisory Committee and The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Water Table. Kiasha also serves as Vice Chair of UC Green, Philadelphia’s oldest and largest community greening nonprofit organization. 

Kiasha’s commitments to community and mission are rooted in the advancement of equitable, inclusionary services and intervention that yield safer, greener, healthier communities. Practiced in the disciplines of humanistic design and community organizing, Kiasha values amplifying, addressing and adhering to the vision and goals of the people as a prerequisite to successful systems and entities.

Kirsten is a mother of two, originally from New Jersey.  She made a big leap of faith when she moved to the Germantown section of Philadelphia with her young children in 2006.  Kirsten has an eclectic professional background, including time spent working in the field of culinary arts.  Most notably, she has worked for Weavers Way Co-op for the past eighteen years and currently serves as the Membership Manager.  In the Spring of 2022, she joined the team at Food Moxie to lend operational support.  Kirsten has a BS in Early Childhood Education and believes in the power of education to transform people’s lives.

Chair

Samantha is a strategic leader and systems thinker dedicated to advancing health equity and brings over a decade of experience in food systems, public health, and community engagement.  She currently serves as the Program Officer for the Regional Foundation, overseeing strategic partnerships and operations to support organizations addressing community and economic development initiatives. 

 Previously, she worked as the Senior Manager of Ending Hunger for Good at Philabundance where she collaborated across sectors and alongside Philadelphia residents to address the root causes of hunger. Samantha has also served as the Director of Community Impact at the American Heart Association and as the Manager of Government and Community Affairs at Share Food Program.  

 Samantha received a Master of Science in Human Nutrition from Drexel University, a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from University of North Carolina at Asheville, and Certificate in Community Development from the University of Stellenbosch.  She is a licensed Registered Dietitian, and she also completed the City of Philadelphia’s Citizen’s Planning Institute program in 2023.

 Samantha grew up in Bucks County and has lived in Philadelphia for over 12 years.  She is dedicated to cultivating authentic relationships and advocating for racial and economic justice.

Glenn Bergman is the founder of Food Moxie: his vision of Weavers Way sponsoring its own non-profit focused on increasing access to healthy food has blossomed into a multi-site organization that engages in a variety of partnerships to empower children, youth, and families with the values and knowledge to be healthy, strong, and informed.Glenn is a long-time resident of East Mt. Airy with his wife Dianne, a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at CHOP, and dog Chase. 

Liz has been part of Food Moxie since its inception. She is deeply interested in our community and in supporting families and children. She believes that working on critical issues on a small scale can teach us much about how to have real impact with families as Food Moxie is doing at Stenton Family Manor and through its other programs at Saul, MLK HS and Awbury Agricultural Village.

Andrea Turner is a seasoned corporate finance professional with nearly 25 years of experience in Governance, Finance and Audit in multinational banks and finance companies. As a governance professional, she is currently responsible for the oversight Capital Adequacy reporting processes. As part of a strong Citizenship agenda at her bank, the opportunity to join Food Moxie came about Andrea strives to bring her energy, commitment and expertise to make a meaningful impact in service to the community as a board member and volunteer. Andrea lives in the western suburbs of Philadelphia with her husband, teen daughter and two dogs where she enjoys supporting the local music community and reading a good mystery.