Our Staff

For more than 30 years, Virginia has developed, directed, and sustained non-profit and faith-based organizations. A graduate of the National Community Development Training Institute, she is skilled in the areas of executive level non-profit management, fund development, program development, affordable housing, and community economic development. She has held executive level positions with Bayaud Enterprises, Mile High Ministries, Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics, ACCESS Housing, The Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado Foundation for Families and Children, and NEWSED Community Development Corporation. Additionally, she has held mayoral and gubernatorial appointments on the Denver Zoning Board, Colorado Correctional Industries Board, and the Denver Neighborhood Health Program Board, and has served on numerous charter school and other non-profit Boards. Current board involvement includes Denver Basic Income Project, The Denver Foundation Community Impact Advisory Board, and Activate Work Solutions.

​Jess grew up in Redfield, Iowa and has always felt deeply connected with the woods and rivers of her home state. Her work at GoFarm is grounded in this sense of connection with and responsibility toward the natural world and in her belief that its bounty - healthy, delicious food - should be shared by everyone. Before coming to GoFarm, Jess worked in the fields of food systems and agriculture, housing and shelter, and education, most recently with Lutheran Services in Iowa’s Global Greens program. In 2012 she graduated from Iowa State University with a Master’s in Sustainable Agriculture and Sociology and a certificate in Social Justice in Higher Education. She loves to spend time hiking, gardening, and building community around social justice and good food!

Tessa is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, where she enjoyed growing up in a diverse community with easy access to both nature and city. She has spent the bulk of her career in the environmental nonprofit world, working for organizations including Environmental Defense Fund, The Nature Conservancy and School Garden Project. She and her family lived in the Willamette Valley of Oregon for many years, where Tessa was able to realize a longtime dream of owning and operating a small, diversified vegetable and flower farm. Craving a change, she and her family decided to move to Denver, where the sunshine can't be beat! Tessa is thrilled to be a part of the GoFarm team and appreciates the opportunity to use the lessons learned in her farming operation to help beginning farmers achieve their own farming dreams. In her free time, Tessa loves gardening, reading, making pottery and spending time in nature with her human and canine family members.

Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Ge’Von has an affinity for the outdoors. He graduated with a double major in anthropology and environmental science in pursuit of understanding the connection of people with nature. Ge'Von has worked in non-profit spaces for the past seven years in youth development and has found ways to infuse environmental stewardship within his work. He also volunteers with an organization called Black People Who Hike whose mission is to get more diversity into outdoor spaces. In his free time, Ge'Von enjoys hiking, bicycling, multi-day backpacking trips, bouldering, and growing plants

Alyssa grew up in central Iowa, where she gained a love of nature and regularly visited a family farm. She learned more about the environment, climate change, and equitable food systems while earning Marketing and Environmental Studies degrees from Iowa State University. She first moved to Colorado to be a ski instructor and enjoy all of the outdoor activities and sunshine. Alyssa worked as a sustainability reporter for 2 years and has experience in marketing and writing about topics such as climate change, food supply chains, food waste, and equity. She is glad to be making an impact in her local community in terms of something we all need, nutritious, affordable, sustainably-grown food. In her free time, Alyssa enjoys skiing, hiking, ultimate frisbee, rock climbing, camping, reading, and movie and game nights with friends.

Jess is originally from just north of Baltimore, Maryland in an area where urban sprawl meets the wild, meets farmland. She's always been interested in cultivating a life that interacts with all facets of reality--the peace and freedom of the wild, the structures and facets of society, and farming--where these things meet in dynamic interaction. She first got interested in organic farming in college during a class on current environmental issues. It was clear to her then that our industrial agricultural system could use an upgrade and for folks, like her, to breathe some life back into it! She's been on a long and winding road from aspiring organic farmer, to restaurant worker buried deep in student debt, to small farm owner and now, to farm-based educator. Paradoxically, as our relationships to the earth and to one another deepen, we seem to stumble upon individual and social liberation. Jess's longest standing hobby is practicing asana, but she's a bit of a seeker at heart, always adventuring and learning a lot in the process.

Sarah recently started her farming career after looking for a more meaningful personal mission during lockdown. She is incredibly passionate about justice in the local food system and wants to see a world where food equality is a reality. Sarah worked as a GoFarm Market Farmer Intern in the summer of 2022 after participating in GoFarm’s whole farm planning course the previous winter. Now she operates a small urban farm in Lakewood. She moved to Colorado in 2019 after graduating with a Bachelors in Economics at the State University of New York at Albany. Her and her partner live in Arvada with their corgi, baby girl and his 8 year old son. On the weekends you can find them enjoying bass music at Red Rocks or camping and fishing out in the mountains.

Jessica’s journey to Colorado began in her home state of Minnesota, where her love for community and connection first took root. Over the years, she built a career in the nonprofit sector, earning her Master’s in Public Relations and leading events, development, and community programs for more than two decades. While serving as Education and Outreach Manager at the St. Peter Food Co-op, Jessica ran a thriving community gardening program and brought lessons on food and sustainability into local K–5 classrooms. Now a proud Colorado resident, Jessica is passionate about sustainable farming practices and ensuring local communities have access to fresh, healthy food. She’s also mom to Lexi (24) and Payton (21) and “Mimi” to Millie (2), all of whom live nearby. Jessica is excited to bring her skills, energy, and heart for community to the GoFarm team.