MEET OUR TEAM
Erica Berman
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/ FOUNDER
After 20 years in Paris and Italy, Erica swapped city living for a life steeped in sustainable values, nature, and creating less waste when she moved to Midcoast Maine in 2012 with her French husband, and Veggies to Table co-founder, Alain Ollier. In 2019 the launch of Veggies to Table stemmed from a deep-rooted desire to give back to their community. Previously Erica created and ran the boutique vacation rental company Haven In (luxury rentals in Paris, Provence, and Tuscany) and founded and curated HiP Paris a cultural blog on Paris. In her rare free time, Erica loves to read, cook, learn languages, walk in the woods, snuggle with her cats, and travel off the beaten track. Erica has a passion for flowers, beautiful interiors, industrial furniture, and reclaimed and reused everything. She has a degree in Journalism and Psychology from Syracuse University and originally hails from Lexington, Mass where her family owned Berman’s Wine and Spirits for 115 years—since its inception in 1909 until summer 2024.
Mary Conner
Farm manager
Mary (she/her) is a brand-new Maine resident coming from Georgia where she has managed both non-profit farms and commercial organic farms growing no-till fruits and veggies to provide for the community. With her experience in no-till, permaculture, and organic farming, she is passionate about connecting people to land and food, believing all people have a right to access fresh and healthy produce. She graduated with a degree in Horticulture and Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences from Kansas State University where she spent as much time as possible working on the Student Farm getting her hands dirty. She is a huge bookworm and loves to embroider and cook. She lives with her partner and their three cats right down the road from the farm. Mary grew up in Florida in a house filled with both people and plants.
Megan Achorn
Donor relationship & event manager
Megan is a fundraising professional with a passion for engaging people in meaningful causes. She earned her Sustainable MBA from Unity Environmental University, focusing on sustainability strategies, DEIAB in nonprofits, environmental economics, and leadership. She has worked in various roles where she has led successful fundraising initiatives, developed strategies to engage diverse donors, and managed remote teams. Throughout her career, she has been all about building relationships, effective strategies, and making a positive impact. She lives with her partner, two daughters, one standard poodle and four cats in Bremen. When not working she loves exploring the trails and woods of midcoast Maine.
Kenyon King
Operations Manager
Kenyon has spent her career working in nonprofit and educational administration, including at the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, College of the Atlantic, and Hartford Public Library. An alumna of Maine College of Art, she holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and graduated as a Maine Master Naturalist in 2020. She is an artmaker, bread-baker, and writer, and spends most of her time outdoors hiking or growing tomatoes in her garden. She and her husband live on their East Boothbay homestead with their hound dog Baxter and a small flock of happy chickens.
Ice Lekometros
Farm Consultant
Ice has been farming since 2015 and has managed farms in New York, California, Texas, and New Hampshire. With a degree in agriculture and studio arts she thinks of growing fields as a canvas to be filled with shades of green. She has worked on both large and small farms and feels strongly that growing and donating fresh food is essential for building resilient communities. Ice is a master tinkerer, aspiring woodworker and loves sailing, reading, and splitting firewood. Ice and her wife are currently restoring a log cabin in New York and renovating a farmhouse and barn in Maine.
Jessy Marty
Farmer
Jessy is a gardener and artist from Cape Cod. She has been a landscaper for over seven years, planting flower beds and tending to veggie gardens. In addition, she has worked at a small scale farm and plant nursery, as well as an urban fine gardening company in Boston. In 2024, she obtained a degree in Natural Resources Conservation from UMass Amherst. Her passion for permaculture and sustainability is intertwined with her love for art. In her free time, Jessy loves doing pottery, printmaking, and collecting seashells and driftwood on the beach. Jessy is now completing a van conversion to live out of and travel the United States! She is excited to be a part of the midcoast Maine community at Veggies to Table.
Katherine Treat
Farmer
Kate (she/her) grew up in Washington, DC and has spent many of her summers in Maine. While attending college in North Carolina and working on the college’s 275 acre farm, she discovered her passion for agriculture, and went onto major in Environmental Studies with a minor in Spanish. Throughout the last couple of years, she has dedicated time working on livestock and organic produce farms on the East Coast. She gets true joy in facilitating people to feel acknowledged, cherished, and advocated for – and in fighting to make healthy, delicious food more accessible! Outside of work, she is off discovering new running trails, trying out all of the coffee shops, and creating art.