Like all non-profits, we are governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. The Cooking with Kids Advisory Board is comprised of former board directors and other community members and experts. We are grateful to these volunteers in our community for championing the mission of Cooking with Kids!
Board of Directors





In February 2013, Charles opened Bouche Bistro in Santa Fe, which has garnered substantial acclaim and press, including Travel and Leisure Magazine’s “Top Ten French Restaurants in the U.S.” In August of 2017, Charles sold Bouche to NM Fine Dining, a restaurant development group based in Santa Fe. Charles has stayed on with NMFD as Consultant, spearheading the development of two new projects, the Modern Southwestern Maize Restaurant and Trattoria A Mano, which features freshly-made pasta nightly. NM Fine Dining has several new projects in the works, including the revival of the iconic Bobcat Bite, on the outskirts of Santa Fe.
When not developing new dining opportunities for Santa Fe locals, Charles cooks with his wife and children, enjoys an active lifestyle of hiking and yoga, and travels the world seeking new flavors and ideas.


Michael holds a B Comm and B Acc from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and was qualified as a Chartered Accountant and CPA. He enjoys spending time cooking for his family, fly-fishing, walking his dog, and recently moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is keen to focus the next stage of his career on offering his expertise to the not-for-profit sector.

Mary Anne enjoys gardening, photography and cooking together with her husband.

In addition to being a Co-Lead Chef Instructor at his Alma Mater, the Santa Fe Community College, he also teaches at The Santa Fe School of Cooking. He loves working with the students and getting the opportunity to help shape and impart his knowledge and experience into the culinary potential of these bright individuals.

Advisory Board
Kate Collins
- Grapeful
- Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta, founder & continuing board member
- ARTSmart board member
Veronica C. García, Ed.D.
- Superintendent of Santa Fe Public Schools
- Former Executive Director for New Mexico Voices for Children
- New Mexico’s first Cabinet Secretary of Education
Diana Gonzales-Pacheco, DCN, RD
- Research Nutrition Manager at the CTSC Exercise Lab and the Metabolic Kitchen at the University of New Mexico Clinical and Translational Science Center
Cheryl Alters Jamison
- Four-time James Beard award-winning author
- Culinary Consultant (culinary tourism & outdoor kitchen design)
Carla Lopez
- Former Board member on the Santa Fe Public School Board of Education
- Community activist and organizer in the fields of law, environment, Native American and Chicano-specific issues, schools, & health
Carl Luff, CPA
- White & Luff Financial Inc./Raymond James Financial, co-founder & co-owner
Deborah Madison
- Founding chef, Greens restaurant in San Francisco
- James Beard award-winning cookbook author
- Former board member, Santa Fe Farmers’ Market
Susan Nelson-Blakely
- Food Marketing Consultant, retired
- Expertise in nutrition education and communications
Jan Poppendieck
- Professor Emerita of Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York
- Policy Director, New York City Food Policy Center at the Hunter College School of Public Health
- Author of Free For All: Fixing School Food in America, (University of California Press, 2010)
- 2011 James Beard Foundation leadership award winner
- www.janetpoppendieck.com
Michael Roach
- Entrepreneur Founder and former president of CleanAIR Systems
- Recipient of City of Santa Fe’s 2011 Innovative Entrepreneur Award
Lynn Walters, PhD
- Licensed Nutritionist
- Founder, Cooking with Kids, Inc.
Former Directors of the Board
Gloria Zamora
2013 – 2015 & 2019, Director
2015, Vice Chair
2016 – 2018, Chair
Tony Gerlicz
2012 – 2018, Director
Jodi Vevoda
2012 – 2018, Secretary/Treasurer
Susan Nelson Blakely
2012 – 2018, Chair
Jennifer Fresquez
2011 – 2013, Secretary/Treasurer
2013 – 2017, Vice Chair
Cheryl Alters Jamison
2010 – 2011, Vice Chair
2011 – 2013, Chair
2014 – 2016, Director
Diana Gonzales-Pacheco
2010 – 2013, Vice Chair
Carla Lopez
2006 – 2009, Director
2010 – 2011, Chair
Marion Kalb
2006 – 2010, Chair
Blanche Harrison
2006 – 2010, Secretary/Treasurer