Leadership

Formerly a foreign and defense policy analyst at nonprofit organizations, in Congress and at the State Department, and a cartographer at the National Geographic Society. jiscol@celiaccommunity.org

U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and community organizer of Camp Celiac.
campceliac@gmail.com

Professor of English, Cañada College

IT professional, volunteer at Camp Celiac and creator/administrator of Camp Celiac registration system.

Gastroneterologist at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco; Clinical Professor, UCSF; and volunteer physician at Camp Celiac

In Memoriam: Vic was the co-leader of the South Bay support group, co-moderator of the Celiac Bay Area Yahoo Group and co-moderator of the NorCal Gluten-Free Alliance Facebook group. He was a retired marketing manager and product developer and worked in credit card-debit card payments for many years. When he was not writing articles for our website and assisting with marketing, he volunteered his time teaching science to kids in a program that focuses on under-performing schools. He passed away February 2, 2020.

Diagnosed with refractory celiac disease in 2014, Carolyn has since been learning to cook (!), self-educating, advocating, and discovering the tastiest global celiac-safe brands. Currently San Francisco based, Carolyn grew up across three continents, four countries and has studied and worked in several more. She is a global marketing manager for an international tech company, and enjoys skiing, swimming, and listening to Wondery podcasts. You’ll never find her without snacks. She shares her celiac journey @eatingwithelise_.

Amy Fothergill, The Family Chef, is a cooking instructor, consultant and blogger in the San Francisco Bay Area. She teaches public and private cooking classes and helps individuals and families manage meal planning. With training from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, as well as gluten-free experience with her own family, she has adapted her technical cooking knowledge to teach others how to prepare healthy, easy and delicious food. Her focus is on fresh dishes that are big on flavor but not on time. Amy is the author of The Warm Kitchen: Gluten-Free Recipes Anyone Can Make and Everyone Will Love.
amy@amythefamilychef.com
amythefamilychef.com/

Lisa and Tim are the writing and photography team behind the blog Gluten Free Canteen. They have been experimenting with gluten-free baking for over a decade after promising that no recipe would be left behind and whenever possible, use chocolate. They are the authors of Nosh on This: Gluten Free Baking from a Jewish-American Kitchen.
glutenfreecanteen@gmail.com
www.glutenfreecanteen.com/

Deborah Gray is a Sonoma County UX Designer and Web Developer. She has been designing websites for local non-profits and Bay Area businesses for fifteen years. Deborah created this website and provides ongoing consultations on its maintenance and expansion.
http://deborahgraydesign.com/
dgray@deborahgraydesign.com

Anne Crawford is a San Francisco-based consultant, helping small and medium nonprofits implement and optimize Salesforce.  She is also the co-leader of the Bay Area Salesforce Nonprofit User Group.