Meet The Team

Staff

Megan Kemple

Executive Director

Megan Kemple (she/her) has over 25 years of non-profit experience supporting Oregon’s agricultural community. In 2017 she founded OrCAN and has focused on building a healthy organization and leading OrCAN's advocacy efforts. Prior to her work at OrCAN, she founded and directed several other non-profit projects, including the Oregon Farm to School and School Garden Network. Megan is an avid locavore and loves hiking and swimming in mountain lakes.

Sage Fairman

Deputy Director (se habla español)

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Sage Fairman (she/her) has over 7 years of experience in food systems work across the Pacific Northwest, with a focus on regenerative agriculture, bilingual farm business support, and farmworker advocacy. She has managed market access programs for Latine farmers, raised chickens on an educational farm, and served on various advisory committees, including on rural downtown revitalization projects. Sage loves farmers markets, cooking with friends, biking, and bird watching.

Sophie Els

Policy Coordinator

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Sophie Els (she/her) is an experienced writer and policy analyst, and holds a graduate degree in climate science & policy from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Sophie comes from a family of wheat farmers in Eastern Washington, and is passionate about increasing access and support for climate-smart farming. Outside of work, you can usually find her at the local library, trying to beat her yearly reading goal.

Emeric Turner

Operations Coordinator & Communications Assistant

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Emeric Turner (they/them) has worked in nonprofit education and administration for 7+ years, focusing on equitable, sustainable program development and financial management. As a formally trained freelancing artist, they have over a decade of practice at the intersection of art and activism. Emeric loves connecting with the forest, trying to turn their living room into one, and the magic of creation.