![Meet the staff](https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/meet-the-staff.jpg)
Meet our staff
For over 75 years, FAS has fostered the voices of world-class experts and early-career researchers alike from a variety of scientific, academic, and professional backgrounds.
meet our Impact Fellows
FAS Support a variety of fellow, residential and adjunct, to further our mission advancing experts, innovators, and early-career talent.
![Ashley Schimke has worked with a variety of food system stakeholders and practitioners across federal nutrition security programs for over 12 years.](https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AshleySchimke.jpg)
Staff Fellow
Ashley Schimke
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![Audrey Peek](https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PXL_20221207_205341345.PORTRAIT2-scaled.jpg)
Staff Fellow
Audrey Peek
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Staff Fellow
Bhavya Mohan
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![Brittni Echols joins FAS after having worked a year with the USDA Agricultural Marketing Services in the Local and Regional Foods Division.](https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CB1_2395-scaled.jpg)
Staff Fellow
Brittni Echols
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Staff Fellow
Candace Young
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Staff Fellow
Christopher J. Gillespie
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![Cristina Jopling has worked both abroad and domestically in sustainable agriculture, grant writing, and food value chain coordination.](https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Headshot-3-scaled.jpg)
Staff Fellow
Cristina Jopling
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![Cynthia Caul is a Regional Outreach Coordinator Impact Fellow.](https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Grey-White-Minimal-Resume.jpg)
Staff Fellow
Cynthia Caul
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Staff Fellow
Dakota Graves
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![Danielle Barber is an Agricultural Marketing Specialist Impact Fellow.](https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Headshot-1.jpg)
Staff Fellow
Danielle Barber
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Staff Fellow
Dominique Dallas
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Staff Fellow
Elizabeth Texeira
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