WSFMA’s Board of Directors is comprised of farmers market organizers, partners, and community members who are elected by WSFMA member farmers markets at the annual meeting. The Board’s ensures that the WSFMA pursues its mission with the highest standards of ethics, integrity, and fairness and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Effective Board service is critical to WSFMA’s fulfillment of its mission.
The WSFMA Board of Directors meets monthly via a video call, usually the fourth Friday of the month. All Board meetings are open to the WSFMA member markets. Board members are volunteers who serve a 2-year term in accordance with the WSFMA Bylaws.
If you have a vested professional commitment to the future of WA farmers markets and the WSFMA, have experience in executive leadership and/or as a member market manager or volunteer, we are eager to talk with you! Please see our Board Member Expectations and email info[at]wafarmersmarkets[dot]com for an application. Applications for the 2025 elections will be released around Thanksgiving and due around Martin Luther King Jr Day.
Pamela Daudet, (2025)
Community Member, Farmer
Pamela is a farmer in the Olympia area who keeps a variety of company with her Angus cattle, spotted hogs, and chickens for meat, eggs, and breeding. In addition she has 5,000 square feet of gardens, raises honey bees. She also breeds AKC mini-dachshunds and AKC great Pyrenees. Parrots come into the mix as a part time endeavor. On the human side, Pamela has four children and a great husband. A retired CPA, Pamela also volunteers as the community outreach coordinator for LCBA (honey bees) and Italian club of Olympia.
Jessica Huerta, (2025)
Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market
Originally from Northern California, Jessica has been part of the Wenatchee Valley community for over 6 years, and managed Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market for a couple of year and is now a member of the Board of Directors. I wanted to continue to stay involved in the organization and support our amazing vendors and educate our community in how much value farmers markets bring to communities. My professional background varies from Farm & Commercial insurance, retail management, to my current role in public transportation planning in Chelan and Douglas County. When I’m not busy volunteering or running around during my down time, I love spending time with my two dogs, Sage, and Ember.
Whitney Jenkins (2025)
Community Member, Member Market Volunteer
Whitney was born and raised in the Seattle area though her love for sunshine and a longer growing season drew her to the east side of the mountains. She resides in Yakima where she and her partner own and operate a small winery. After working on small farms for over a decade, she has moved from the fields to the office and is currently in school for
accounting. Whitney has experience as a vendor, volunteer, and bookkeeper for markets across the state, giving her a deep appreciation for the value farmers markets have in a community.
Matt Kelly, President (2025)
Queen Anne Farmers Market
Matt is the Executive Director of the Queen Anne Farmers Market. Matt’s passion is bringing people together and local food is the best way he knows how! Matt loves cherry season at the market. “There’s nothing like sunny Seattle days with a big bag of Rainier cherries!” He enjoys family trips to the beach, woodworking, and gardening. His business operations and systems background, paired with years of experience as a market manager give him a valuable perspective ready to share on the WSFMA board. Matt also serves on the board of the Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce and freelances in event production throughout the Puget Sound region.
Jerry Shackette, Secretary (2025)
Community Member
Jerry is originally from Spokane and enjoyed many years in public relations and the hospitality business before accepting a faculty position at College of the Ozarks near Branson, Missouri. He led the Hotel and Restaurant Management and Culinary Arts programs at this liberal arts work college beginning in 1997. Jerry moved “back home” to the Pacific Northwest in 2015. He is currently Development / Program Manager at Friendship House in Mount Vernon which is the primary provider of services for the homeless in Skagit County. Jerry currently serves as a serves as a development associate working remotely. In 2015 Jerry served as a volunteer market info booth worker, board member, two-term treasurer, and completed two terms as Board President for the Mount Vernon Farmers Market.
Barbara Soto (2025)
Community Member, Farmer
A third generation livestock farmer from the Boistfort Valley (near Chehalis), Barbara has been involved as a farm vendor a six farmers markets. Taking Washington grown to people is of utmost importance to her whether it is produce, livestock, or trees. Barbara and her family live on their 100 acre farm and has 30 cow calf pairs, run 10 sows, and about 175 laying hens and average 300 meat birds a year.
Debra Stansbery, Vice President (2026)
Community Member, Farmer
Deb has been obsessed with food for as long as she can remember. She earned a degree in Biology at Whitman College, fell in love with bees and studied pollination behavior and small-scale agriculture. She has always worked outside, building sustainable trails in Colorado, doing Outdoor Education and farming. Working on a variety of farms and participating in Farmers Markets all over the country gives her an expansive and unique perspective that she is excited to share on the WSFMA Board. She has most recently served three years as President of the Wenatchee Farmers Market Board and owns her own diversified vegetable farm.