Board of Directors
Food AND Medicine has an all-volunteer 15 person Board of Directors. Board Members are elected by our members at the Annual Meeting, serve three-year terms, with no term limits. Our Board Members all play an active role in our programs and events.
Erin Oberson, President, of Old Town, is a Registered Nurse at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, and steward in Maine State Nurses Association (NNU). She is also Vice President of Eastern Maine Labor Council, and is active in issues around worker rights. Erin and her husband have four children. She was elected to the Board in 2019; the Board elected her Vice President in 2020 and President in 2021.
Marc Cryer, Treasurer & Steering Committee, of Glenburn is the Director of the Bureau of Labor Education at the University of Maine, a department dedicated to providing education, information, and research to workers and labor organizations in Maine. He is a California licensed attorney with a background in public sector labor relations, collective bargaining, and workplace conflict resolution. Marc has been involved with FAM for several years and often speaks about labor issues at FAM events and was elected to the Board in 2018.
Eamon Laskey, Steering Committee. Eamon worked part time for us in fall 2022 and was elected to the Board in 2023. He lives in Eddington and currently works as an Eligibility Specialist for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
Molly Slotznick, Steering Committee, of Bangor, supports Food AND Medicine’s work to strengthen its organizational structures and processes. Molly works in the Office of MaineCare Services at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services; she has also worked in the areas of food and nutrition insecurity, climate resilience, and international development. Molly joined the Board in 2019; she is a past board VP.
Brian Markey, of Kenduskeag, works for Maine Department of Transportation and is an active member of Maine Service Employees Association, SEIU local 1989. He's a Trustee of the Eastern Maine Labor Council, and has volunteered with Solidarity Harvest for several years. Brian joined the Board in 2022.
Maulian Dana Bryant, is the Executive Director of Wabanaki Alliance, and formerly the Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador. She has spoken at several FAM events on issues facing Maine's Indigenous people, including Tribal Sovereignty. She was elected to the Board in January 2023.
Chuck Fraser, of Newburgh, is a longtime FAM Member, and has participated in Solidarity Harvest and the Eastern Maine Labor Council in his role as former president and business agent with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1253. Chuck is now enjoying retirement from the IBEW. He was elected to the board in 2024.
Kimberly Lawson Tobias, of Manchester, is a Journeyman Electrician for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1253. She has been involved with Food AND Medicine since FAM began, as Kim's dad, Dan Lawson, was very active in FAM and the Eastern Maine Labor Council while she was growing up. Kim is an active union member, speaking out on worker issues, particularly on women in trades, and started a women's group at her local. She was elected to the Board in 2025.
Daniel Carson, of Bangor, is a labor activist who has been involved with Food AND Medicine for several years. He is active with all four of Maine's central labor councils and the Maine AFL-CIO, the A. Philip Randolph Institute and the Maine Labor Choir. He was elected to the Bangor City Council in November 2025, and was elected to FAM's board earlier in 2025.
Jennifer Lund, of Argyle is the Chief Apiarist and Bee Inspector for the State of Maine. She has been involved in Food AND Medicine for many years, and particularly enjoys the Solidarity Harvest Auction. Jen was elected to the Board in 2025.
Jackson Peck, of Brewer, is a restaurant worker and student at University of Maine. Jackson worked as a Community Organizer for Food AND Medicine from 2022-2025, when he left to finish his degree. Jackson has lots of experience working on political campaigns, and was elected to the Board in 2025.
John Welton, of Orono, works for Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA). He was introduced to Food AND Medicine several years ago when he interned with us as he earned his Master's Degree from the University of Maine. John was elected to the Board in 2025.
Beth French, of Searsport, is a Belfast Area High School graduate and University of Maine alumni. She is a veteran educator of 23 years having achieved her national board certification in 2022. She currently works full-time in the classroom as an interventionist at East Belfast Elementary School. Beth serves as a local union president in RSU 71 (Belfast) where she leads a wall-to-wall unit of both certified and educational support staff. She's a local grievance officer, labor management chair, and chief negotiator for both bargaining unit contracts. She is deeply involved with the Maine Education Association, has led various roles in the organization, including; serving on MEA Resolutions Committee, MEA Government Relations Committee, on the MEA President’s Advisory Council, and the Chair of MEA Strategic Budget Committee (to name only a few!). Beth has served on the MEA Board of Directors for over a decade as Board of Director for District D, the MEA Treasurer (for two terms) and currently as the MEA Vice President. She lives in Searsport with her husband and three sons. Beth has been involved with Food AND Medicine through Solidarity Harvest for a number of years, and was elected to the Board in 2026.
Peter Howe, of Orono is a PhD student at the University of Maine in the School of Forest Resources, studying and mapping the past century of forest change across Maine. He is also an organizer with the UMaine Graduate Workers Union (UAW Local 7650), representing one thousand graduate research and teaching assistants across Maine’s University System. Peter was a member the Union’s bargaining team that negotiated their first contract in 2025, and he now serves as Vice President for the Local. He joins FAM as a member of the Eastern Maine Labor Council and a past volunteer with Solidarity Harvest and local election campaigns organized at the Solidarity Center. Peter was elected to the Board in 2026.
Shawn Yardley, of Bangor, retired from a career in social services at the state and local levels in 2023 but not before he accepted the appointment by Governor Mills to chair the Statewide Homeless Council. Most recently, the CEO of Community Concepts in Lewiston, Shawn previously served as the Director of Health and Human Services for the City of Bangor for 9 years where he oversaw public health, housing and General Assistance. He has been a FAM member for over 15 years, and was (re) elected to the Board in 2026. Shawn and his wife Rita live in Bangor and together they are the proud parents of 7 children and 13 grandchildren.