Jill Isenbarger is executive director of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. Prior to her appointment in March 2009, Jill held top leadership positions with The Nature Conservancy for more than ten years, and previously worked for Harvard University, U.S. Senator Carl Levin and an international architectural firm based in Cambridge, Mass. At Stone Barns Center, Jill works to forge partnerships among farmers, engineers, policy makers, chefs, conservationists, educators and others to help bring about a system of agriculture and a way of eating that reflects and values ecological health, strong communities and the integrity of place, region and season.