{"id":56,"date":"2023-07-11T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox2.gfl.rtd.asu.edu\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:16:06","slug":"core-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/core-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uds-hero-sm alignfull has-btn-row \"><div class=\"hero-overlay\"><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/DSC03481.jpeg\" class=\"hero\" alt=\"A group of people talking and standing on a hill while mountains in the background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/DSC03481.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/DSC03481-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/DSC03481-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/DSC03481-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/DSC03481-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">Core team<\/span><\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"uds-section alignfull allowed-after-hero bg-color \" style=\"background-color: ;\" style=\"\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p>The Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems boasts a dedicated and diverse team of professionals. Comprising experts and specialists from various fields such as ecology, biomimicry, nutrition, anthropology and policy, the team collaborates seamlessly to advance the Center&#8217;s strategic priorities.&nbsp;The team&#8217;s collective commitment to sustainability and broad skill-set ensures that the Swette Center remains at the forefront of pioneering solutions that shape the future of food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-copy-divider\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 mb-6 mb-xl-12\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-4\">Executive Director<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"uds-person-profile mb-6\" style=\"\"><div class=\"profile-img-container\"><div class=\"profile-img-placeholder\"><img src=\"https:\/\/webapp4.asu.edu\/photo-ws\/directory_photo\/3352774?blankImage2=1\" class=\"profile-img\" alt=\"Portrait of Kathleen Merrigan\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person\"><h3 class=\"person-name\">Kathleen Merrigan<\/h3><div class=\"person-profession\"><h4><span>Executive Director and Professor of Practice<\/span><\/h4><h4><span>Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems<\/span><\/h4><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/search.asu.edu\/profile\/3352774\" class=\"btn btn-maroon btn-md\">View profile<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mt-6 mb-4\">Team<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"pf-directory\" class=\"pfpeople-web-directory\" style=\"\" data-searchType=\"departments\" data-pagination=\"35\" data-depts=\"N1702328968\" data-depts=\"N1702328968\" data-exclude=\"kmerriga\" data-alphaFilter=\"false\" data-grid=\"false\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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