Written by Jan Nigro, November 2025 Jim Wells was born in a small town in Nebraska, grew up in Toronto and eventually settled in Ithaca where he went to high school. He then went to school for tv and radio and got into corporate video production and from there got involved in making training and […]
Written by Jan Nigro, September 2025 Gretchen Rymarchyk is from Lafayette NY and came to Ithaca for grad school. She has a Bachelor’s in Psychology and Master’s in social work and a PhD in policy analysis & planning. She’s also taught, and done a lot of social work in the community here. She retired from […]
By Jan Nigro, 2025 When I first joined FDN several years ago, Art Pearce was the first person to help me learn the ropes. I didn’t know at the time that he had been involved with FDN for many years. “In 2009, Sara Pines approached me and several others explaining that she needed help figuring […]
Written by Kat Meadows, April 2025 Theresa Fulton is a deeply engaged community member who works to support people facing housing insecurity, food access challenges, and broader systemic neglect. Through both formal and informal efforts, she provides essential resources to individuals living in difficult conditions—including those in encampments and temporary shelters. Much of her work […]
