Announcing our new Interim Executive Director, Jamie Wallace

A statement from Urban Harvest STL’s Board of Directors

As an organization, we’ve never been one to shy away from a challenge – from building a rooftop growing space when our ground-level farms were uprooted, to expanding from one farm site to a network across the city, to growing and donating more food than ever before despite a global pandemic.

Clare Higgins Siegel, former Executive Director

Since the fall of 2018, we have been led in these efforts by Clare Higgins Siegel, board member-turned-Development Director-turned Executive Director. Clare’s long-term commitment to the organization, her welcoming presence, and her generous leadership during such a formative period have helped Urban Harvest STL define its role in St. Louis’s food justice movement and catalyze the work to which we aspire in our mission.

We celebrate Clare’s years of dedication to Urban Harvest STL as we announce that she will be stepping away from her role as Executive Director to focus on her family after the birth of her twins.

Jamie Wallace, Interim Executive Director

We are also thrilled to share that Jamie Wallace, formerly Director of Operations, will be continuing to guide us in our work as the new Interim Executive Director.

Jamie has been involved with the organization since 2015, first as a volunteer, then as a board member before joining the leadership team. She has worked closely with Clare since 2018 to grow the organization and foster meaningful partnerships, programs, and antiracism efforts.

We are confident that appointing Jamie in this Interim role will allow Urban Harvest STL to seamlessly continue the work on our farms and in the community while we take the time to move forward intentionally and deliberately in order to make the best possible decisions for our organization and our community.

We are excited about this new chapter in our organization and will continue to keep you updated!