Amber Holland

Operations Director

Amber was born and raised in the Willamette Valley and loves what this part of the world has to offer for food and play. As operations director she oversees our five markets. Amber began working with Portland Farmers Market in 2007 while attending graduate school at Portland State University, earning a Masters in Public Administration in 2009.  In addition to her passion for well curated markets and rain gear, she is particularly proud of PFM’s progress in reducing waste and creating inclusive community gathering spaces for Portland residents and visitors.

Lisa Hall

Market Manager

Lisa grew up amongst the redwoods in Humboldt County, California. She relocated to Santa Cruz where she earned her degree in ecology and evolution. Lisa became immensely involved with her campus environmental organizations, being a sustainability events coordinator, working for their seed library and teaching a class on sustainable agriculture. She fell in love with learning about local food systems and food access in the community. Interning at the Santa Cruz farmers market, Lisa worked on educational programs targeting children and nutrition. After graduating, she moved back up to the Pacific Northwest to continue her work with local agriculture. When she isn’t at a market, you’ll find Lisa biking around town, making soup or dancing at funk night.

David Oberstein

Market Manager

David grew up in a rural part of NW New Jersey where he developed an appreciation for open space and farming. He spent a few years working on diversified vegetable farms, both as a grower and as an educator. This helped him to understand the difficulties associated with food production, but the overwhelming joy that comes along with it. His love of agriculture pushed him to pursue a graduate degree in Agricultural Economics in 2014, which deepened his passion for local food systems and their impact on building community. In his free time, David loves chasing waterfalls, baking cookies, and fermenting anything that he feels isn’t cultured enough.

Kelsey Gorman

Assistant Market Manager

Kelsey’s love for sustainable food was sparked by a single black cherry tomato she tasted while working on a small farm in rural Minnesota, and her life has never been the same. She has since worked and volunteered at various urban farms, been a garden educator in a half dozen schools across Chicago, and delved into conferences on natural farming and food justice in the US and India. Through that work, she has become passionate about increasing access to healthy produce and fostering a more equitable food system. She looks forward to continuing on Portland Farmers Markets’ legacy of supporting local farmers and Portlanders of all tastes and incomes. When not at a market, Kelsey is often hiking, indulging in a really good doughnut, or dancing.

Heather Morrill

Community Engagement Manager

Heather joined Portland Farmers Market in 2017 to contribute to the community in a new way. She brings with her 10 years’ experience working alongside underserved populations to bring stability, opportunity and inspiration to Portlanders. With a background in education and social services, Heather is proud to serve PFM’s vision to build, nourish and inspire community by providing access to farm-fresh food. When not at market, Heather enjoys swimming, righteous sauna sessions and growing a single tomato plant each year, entirely for BLTs.

Trudy Toliver

Executive Director

Trudy is a life-long Oregonian, environmentalist and leader. She believes that eating healthy food changes people lives. Her professional career has been all about sustainability. She built her management skills in public transit and with environmental groups. At TriMet, Portland’s transit district, she held several positions over 16 years in areas such as transit planning, community relations, and marketing. Her favorite “claim to fame” is having been TriMet’s liaison with the community to assure that bikes were welcome on buses and trains. Her final years there were spent on the leadership team as Executive Director of Human Resources. In 1999 Trudy shifted her career to environmental non-profits starting as Development Director at Friends of Virgin Islands National Park on St. John. After returning to Portland in 2002, she joined EarthShare Oregon as Executive Director, where she led a federation of 70 conservation groups for the purpose of fundraising in 100 Oregon public agencies and businesses. Her Bachelor’s degree is in Geography from Portland State University. She got her Master’s in Business with focus on organization development from Marylhurst University. Trudy teaches yoga and is a certified nutrition therapy practitioner.

April Spain

Accounting & Office Assistant

“April taught me that I am worthy, likeable, and that commitment is real and good. April taught me how to have family, how to knit, how to chill, how to have faith, how to try. She is the most most unstoppable, the most full of schemes, the most whimsical, the most practical, the most inspiring. We are all so lucky she came to earth.”

Mary Mueller

Program Coordinator

Mary hails from the cold shores of Lake Michigan, where her large, rowdy family is constantly cooking and experimenting with global recipes (i.e. International Family Dinner Night). Her passion for art and travel drew her to the Pacific Northwest, and her excitement for nature and community brought her to the Portland Farmers Market.

After several years working in youth education she hopped onto the film festival circuit, working with renowned festivals such as the Milwaukee Film Festival, the Portland International Film Festival, and local favorite Filmed by Bike. Her nonprofit management specialties are in volunteer and event coordination, and she espouses that volunteers are the best part of the nonprofit world.

You can usually find Mary exploring the mountains, kayaking, or chatting up strangers about the latest book she’s reading. (Really, just ask her what she’s reading – it will make her day!)