The Farm’s volunteer Board of Directors works with the Executive Director to ensure its social, financial, and environmental sustainability.
President: John Kilborn
The Farm is definitely a special place, combining history, the natural landscape, and working agriculture. Walking into the 1827 Barn is to be transported into an earlier era, the tools and wagons seemingly resting in place where they were last used. But, the bustle and people outside and the nearby All Seasons Barn reminds you that the Farm is firmly connected to the present and the future. The Farm is now a community treasure. I have been active in Winchester as a Town meeting member, Climate Action advocate, and supporter of the fish ladder in the Town Center. My day job is an attorney representing the Environmental Protection Agency.
Vice President: Susan McPhee
Currently I am an energy conservation coordinator for municipalities. I’ve also been a retailer, a painter and a Mom. As part of the WLF board, I am working on energy matters among other things. Some energy projects include insulating the farm house and hopefully updating the heating in the farm house. I also help with chicken chores from time to time. Chickens are how our family originally got involved eight years ago – we got in on the ground floor of the chicken coop!
Wandering the trails or the grounds, I feel transported. WLF takes me to a more rural place, a slower paced place – very restorative. Experiencing the farm during all sorts of weather and times of day is fabulous. There are always surprises. My favorite spot on the farm is the top of the hill by the cistern, looking West at sunset.
Treasurer: Jess Zander
I have lived in Winchester since 2001 and have enjoyed picking raspberries in the fields, family fun nights, and attending educational programs and other events through the years. I am honored to be on the board and be associated with such an important and historic institution in this town. Though I don’t grow vegetables (too many rabbits at my house to bother!), I have a deep connection to growing and maintaining plants, and helping others do the same through my garden consulting business, You Can Do It Gardening. Professionally, I have over 30 years of experience in the not-for-profit sector. I am currently the CFO of YWCA Boston, where I have worked since 2017, and have had similar roles at a number of small to mid-sized non-
Clerk: Sneha Patel
I have been a Winchester resident for over 18 years and a neighbor of the farm for over 15 years. I first met the farm when I joined the campaign to help save the farm back in 2007 and continue to be a huge advocate of this natural gem in our town. I personally love the so many aspects of the farm and have really enjoyed watching it evolve over the last decade or so. My family and I go as often as we can for hikes on the nature trails. Some of my farm favorites include yoga at the farm, flowers CSA, and the cocktail nights overlooking sunsets. My husband and I hosted our own Diwali party using the amazing barn as the background for a fun evening.
I am excited and honored to join the board and look forward to the next chapter of the farm’s evolution. In my professional life, I work in the biotech industry in the human resource function. I am married and have a son in the high school. For fun, I enjoy cooking, hiking, yoga, travel, and spending time with friends and family.
Susan Lewis
In the 25 years I’ve lived in Winchester, the Farm has blossomed into a multi-faceted, cherished community resource. I initially got involved by helping to raise the first chicks, and then tending hens and ornery roosters. Long before the lovely guest bathrooms were built or the Farm had an events staff, I held a family celebration on the hill where the beautiful All-Season Barn now sits. It’s an absolute pleasure to now serve on the Board. In other community work, I have served on Town Meeting and on the Board of the Network for Social Justice. I am inspired by—and want to support—the Farm’s efforts to make programming affordable and accessible. Professionally, I worked many years as a producer for the PBS science series NOVA. For the past decade, I’ve been a middle school science teacher, hoping to instill a love of nature in my students.
Dave Judelson
I have lived in Winchester for many years and have supported and watched the farm grow from its inception as a small town resource that saved this beautiful space from development for future generations, to the year round, multifaceted community resource it has become today! I am grateful to be on the Board of Directors and to help in any way that I can.
As a town meeting member, early member of the energy management committee and someone working in renewable energy, I was happy to see the farm was able to get solar panels installed on the two historic barns. This will help Wright-Locke farm become a local model for sustainability as it grows and evolves.
I enjoy hiking around the farm and participating in its many events! I’m a master swimmer, enjoy tennis, pickleball, hiking, kayaking, snorkeling and diving, along with reading and music.
Joan Grenzeback
My first experiences at the Wright-Locke Farm occurred about thirty-six years ago when I brought my children over to pick raspberries, and they proceeded to eat more than they picked. This was when the farm was privately owned. I applaud my fellow board members and the farm employees for their hard work in the past twelve years for creating a public entity that has drawn in the entire town with the many services and activities offered. I particularly love the produce and flower arrangements I’ve purchased as well as the classes, concerts, teas, and special events that I’ve attended in both the 1827 Barn and the new All-Seasons Barn. How I wish the amazing farm education programs for children had been available when my children were young!
I am currently retired after having worked as a guidance counselor/psychologist in the Winchester Public Schools for thirty-two years. During my retirement, I have spent many years serving as a volunteer driver at the Jenks Center, a board member on the Council on Aging, and a Town Meeting member. I am so delighted to have the opportunity to represent the senior community again as a member of the Wright-Locke Farm Board.
