Alice Brooke Wilson, Co-Founder and Co-Director, holds a BA in philosophy from Grinnell College and a Master's in Sustainable Development from Appalachian State in Boone, NC. She has six years of experience in non-profit community development work focused on community gardens in New York City and sustainable local agriculture in North Carolina, and previous professional experience in journalism. She grew up on the farm where Maverick Farms in now located and helped found the organization as a way to model the preservation of family farming in the region. She is now working on a PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with an emphasis on sustainable-food movements.

Alice Brooke can be contacted at alicebrooke@maverickfarms.org