Voting is open for four board of directors seats.
Voting will be open from Tuesday, April 1 through Wednesday, April 30. Please vote yes or no for each of the four board candidates below. Paper ballots are available in the store and will be on hand at the Annual Meeting. Please note: An active co-op membership share is required for voting and each household only has one vote. Thank you for participating and exercising your Member-Owner rights and responsibilities!
Please scroll down below the form to read our candidates’ statements.
Karim Tabbaa
Based in Cottekill, NY, Karim is a father of two, video editor/producer and coop enthusiast. He has been involved with coops since being introduced to them in college, co-founding the Meerkat Media video production Coop, and serving as the head of sourcing for the Bushwick Food Coop. In his free time Karim enjoys painting, playing guitar, cooking and gardening.
Zack Brown
Zack Brown, Treasurer of the HFFC Board, grew up in the Hudson Valley. His family helped start the Co-op 40 years ago and he has been in and out of the Co-op in all of its locations his whole life. After living out west for years, Zack moved back to the Hudson Valley to be closer to family and the amazing local food being grown and produced here. He works as a builder, caterer, and private chef. As a board member, Zack is excited to continue to support the vibrant local food scene that is surrounding this Valley.
Jerrie Gullick
Jerrie has been on the board of the High Falls Food Co-op for the last six years. During that time she has held the positions of both Treasurer and Secretary, and has served 3 different years as Co-President, and is currently serving in that role with Ginny Redgate. She has seen the co-op go through a number of transitions, helping to implement Policy Governance and the current Equity/Patronage Refund system of ownership at the Co-op. In her former life, she was an accountant for numerous small companies before retiring in 2010. She enjoys working with the community and is looking forward to serving another three years.
Ginny Redgate
Ginny is one of the board’s co-Presidents, as well as a tech marketing professional and ceramic artist. She’s been fortunate to have the opportunity to contribute to the transformation of established tech brands such as IBM and Microsoft as well as successful NYC tech startups like AppNexus and Sprinklr. Her work ranges from messaging, to executive communication, advertising and event production. Her labors of love are her ceramic work and spending time in her garden in New Paltz, where she splits her time with Brooklyn. She is also a marketing advisor for Cornell Technion Studio Startup students looking for feedback on their marketing approaches for their new technology business plans.
Ginny’s interest in food co-ops started in the late 70s with the Putney Food Co-op in Vermont. In those days she simply coordinated the distribution of nuts, granola and other staples to her roommates and other cohorts in CT. More recently, she was delighted to find the High Falls Co-op was down the road from her New Paltz home and she’s been an enthusiastic and devoted shopper and member since. She enjoys extending her keenness of the Co-op with her children, who live nearby in Poughkeepsie and Queens and any friends who come to stay! She’s thrilled to support the Co-o’s mission to contribute to the local community she loves so much.