FFHS TEAM
FFHS Principal:
Roger Turgeon is a long-time chef turned culinary arts instructor, and he responded to the opportunity to design a small specialty school in the mid-2000’s as part of the Gates-funded New Visions project. In 2004, FFHS opened its doors.
In 2016, Principal Turgeon was the recipient of the prestigious Cahn Fellowship at Teachers College, Columbia University. He was one of only 22 Principals nationwide to receive the honor.
Our Assistant Principal:
Michael Bollati
FFHS Chef Instructors:
9th Grade:
Chef Christopher Burgos - Culinary Exploration
10th Grade:
Chef Billy Doherty - Baking 1
Chef Michael Lynch - Culinary Arts 1
11th Grade:
Chef Jonathan Yung - Baking 2
Chef Geoffrey Tulloch - Culinary Arts 2
FEF TEAM
Food Education Fund Staff:
Eliza Loehr, Executive Director
Kat Taveras, Program Director
Nick Noyes, Career Development Manager
Showgofa Hamraz, Director of Operations
Chef Vera Kaltinick, After School Programming
Food Education Fund (FEF)
Board of Directors:
Nan Shipley (Chair)
Angie Buonpane
Keith Cohen
Giovanni Colavita
Dana Cowin
Sean Feeney
Rhonda Powell
Debra Puchalla
Questlove
Alexis Rosenzweig
Claudia Sidoti
Mike Surabian
Steve Tenedios
Food Education Fund
Junior Board:
Jonathan Moldenhauer (Chair)
Ola Akinola
Michael Chao
Nalissa Dyalram
Teishawn Florestal-Kevelier
Rebecca Gildiner
Showgofa Hamraz
Sara Kim
Maya Land
Alex Larson
Alec Leavitt
Jessica McAdaragh
Kyle McCullers
Jon Mero
Hallie Meyer
Jonah Miller
Kevin Nugent
Elizabeth Peralta
Josh Podolsky
Nashali Rivera
Karina Sosa
Christopher Weathered
Nicolas Zuvia
Food Education Fund
Industry Advisory Board:
Food and Finance High
School Advisory Board:
Frank Costantino Monroe College
Ronnie Eldridge Former City Council Member
Liz Neumark Great Performances
Judith Norell Silver Moon Bakery
Andrew Rigie New York City Hospitality Alliance
Amy Scherber Amy’s Bread
Stephen O’Brien Office of School Food
Susan Stockton
Roger Turgeon Food and Finance High School
Philson Warner Cornell University Cooperative Extension
Stanley Zabar Zabar’s
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Jason Pfeifer
Ben Pollinger
Joe Quintana
Anthony Ricco
Missy Robbins
Surbhi Sahni
Aaron Sanchez
Chris Santos
Anthony Sasso
Paras Shah
Amy Stevenson
Bill Telepan
Jamie Tiampo
Christina Tosi
Miguel Trinidad
David Waltuck
Jonathan Waxman
Jessica Weiss
Melba Wilson
Stephen Yen
Geoffrey Zakarian
Brad Farmerie
Rebecca Flammino
Bobby Flay
Joey Fortunato
Amanda Freitag
Michelle Gauthier
Andrew Gold
Ingrid Hoffmann
Jason Hua
Chris Jaeckle
Sara Jenkins
Elizabeth Karmel
Dan Kluger
Mark Ladner
Sarabeth Levine
Bobbie Lloyd
Brandon Lynn
Nick Malgieri
Daisy Martinez
Hemant Mathur
Marc Murphy
Carla Hall (Chair)
Danielle Alex
Ted Allen
Sunny Anderson
Mike Anthony
Greg Baxtrom
Justin Bazdarich
Rob Bleifer
Eric Bromberg
Joe Campanale
Joey Campanaro
Josh Capon
August Cardona
Lena Ciardullo
Andrew Carmellini
Esther Choi
Amanda Cohen
Tom Colicchio
Lawrence Covitt
Suzanne Cupps
John Doherty