Board of Directors

Tiffin Brough, President

Tiffin was born in Wyoming but grew up in the suburbs of the Wasatch front, and has lived in Salt Lake city since 1998. She feels honored to have watched the People's Market grow from an idea over coffee into a flourishing community event. She has always been excited by both fresh local food and folk art and craft and believes the market is an important venue to promote these important experiences.  Tiffin writes locally about all aspects of the local food system, and also plays the fiddle (and has been known to entertain at the market).  She joined the board to contribute to the group's effort to deepen the impact and broaden the benefits of the People's Market for the neighborhood and for Salt Lake City. Tiffin has served on the board of Wasatch Audobon Society and was a Barbra Tanner Community Service Fellow for the Bennion Center.

Robbi Poulson, Vice President

Robbi Poulsson graduated from Westminster with a degree in Economics. When she was introduced to the People's Market she was excited by the prospect for promoting local entrepreneurs and the importance of having the market in the Neighborhood. She is a resident of the Rosepark neighborhood in Salt Lake City and also volunteers her time with the West View community newspaper as business manager.

Kay Robinson, Secretary

Kay was born at the old St. Marks Hospital, and besides a few years in Las Vegas, has lived in Utah her entire life. She is a self-employed caligrapher, house-cleaner, custom seamstress, and a passionate gardener. Kay got involved in the market after meeting Kyle LaMalfa at a "Step-it-Up" rally. When not gardening, Kay can be found sewing or beading with seed-beads. Kay aspires to grow all of the vegetables she needs for the year on her own. Kay is currently serving as Secretary.

Noelle Larsen, Acting Treasurer

Kyle LaMalfa

Founder, Past President

Kyle became active in the Westside community after attending the Westside Leadership Institute in2004.  Kyle also serves on several local boards including the WLI Steering Committee, the University Neighborhood Partners Advisory Board and the Executive Committee for the Moutnainview Community Learning Center.  Kyle is a statistical analyst for large, national companies and local non-profits. 

James Beck

James is thoroughly occupied being an engaged citizen and concerned father of a teenage daughter. James has been involved with the market from its inception. James is a some-time musician with the People's Market House Band, and is currently the manager of the band. He is also an experienced gardener, chicken wrangler, and novice beekeeper.

Angela Brown

Angela H. Brown has run SLUG (SaltLakeUnderGround) Magazine for over a decade, since September of 2000. Since then, she has taken a small black & white zine and turned it into a full-color electrobrite magazine with a strong regional presence. Brown has brought back coverage on Utah's deserving local music scene, Utah's action sports community and continues to give exposure to prominent underground national bands. Along the way, she has pioneered local band compilations Death By Salt (vol.1-4), and has branded numerous successful events: The SLUG GAMES ski and snowboarding series, Summer of Death skateboarding series and Craft Lake City, an alternative art and crafts festival showcasing DIY handmade goods held at the Gallivan Center annually.·Brown is on the advisory boards of local NPR news affiliate KUER 90.1 FM, the Internet community radio station, Utah Free Media (utahfm.org) and The People's Market, a Sunday artisan and farmer's market. Brown is also vice chair of the Utah Art's Alliance, a nonprofit facilitator for the local arts community.

Gina Cornia

Gina is the Executive Director of Utahns Against Hunger. Prior to joining the UAH five years ago, she worked as the Welfare Reform Policy staff at Utah Issues for five years. She has more than ten years of state legislative and policy experience as well as working with Utah's congressional delegation on issues as they relate to hunger and poverty. She has also served on the Utah Food Council, representing the interests of low-income and underserved populations, and has a keen interest in the issues that impact our community as a whole. Gina attended the University of Utah.

Dora Deng

Dora has been a Salt Lake City resident for 21 years. She moved from Oakland in 1987, where she lived briefly after emigrating from China with her husband. Dora works as a staff accountant at a non-profit organization, but is better known around the market as the proprietor of Dora's Kitchen, the place to go for fresh stir-fry. She describes Dora's Kitchen as "my interest, something to do outside of work. I like it a lot!" Dora became involved in the People's Market after meeting Chris Isbell at the 2007 Live Green Festival.

Carly Gillespie

Carly is Outreach Coordinator for Wasatch community Gardens, a local Salt Lake non-profit, and works with community to teach and encourage people to grow and eat local organic and healthy food.  She has always been interested in farming and farmers markets and the larger food system. She is passionate about food access and equality, and joined the People's Market to work towards bringing more affordable and healthy food to the area.

Angela Romero

For the past 20 years, Angela has served on a variety of boards and held multiple leadership position. She has a strong background in community organizing and began her professional career in the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office. Currently, Angela works at the Sorenson UnityCenter as the Program Coordinator to organize, implement and plan all center activities and programs. She is also a resident of the Glendale community where People's Market is located, and has worked closely with the diverse populations that make up the neighborhood. Her goals in serving with the Market include educating the community on the importance of locally grown produce and supportinglocal business.

Nan Webber

Nan is a performer and writer who is proud to live in Salt Lake's West Side and has lived here 25 years. She believes People's Market can influence positive attitudes from other city dwellers to experience the versatility of the West Side and she hopes to welcome kind, and positive interaction. She brings a flair for the arts and interpretive education to her organization skills in planning special events. Nan provided the inspiration and planning for the Annual Book Day at People's Market which serves to educate and involve the community in the local literary arts.

Marian Reinholtz

Melanie Schertz

Chad Wagner

Credit: Some biographies were written by Salt Lake Community College students Kyle Odland, Tommy McDonald, Casey Walker, and Joshua Isbell, as part of a community writing campaign to spread awareness of the People's Market.