Our Staff

Casey is originally from north Georgia but has called Chicago home for the past 10 years. She joins the team after splitting her time between Development work and farming at organic, small-scale urban farms in the Chicago area. She has a decade of experience in fundraising, campaign development, strategic communications, and development operations. Casey confronts the contradictions and power dynamics of fundraising under racial capitalism head-on, and is eager to design funding models that are sustainable for constituents, donors, staff, and movement organizations, and meaningfully accountable to communities. She has worked with national organizations like MediaJustice, and Chicago-based organizations like Read/Write Library, The Urban Canopy, The Talking Farm, and Plant Chicago.

When not working with CFPAC, you'll find Casey scheming about land access and rematriaion projects, supporting local mutual aid projects, canoeing the river, playing with her dogs, or cooking with friends. If you're headed to the next Queer Farmer Convergence, drop her a line!

Justin Prevost-Schultz brings expertise and experience in operations management, team leadership, project management, and organizational strategy. Before joining CFPAC, Justin led internal operations for a Chicago health-tech startup and managed the vaccine operations of Chicago’s Mass Vaccination Site at the United Center.

He also served as a consultant and executive recruiter for nonprofit and public sector nationally and provides a strong foundation of fundraising experience after serving in the Advancement Office in various roles of increasing responsibility of his alma mater, North Park University, where he earned his bachelor's degree and MBA. During his free time, Justin enjoys cooking, golfing, and biking around the city to find new restaurants and neighborhood gems.

Born and raised in the northwest side of Chicago, Alex Rodriguez has always been dedicated to helping bring healthy food access to her communities. She graduated with a B.A in Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with a primary focus on Community Health. Her past experiences have led her to work with several Chicago neighborhoods that contributed to the equity of food access and nutrition. From teaching health and nutrition workshops in Humboldt Park to then managing a food pantry during COVID-19, Alex was motivated to learn more about urban agriculture and food sources in Chicago. She then joined Windy City Harvest in the spring of 2021 as the VeggieRx program assistant and worked primarily with Spanish-speaking families. In the course of time she oversaw the market and sales channels for all farm sites and incubator farmers. Her work motivated her to keep working in food sovereignty and health equity, and since then has joined CFPAC as the Good Food Purchasing Expansion Coordinator. In her free time Alex loves running, spending time with her family and friends, and playing with her small dog.

As Director of the Good Food Purchasing Initiative (GFPI), Mabel is working to advance the mission and values of GFPI including the convening an inaugural steering council, the implementation of the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) at the City and County-level, and development a more equitable supply chain aligned with GFPP values. In her previous role as the GFPI Community Fund Manager, she launched a new grant program to increase opportunities for local farms and food businesses to service public meal programs and other community food access sites. After earning an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, Mabel launched a micro grocery store and café called Southside Market to increase food access and collective ownership. She has gained practical knowledge through the years as an entrepreneur, impact investor, and former social enterprise consultant. She also brings to the team over 6 years of experience in Corporate Finance, Operations, and IT Implementation. In her spare time, she enjoys playing boardgames at local breweries, exploring neighborhood coffee shops, and paddleboarding when weather permits.