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Colette DePhelps Colette has been in leadership positions with Rural Roots since its inception in 1999 (leadership team member, program coordinator and executive director) and was one of the organizers and leaders of the task force from which Rural Roots formed. Colette has strong working relationships with faculty at Washington State University, the University of Idaho and other agricultural organizations across the West. Colette serves on the University of Idaho”s College of Agriculture and Life Science Dean’s Advisory Board. Colette has had many experiences working collaboratively with other regional and national sustainable agriculture organizations. For example, she coordinated a national project including 12 sustainable agriculture non-profit organications, was one of the Washington Sustainable Food and Farming Network's first leadership team members, and served for three years as the Western SARE Administrative Council non-profit representative. Colette has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Western Washington University and a master’s degree in Environmental Science from Washington State University. Prior to working with Rural Roots, Colette spent two years as coordinator of the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute’s community food systems program and three years as program coordinator in Washington State University’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Colette lives with her two children, Raven and Forest in Moscow, Idaho. Some of Colette’s favorite things to do include making, sharing and eating great food with friends, organic gardening, hiking, canoeing, kayaking and, of course, hanging out with her children. Rural
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