The Team and Partners
The Team
Tom Zeta
Tom is our new Nourish Coordinator. His professional background in the retail grocery world will be very useful, but as well, he has long desired to serve others in a deeper and more meaningful way. He is excited and honored to be a part of the Nourish team and to become more involved with the community.
Tom is a decent cook and due to some recent changes in his health, has become much more aware of the importance of the healing potential of food. He looks forward to working with and getting to know Nourish members and local food suppliers in order to help build the bridge to good nutrition and a sustainable and healthy life for all.
Tom is also an artist (University of Evansville BFA class of 1990) and works in a variety of media, focusing primarily on ceramics and drawing these days.
Leadership Team
Robin Mallery
Robin is passionate about food! As the Director of Urban Seeds, Robin is active in implementing programs that increase access to fresh, nourishing foods to those who are nutrient-insecure, thereby elevating the Food Justice conversation. Robin loves preparing cooked-from-scratch meals, shared with others around her own dining table or in cooking classes! As well, she is committed to supporting locally-grown, clean food as one of the many opportunities to create a vibrant local foods economy. Her professional experience as a cardiovascular and diabetes nurse provides the platform for her teaching a “Food as Medicine” philosophy. Robin is also active with the Healthy Communities Partnership initiative.
Casey Williams
Casey serves as a Community Wellness Coordinator for the Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program, working to improve food access for low income families in Vanderburgh and Warrick County, as well as working to create policy, systems, and environmental change in a variety of healthy eating and active living initiatives. Casey previously worked in tobacco prevention and control with the non-profit Smokefree Communities, working to create smoke-free air policies and educating youth on various tobacco related issues. Casey has lived in Evansville for ten years and holds a B.S. degree in Advertising and Public Relations from the University of Southern Indiana and a Masters degree in Public Service Administration from the University of Evansville. Casey also holds a seat on the Urban Seeds' Board of Directors.
Lacy Wilson
Lacy Wilson, RDN, is a registered dietitian with extensive experience in community health. She received her Bachelor degree from Southern Illinois University and receiving her Master degree in Health Education from Purdue University Global. She currently works for Purdue Extension’s Nutrition Education Program as a Community Wellness Coordinator. Her career has focused on obesity and chronic disease prevention in Evansville, and she has worked to coordinate multiple efforts to improve policy, systems and environments that influence individual and population behaviors. She is currently the backbone of Healthy Communities Partnership, a countywide partnership supporting healthy eating and active living policy, systems and environmental changes focusing on children 2-17. She has created, maintained, and continues to grow partnerships to expand the reach of obesity and food insecurity prevention efforts in Evansville, which includes working with local schools, health department, universities, and organizations, through her work as a Community Wellness Coordinator.