Meet the Abundance Board of Directors
The Abundance Board of Directors is what makes Abundance Food Co-op a democratic form of business.
The Board is made up of shareholders who are elected by fellow shareholders to represent their interests.
APPLY TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Term limits, regular meetings, and other conditions outlining how the Board works can be found in the Abundance Food Co-op By-laws.
The vision for the co-op outlining it’s purpose is contained in the Abundance Food Co-op Global Ends Policy.
BOARD MEETINGS:
Every Second Tuesday of the Month
6:30 – 8:30 PM at Abundance Co-op
It’s election time and we need you to cast your vote!
OUR MISSION
The Abundance Food Co-op exists to provide safe, healthful, nutritious food and other products at a reasonable price to the Rochester community.
We strive to operate our business in a manner which supports a sustainable food system, sound ecological practices, responsible corporate practices, and just employment procedures.
We strive to be a community center which provides reliable food, education, and extraordinary customer service benefiting our shareholders, our shoppers, our neighborhood, and the whole community.
Meet the Board of Directors
Ken Rich
President
Term: 2023-2025
Committee: Board Development
Ken Rich joined the Genesee Co-op Food Store, Abundance’s first incarnation, in the spring of 1976 and has sourced most of his dining delights from co-op ingredients ever since. He likes cooking, eating, painting, gardening, and working his day job wrangling computer servers for a small company. Trotting down by the river or up through Highland Park burns up most of those Abundant calories and helps keep his blood pressure low. He has been the Secretary for the Abundance Board of Directors since 2022 and, if voted in, will happily scribble notes for another 3-year term. Why? Because keeping this store abundantly dancing is dang important.
Daryl Odhner
Vice President & Interim Secretary
Term: 2025-2027
Committee: Board Development
Daryl has been a member of Abundance Coop since about 2003 and has previously been on the Board. He lives in Chili with his wife. He has retired from a career in occupational health with NY State. A graduate of the NYS College of Environmental Science & Forestry many years ago, he has maintained an interest in native trees and plants. Since retirement he has become a Master Gardener volunteer with Cornell Cooperative Extension, and he is on the Chili Conservation Board. He is also on the executive committee of the Rochester Regional Group of the Sierra Club.
Rob Rolleston
Treasurer
Term: 2025-2027
Committee: Governance
I want to see Abundance Cooperative Market continue to grow and thrive, and this is why I am happy to be serving on the Board of Directors.
Abundance is an anchor in the neighborhood. As it thrives, so thrives the South Wedge and the entire Rochester community. Walking to and shopping at my neighborhood grocery store is just another way I aim to stay healthy. I also commute by bike to work, attend classes at Tru Yoga and walk or ride my bike to visit family and friends and to run errands. I am a Summer and Winter ADK 46er and have ridden my bicycle across the country as well as several other bicycle tours. I came to Rochester to attend graduate school at UR, put down roots where I have been married for nearly 40 years and have 2 daughters, 2 sons-in-law and 2 grandchildren all living locally. Before joining RIT as a Data Scientist, I worked at Xerox for 30 years and Paychex for 3 years.
Donna Hickling
Term:
Committee:
I started coming to the Co-Op because I wanted locally grown organic food that supports a diverse area. In working with Keeping Our Promise to welcome Afgan SIVs, I became vividly aware of the lack of food and ingredients in a number of areas in Rochester. I am passionate about the earth we live on, helping people and believe organic, non-GMO food should be available in all neighborhoods of Rochester. I feel Abundance can be that source for the neighborhood.
As the former finance director of NOFA-NY, I am acquainted with the financial needs of small farmers and the retail outlets that support them. I am well versed in both public and private grant applications, I am also acutely aware of the cash flow needs of a non-profit or coop.
In my free time I am passionate about lowering my carbon footprint and I love to read!
Jon Greenbaum
Term:
Committee: Linkage
Jon was the Produce Manager at the Foodstore on Monroe Ave in the 90’s, helped start the Co-op and served on its first board. He is a retired community organizer whose last job involved working with manufactured home community cooperatives across New York State.
He believes that we need to keep cooperative ventures alive and loves that co-ops have the potential to provide an alternative model to the exploitative economic system that encourages people to deny their interconnectedness and interdependence.
He is currently the cohost of North Star Sounds on Member Supported Jazz 90.1 and, in retirement, has picked his cello back up, a very humbling experience.
Dylan Welch
Term:
Committee:
Dylan moved to Rochester four years ago and has been enjoying the community and spirit of the city ever since. He’s passionate about making fresh, healthy food easily available in local communities. Folks shouldn’t need to hop in the car to just get lettuce! He can be seen frequenting the co-op two, three, sometimes four times a week! (you don’t have to worry so much about forgetting an item when you live just down the street…). When he’s not shopping for produce, Dylan works in finance, grants, and lots and lots of spreadsheets. He also is known to spend weekends hiking around various NY state parks or paddling in the Adirondacks.
Find Us:
571 South Avenue
Rochester NY, 14620
Call us at 585-454-2667
Our Hours:
8AM - 9PM
Monday - Sunday
Open in the morning of Thanksgiving.
Closed on Christmas and New Year's Day.