Bonnie Buckingham, MSW, CFAC Facilitator:  Buckingham is the Executive Director of Women's Opportunity and Resource Development (WORD).  She has over 10 years experience with food security and hunger reduction issues as Program Operations Manager of Missoula Food Bank.  She also has primary responsibility for facilitating CFAC's monthly meetings, ensuring that the work of the organization moves forward, and carrying out fiscal and administrative oversight.  Buckingham served on the steering committee of the Community Food Assessment (2002-2004).  She organized subsequent community meetings leading to the formation of CFAC in 2005, and worked to get a joint resolution passed by the City and County sanctioning the formation of CFAC.  As a social worker by training, Bonnie has considerable experience with community development, Community-Based Participatory Research methods, and group facilitation.  Buckingham is also a member of the coordinating committee of the Finding Solutions to Food Insecurity project, which explores ways to overcome barriers to food security and access to social service programs.  She received her Masters of Social Work from the University of Montana. 

Paul Hubbard, MS, Land Use Program Coordinator:  Hubbard's primary responsibilities are to coordinate the work of CFAC's Farmland Protection and Economic Viability Committee.  Hubbard received a Masters of Science in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana in 2006, where he researched farm/ranch transitions, land use planning and farmland preservation, economic development strategies to bolster agricultural viability, and the UM's Farm to College Program.  As a graduate student, Hubbard worked as a research assistant for CFAC and conducted an extensive review of "land link" programs that help producers find and access fertile soil and establish viable tenure arrangements with landowners.  Based on that research, Hubbard designed and now runs Land Link Montana.  He worked closely with the Missoula City Council to draft and secure a 2007 ordinance that allows residents to keep up to six chicken hens in their yards.  He has also worked on a variety of farms and ranches, and taught food production to at-risk teens.