Market Team

Rori Weston

Executive Director + Market Manager

Rori is honored + grateful to be apart of the market in this capacity. Her infinite love + appreciation for homegrown food + farming made this position a perfect fit. Rori has a background in Hospitality + Tourism Management, farming and has been apart of the Grand Rapids food scene for years. She loves building relationships with the vendors and enjoys working closely with community partners to help create a fruitful food system for all. She has a lot of respect for the market’s history and is looking towards a bright future for FSFM in years to come!

When not managing a 96 year old market, Rori loves waking up before the sun and having slow mornings by sipping tea, reading + writing. She enjoys spending lots of time in her tiny kitchen cooking + preserving foods. She + her Gentleman Suitor love spending time outdoors, traveling + cooking big brunches on Sunday

Dana Eardley

Operations Coordinator

As Operations Coordinator, Dana supports vendors, customers, and daily operations while exploring ways that the market can expand its reach and continue to serve as an anchor for our local food system. Everyone deserves the right to healthy food and Dana is proud that our market plays a role in promoting food access for our community. Dana is constantly in awe of the passion, creativity, and care that our growers and vendors employ to bring us delicious, local food.

In her spare time, Dana enjoys growing, cooking, and celebrating food and can frequently be found swimming in Lake Michigan.

Emily Gilson

Design + Marketing Strategist

Emily loves immersing herself in the local food community + creating connections with farmers and food creators. She puts her creative energy to use, photographing the beautiful produce and capturing love + laughter between vendors and customers. Behind the scenes, she moderates our social media + creates graphic designs to help us communicate visually. She designed this website with the goal of embodying the magic of the market. She is a strong advocate for the healing power of food and believes eating from local sources is beneficial for health and happiness.

Emily finds joy in exploring new places, hiking aimlessly, cooking, and spending quality time with her wife + adorable dog. Her true passions lie in creative expression through sculpting + building and appreciating the natural world. She is a huge supporter of Michigan artists + the LGBTQ community.

Food Navigator

The food navigator is employed by the Michigan Farmers Market Association and the Michigan Fitness Foundation. Their job is to support their mission of advancing farmers markets to create a thriving marketplace for local food and farm products.

Their main objective is to ensure that all residents in the Grand Rapids area have access to healthy, locally grown food. They work to expand and support the Fulton Street Market and promote the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) benefits, Double Up Food Bucks and other food assistance programs. To accomplish these goals, they help facilitate and create partnerships with community organizations, schools, and residents. They also work at the market, answering customer questions, conducting nutrition education activities, and supporting the staff members and vendors.

Clara Harris

Clara Harris is the Food Navigator for the Fulton Street Market, through the Michigan Farmers Market Association. In a typical market day, Clara walks shoppers through the process of using food assistance programs at the market, conducts nutrition education for shoppers, and works to enhance communication between shoppers and farmers. Clara uses her background in the nonprofit sector to connect the market to SNAP-Ed programmers and other organizations in the Grand Rapids community.

Clara graduated from Grand Valley State University with a degree in Public and Nonprofit Admin. When Clara is not at the market, she enjoys reading, cooking, and spending time outside with her goldendoodle, Boogie.

Board of Directors

Vendor Committee