Kelly’s Kitchen Crew

Kelly Timmons

Kelly owned and operated a food manufacturing company where she brought over thirty different brandlines to hundreds of retail locations. Food sovereignty and security are deeply connected to Kelly’s Southern, Lowcountry heritage. She founded Kelly’s Kitchen to continue to focus on the intersectionality of food insecurity.

Founder

Rachel Kaplan, MPH

Rachel Kaplan is a consultant with her own company. She places emphasis on program management, program creation, grant applications and reporting, and creating inclusive and accessible content for organizations to ensure people with disabilities are not an afterthought when it comes to community access and engagement.

Interim Executive Director
Food Security Network Director

Eva Houston

Eva graduated from the University of Illinois where she received her Bachelors of Science in Natural Resources and Environmental Science and studied food systems. As a wheelchair user, Eva enjoys being an advocate for the disability community while making a difference in the national food system. 

Eva is a member of the Paralympic Track and Field National Team and competed in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. 

Plant One More Director

Ruby Elbert

Ruby Elbert is a disability advocate, adaptive athlete, and food lover. She studied Disability Studies, Spanish, and Mathematics at the University of Illinois, and is particularly passionate about the inclusion of disability in conversations about diversity. Ruby has worked on disability rights in a variety of legal, legislative, and advocacy settings. She enjoys thinking creatively about the best ways to create access and opportunities for the disability community.

Our Contributors

  • Josie Byzek

    Marketing & Communications Consultant

    Josie is a communications consultant with deep roots in disability media, from Mouth and Ragged Edge to New Mobility. She works with mission-driven organizations to tell authentic disability stories in ways that engage our intersectional communities.

  • Vicky Houston

    Food Security Network Contributor

    Vicky and her daughter, Eva started a program called Plant One More back in 2015. They would collect fresh produce donated by community members and donate it to a local shelter.  The program only lasted a few years, but instilled a love of helping out with food insecurity.

  • Jenny Border

    Kitchen Accessibility Consultant

    Jenny Border is a fierce advocate that every individual at any ability level has the right to education and the necessary resources to live a successful life.