MFBF Staff & Leadership

Staff

Karen Schwalbe

Executive Director

Karen Schwalbe is the current Executive Director of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF), a non-profit organization that advocates for farmers and their families throughout the state of Massachusetts. She is also the MFBF Board of Directors Clerk. She has been with MFBF since 2022. Before…

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Kim Ashe

Membership Coordinator

For over 10 years, Kim Ashe has served as the Membership Coordinator for the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF), a non-profit farming advocacy organization representing family farms and individual members across the Commonwealth. In this capacity, she maintains the membership database,…

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Sabrina Stidsen

Communications Coordinator

Sabrina joined the MFBF staff in 2023 and serves as Communications Coordinator for the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation, handling accounts, marketing, and any various and sundry matter that may arise. As a former hobby farmer, she still is happiest spending time in the outdoors, preferably on horseback…

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Mark Amato

Bookkeeper

Mark Amato is the Bookkeeper for Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation.   He most recently served as Treasurer, and in the past, President, for the Board of Directors. In 2025, he retired from his farm manager position at Verrill Farm, where he managed 150 acres of vegetable production for retail…

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