Meet the board

Krissy Voutas

President

Krissy has been involved with Elgin Farmers’ Market since 2019 and serves as Board President. As well as being the public face of the market, she hopes to support successful legacy and transition policies and procedures so the EFM will continue to grow when new Board members feel called to serve.

With a background in culinary arts, HR/accounting, operations management, nutrition and over 15-years worth of food systems (with 10 of them being dedicated to regenerative farming), Krissy feels called to utilize her skills and serve the Elgin community. She believes in the dignity and worth of ALL humans and her best hope is to continuously foster that welcoming atmosphere at the Elgin Farmers’ Market for any and all who may visit.

Caitlin Harris Moore

Vendor liaison

Caitlin joined the Elgin Farmers’ Market as a vendor in the summer of 2021 before joining the board a year later. Currently she is serving as the Vendor Liaison, where she manages new vendor applications, maintains the weekly market map, and leads seasonal vendor appreciation efforts. As farmer and herbalist herself, Caitlin is passionate about bridging the gap between local producers and the community they serve.

Emma Clark

Treasurer

Emma has been involved with Elgin Farmers’ Market since 2019 and serves as Board Treasurer. As well as overseeing finances, she manages the market’s social media and helps coordinate weekly live local musicians and food-focused, family-friendly events.

A keen gardener with a deep passion for local food, Emma is especially committed to expanding healthy food access and ensuring the market remains welcoming, vibrant, and accessible to all.

Genice Harris

Genice Harris, a registered nurse, holistic wellness advocate, educator, and Intergenerational Gardening Soul to Soul Program Manager for the Alliance for African American Health in Central Texas, is passionate about health, wellness, building and serving community.

Food insecurity directly impact health outcomes of communities. According to health.gov, in 2020, Black, non-Hispanic households were over 2 times more likely to be food insecure than the national average. Genice asserts, “while health disparities amongst the black community are great, food accessibility is an essential steppingstone towards community resiliency, but food sovereignty remains the ultimate objective”.

Dani Maldonado

Dani is a former educator who’s passionate about sustainability and the liberation of workers, animals, and the earth. She works at Shepard’s Flock Farm and hopes to use her experience as an employee, a producer, and a vendor to help make decisions on the EFM board.

Josh DeCamp

Katy Jimenez

Katy Jimenez is a business and management consultant and Elgin resident since 2020 who brings both professional expertise and a deep personal passion for local food and community to the Elgin Farmers Market Board.

Together with her husband Chris and their daughter Ella, Katy is the founder of Rock Bottom Ranch TX — a budding farm venue and farmstand located at Yegua Creek Farms, offering fresh eggs, seasonal produce, handmade bouquets, and event space rooted in farm-to-table values. Katy is currently building out her farmstand and farmers market presence in partnership with her friends Krissy and Austin at Tragic Acres, a collaboration born from a shared love of community and a commitment to bringing people together through locally grown, thoughtfully produced goods.

Deeply rooted in the Elgin community, she is excited to lend her consulting background and entrepreneurial spirit to help the Elgin Farmers Market thrive.