Elizabeth DeRuff is an Agricultural Chaplain, businesswoman, and farmer who makes her home in Marin County. She is a pioneer in exploring the intersection of food, land, and faith. Currently, Elizabeth is focused on propagating drought tolerant and rare varieties of landrace wheat, which are stone-milled and available for sale from Honoré Farm and Mill to support the non-profit educational work of Honoré. She also directs a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) that provides flour to individuals and public schools. In this capacity, she is focused on transforming our food and farm systems through the lens of wheat, conducting research and writes, teaches, farms and consults. Her research, and recipes, are available online at Honoremill.org. She has a BS in economics from the University of Southern California, an M.Div. from The Episcopal Divinity School of the Pacific, and a certificate in bread baking from the San Francisco Baking Institute and recently baked the "perfect" whole wheat sourdough loaf in her home oven.
Margaret Kinnaman
Maggie brings extensive experience in education, governance and facilities management. For 30 years she served at the University of Maryland, Baltimore as Director for Business Administration in the Facilities Management department. For 25 years she was active in APPA, the association for college and university facilities officers. She is a recognized leader serving as APPA’s International President as well as receiving APPA’s highest award, APPA Fellow. Of special note, she is the only woman to have ever received this award. She has an undergraduate degree in Business Management and an Executive Masters in General Administration from the University of Maryland College Park. Today she works as a consultant, is the Co-Chair of the Center for Facilities Research and as the Editor-in-Chief of the digital Body of Knowledge for the profession.
adam willner
Adam Willner is an entrepreneur, restaurateur and consultant who founded the ZAO Noodle Bar chain. He has expertise in fund raising, business, restaurant operations and design, marketing, and concept creation. Adam has served as a trustee on the boards of Marin Country Day School and Marin Academy and the Homestead Valley Community Center. He is passionate about local and sustainable agriculture, good food, education and community. Mr. Willner has a BA from Wesleyan University.
Charles H. Simpkinson, (1938-2020)
In Memoriam
Dr. Simpkinson was one of the founding board members of Honoré Farm and Mill. He passed away Easter Monday, April 13, 2020, due to Covid-related complications. He was 85 years old. We miss him every day.
Charles was a lifelong mentor to Honoré founder, Elizabeth DeRuff. At Yale Divinity School he studied under Richard Niebuhr, scholar of theological ethics. He also spent time with the preeminent theologian and philosopher, Paul Tillach. Charles associated one encounter with Tillach as forever transforming his spirituality.
As a visionary, non-profit founder, and one of the most gifted and enjoyable dialogue partners he inspired and nurtured the startup years of Honoré. He founded The Psychotherapy Networker, Inc., and was the Publisher of the Common Boundary magazine – a quarterly journal focused on the intersection of psychotherapy, spirituality, and creativity. He was also a practicing clinical psychologist for 30 years in Bethesda, Maryland. Holding a faculty appointment at the Johns Hopkins Medical School in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Dr. Simpkinson was the author of numerous articles and books on the topics of spirituality and psychotherapy.