Doria Robinson

Template:TOCnestleft Doria Robinson is a third-generation resident of Richmond, CA.

Doria previously acted as the Program Manager at Urban Creeks Council in Berkeley, Coordinator and Manager for Community Stewardship Programs at the Watershed Project, and Instructional Assistant in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. She also worked at Real Food Company in San Francisco, an early proponent of organic and sustainable agriculture, and with Veritable Vegetable, a women-owned organic produce distribution company, also in San Francisco. Today, Doria is the Executive Director of Urban Tilth, a community based organization rooted in Richmond dedicated to cultivating a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system. Urban Tilth hires and trains residents to work with schools, community-based organizations, government agencies, businesses, and individuals to develop the capacity to produce 5% of Richmond’s own food supply.

Doria Robinson holds a BA in Media and Film Production from Hampshire College as well as a BA in Environmental Studies from San Francisco State University. She is a Certified Permaculture Designer, Certified Bay Friendly Gardener and a Certified Nutrition Educator. She received a Human Rights Award from the City of Richmond for her work in Environmental Education in 2013; in 2011 she was presented with a Community Resiliency Leadership Award from Bay Localize; and was awarded the Environmental Advocate of the Year for CCC and Woman of the Year for CCC in 2010. Doria currently lives in the neighborhood she grew up in in Richmond with her twins.^[1]