Our Team
Meet Our Team
"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team." - Phil Jackson
Megan myrdal
Co-Founder / Operations Director
Megan Myrdal is a registered dietitian, farmer’s daughter and just general enthusiast for all things food and farming. What started as a love of spending time on the family farm in northeast North Dakota and obsessively watching The Food Network (it was the early days, don’t judge) transpired into degrees from Concordia College and NDSU in food and nutrition and a career working to celebrate, connect and empower our food community.
Megan’s work experience has spanned the food industry including nutrition and culinary education, food system policy, farmers market development, agriculture marketing and higher education. Through all this work, Megan has learned that the people who care deeply about food are the best people on the planet, and getting to work with, support and elevate those people is what motivates her everyday.
annie wood
Community Engagement Director
A lifelong North Dakotan, Annie Wood is committed to doing community building work in her community and region. She is engaged in making Fargo-Moorhead the kind of community she wants to live in by contributing, connecting, and consuming all things local (food, beer, cider, you name it!).
Annie refuses to think that there are any “boring” places to live - and she does her best to make that true in Fargo-Moorhead through creating events and projects. All too often, people struggle to connect with others in the communities where they live. However, most of us simply need an invitation to be together and something positive to work toward, so she’s been practicing her fancy hand-writing in order to craft more eye-catching invites.
Amanda booher
Communications Coordinator
Amanda Booher is a food lover and is constantly meal planning and dreaming of great foods to she can't wait to enjoy. Food is such a huge part of building community and as a person passionate about supporting her community Amanda is excited to be a part of the Food of the North team!
Professionally, Amanda Booher oversees communications for Audubon Dakota which includes creating content for a variety of platforms. She is a public relations and strategic communications professional with 15 years of experience working in various industries including higher education, publishing, and non-profit organizations. Joining Food of the North allows Amanda to bring her personal interest and professional skills together to serve her community.
gia rassier
Co-Founder / Creative
Dreamer, planner, doer. One of the founding members of the Food of the North team, Gia has been involved in building community in Fargo-Moorhead for over a decade. A Concordia graduate with degrees in art, communications, and journalism, Gia provides expertise in content development. A storyteller at heart, she helps provide connections, solutions, and positive changes for our Fargo-Moorhead community and beyond.
Jeff Knight
Co-Founder / Designer
A designer, dreamer, and full-time graphic designer, Jeff hails originally from Moorhead, MN with a MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Jeff supports the FM community through projects like Cropped, Albino Buffalo, arts education at the Rourke Art Museum and is on the board of directors for The Arts Partnership.