Monica McCann
Program Director, Resourceful Communities | Legacy Works Group

Monica McCann serves as Program Director of the Resourceful Communities program, where she has spent nearly two decades strengthening rural communities through innovative approaches to food systems, landownership, and rural nonprofit development.  She previously served in the same role under The Conservation Fund and now continues to lead the program's work.  Since joining the program in 2005, she has led initiatives that connect local food producers, expand access to healthy food, and build economic opportunities for underserved communities across North Carolina and the Southeast.

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Monica grew up in San Francisco, CA, spent most of her adult life in North Carolina, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador.  She holds both a Master of Regional Planning and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from UNC-Chapel Hill.  Monica currently lives in Greensboro, NC, and loves hiking with her husband and family, playing video games with her teenage son, and browsing bookstores with her teenage daughter.