Advisory Board
Key responsibilities:
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Oversight of the Seed Money Lending Program — Providing strategic guidance and stewardship for this impactful micro-lending initiative, which offers accessible financial support to emerging and established farmers to help them grow their operations, invest in sustainable practices, and build long-term resilience.
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Strategic Guidance and Wisdom — Offering expert counsel, long-term vision, and seasoned perspective to the Red Acre Center's Board of Directors, helping ensure that decisions align with the organization's core values of soil stewardship, community empowerment, and thriving local food sheds.
Meet the Trust
Sabrina Williams
Sabrina Williams is CEO of SEED, a Certified B-Corp, where she draws on her professional background in architecture, law and urban planning—along with over 25 years of experience in 40 states as a community organizer advancing food justice. In 2000, Sabrina founded a nonprofit to address sustainability and food security in low-income neighborhoods, successfully challenging ordinances and public housing policies that restricted gardening and urban farming. In 2019 she launched SEED, turning self-taught engineering skills into accessible agtech to help small farms improve and manage their soil. Sabrina is a certified Master Gardener whose super powers are perfect pie crusts and vocal harmonies.
Carter Wilkey
Carter Wilkey and his wife Stephanie moved to Cedar City in early 2016 and have made it their forever home. They are the proud parents of 5 children. Carter has been an active Realtor in the community since 2016. He has served in many capacities in our community both with Cedar City and other organizations. At the time of his election, he was serving on Cedar City's Board of Adjustments and Planning Commission. He has previously served on the city's Active Transportation Committee and General Plan Revision Committee.
Aside from his responsibilities with the city, Carter also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Cedar City Area Chamber of Commerce. He has served at different times for the Iron County Children's Justice Center Friend's Board, Iron County Board of Realtors, Iron County Home Builders, Red Acre Center and others. Carter is honored to be able to serve the community that has given him and his family so much.
Dee Atkins
Dee is a lifelong entrepreneur whose ventures have ranged from automotive and construction businesses to software and land development. After selling a high-tech consultancy, he founded the 825-acre Sunrise Valley project—an innovative community integrating permaculture principles and a working farm inspired by A Pattern Language. Since completing Geoff Lawton’s Permaculture Design Certificate in 2014, Dee has combined his training in nutrition and permaculture to champion nutrient-dense, locally produced food. His recent work includes designing and implementing a model farm at a Kenyan rescue mission, now feeding over 500 children daily and serving as a regional center for agricultural education.
Sherrie Staheli
Sherrie Lou Tate is a 5 generation farmer’s daughter. She has always had a love for her family farm and all things agriculture. The past 25 years she has opened their farm to the public as a year round Agritourism farm. Her and her husband Mike run 60 head of angus beef cows .Sherrie has served on the Farm Bureau board of directors, county Farm Bureau President and state Agriculture promotions and education chair. She’s a mother of 6 a grandma to 12 .