Bill Wolf founded Wolf & Associates, Inc. in 1995 and in 2007 Katherine DiMatteo joined the business after serving as Executive Director for the Organic Trade Association for 17 years. Wolf, DiMatteo & Associates has over 100 years of combined experience in the organic industry.
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BILL WOLF, President,
provides strategic results, having over 30 years experience
successfully producing organic products, from foods to
fertilizer and pest controls. Bill entered the environmental
field in 1971, through global environmental research working
with R. Buckminster Fuller. He was the founding President of
the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) which provides
information worldwide on what is allowed in organic
production, and past President of the Organic Trade
Association (OTA). In 2001 Wolf was awarded the “Outstanding
Individual Achievement Award” by OTA for his work over three
decades. Wolf lectures and teaches nationally about organic
methods and standards and wrote one of Rodale’s most
comprehensive books on non-chemical methods. Bill founded and
ran the Necessary Trading Company, the first national leader
in organic growing supplies. He is President of Thorvin, Inc.
and a founding organizer of the New Resource Bank, a new
commercial bank in San Francisco focused on the financial
needs of organic and green businesses. |
Bill Wolf, A
Founding Organizer of the
New Resource Bank, Opening One of
the First Accounts |
| KATHERINE
DIMATTEO, Senior Associate, leads the policy,
regulatory and international services of Wolf, DiMatteo +
Associates. Katherine was the Executive Director of the
Organic Trade Association from 1990 – 2006. She was
instrumental in shaping the outcome of the U.S. National
Organic Program (NOP) Standards and the UN Codex Guidelines
for Organic. She led advocacy efforts to gain Congressional
support for organic production and the NOP. She advised the
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture on the Agricultural Policy
Advisory Committee for Trade. Katherine currently serves on
the Board of Directors of International Federation of Organic
Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), a worldwide organization
uniting more than 750 member organizations in 108 countries.
She is a founding member and Secretary of the Board of The
Organic Center whose mission is to generate credible, peer
reviewed scientific information and communicate the verifiable
benefits of organic farming and products to society. |
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Katherine DiMatteo, speaking at All Things Organic |
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| Awards: |
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Heart in Business Award, a peer-evaluated natural products industry award. 1998 |
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Self Magazine Food Influential. 1999 |
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National Nutritional Foods Association Rachel Carson Award for Environmental Achievement. 2001 |
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Leadership Award from Natural Business Magazine. 2002 |
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New Hope Communication’s Spirit of Organic award in recognition of Katherine’s work on behalf of organic farms and businesses. 2006 |
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Organic Trade Association’s Organic Leadership award for individual achievement. 2006 |
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| SANDY MAYS, Associate, with over 20 years experience in organic production and marketing, manages organic compliance services. Sandy works with businesses nationwide to oversee the organic certification of their products, source organic ingredients, and develop organic system plans including pest control programs. She worked 10 years in the creative department of Young & Rubicam, one of the world’s largest advertising companies. She utilizes her creative skills at Wolf, DiMatteo + Associates to develop educational and marketing materials for organic companies. |
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ELISABETH VOGEL, Associate, works on organic farming and sustainability initiatives. Elisabeth was the Associate Director of Housing for 17 years for the Santa Cruz, California region of Mercy Housing, a nationally acclaimed leader in the non-profit affordable housing industry. She developed housing for low-income families, seniors and people with special needs as well as community facilities including childcare centers, a health clinic and a city community center. She served as co-chair of the Sustainable Building Committee for the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California. In 2004, Elisabeth moved to Virginia and became the Director of the Blacksburg Farmers Market before joining Wolf, DiMatteo & Associates.
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| ELI CHANDLER, Associate, provides practical farming expertise including pasture-based systems and aquaculture. His classical training is in ecology and ethics and his work experience includes the management of both buffalo farms and fish hatcheries. He works as the manager for Thorvin Kelp, the leading producer of certified organic kelp and owns a diversified family farm where he raises grass fed beef, pigs and chickens, grows forest mushrooms, and produces maple syrup. |
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WOLF, DIMATTEO & ASSOCIATES has a global network of associates including food scientists, certification, inspection and regulatory specialists, brand managers, market analysts, and strategic and business planning experts. We have working agreements with specialists and firms around the world including Europe, South America, India, Japan, and the Pacific Rim. |
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Organic Trade Association (OTA) |
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International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
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Consultants Association for the Natural Products Industry
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