Derek Casady
President
Derek Casady’s background: Stanford graduate, Naval officer, editor of Psychology Today magazine, copy editor at the L.A. Times, co-founder of the Mission Beach Free Clinic in San Diego, 10 years as administrative assistant to the President Pro Tempore of the California Senate, owner and operator of organic natural food stores and project manager for the “green,” solar-powered, architectural award-winning building of the Ocean Beach People’s Organic Food Co-op in San Diego. Married to Nancy Casady for 38 years, they have five children and four grandchildren. Nancy and Derek share a love of political activism (they have both run for Congress), tennis, country and western music, reading, friends and family, and organic food.
Anne Dietrich
Vice-President
In 2007, Anne Dietrich was successful in communicating with the major Presidential candidates and encouraged them to go on record in writing in favor of mandatory labeling legislation of GMO's. Anne co-founded Citizens to Label Genetically Engineered Food in March 2008, representing the will of the majority of Americans as well as the intent of our political leaders. The purpose of the 501(c)4 was to make food safety a defining issue of the 2008 election in order to pass mandatory labeling legislation of genetically engineered foods in 2009.
Anne was former Executive Director of The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods, and previously responsible for advertising and subscription sales for The Organic & Non-GMO Report and The Non-GMO Sourcebook, the world’s only directory of non-genetically engineered products. During 2005, Anne was a sales associate at Genetic ID, a world leader in non-GMO testing, where she worked with companies and retailers implementing non-GMO identity preservation systems. She served as Administrative Coordinator for The Alliance for Bio-Integrity, and assisted Mothers for Natural Law to petition the National Organic Standards Board to include rules on genetic engineering.
Anne established a successful list-brokering company, A-1 Lists, specializing in marketing tools with a conscience, and owned and operated Big Kitchen, an organic bakery and deli providing non-GMO food to retailers, businesses and families. Anne was an Iowa farmer and is the mother of six children and seven grandchildren.
Nancy Casady
Secretary/Treasurer
Nancy Casady is in her 14th year as general manager of Ocean Beach People’s Organic Food Co-op in San Diego. The co-op, in its 37th year, is owned by 15,000 families, employs 110 people and is the largest business in Ocean Beach. Nancy recently ended three years as Vice President of the National Cooperative Grocers’ Association board, headquartered in Iowa City, Iowa and currently serves on the board of the National Development Cooperative which supports existing co-ops and develops new ones. She is also a member of the Western Corridor of the National Cooperative Grocers’ Assn. Nancy’s background is: graduate of San Diego State University, co-owner of Casady’s Whole Foods Markets in Encinitas, California, lobbyist for women’s health issues and adoptive rights in the California legislature, manager of a La Jolla clinical laboratory, project manager for the Sacramento YWCA, and co-founder of the Mission Beach Free Clinic.
