Our Team

The success of our farm, creamery, and shops are all built on one thing: teamwork. We are intensely focused on collaborating and providing training and careers to our country’s next generation of farmers and food producers. We collaborate within our own team and also with neighbors, local businesses, public entities, schools, and more.

Tamara Hicks

  • Co-owner (she/her)

    Tamara was born in rural San Diego County and spent her early childhood in Oklahoma. She received her BA in Sociology from UCSD and moved to San Francisco for graduate school, receiving her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Tamara is passionate about building healthy and vibrant communities. She was drawn to restoring the land and farm to ensure that the farm could produce healthy food for local communities and contribute to the economic and social fabric of Tomales and West Marin. She spends her free time involved with organizations she feels passionate about, including the Marin Agricultural Land Trust and Agricultural Institute of Marin.

 
David Jablons

  • Co-owner (he/him)

    David was born and raised in New York City and attended Yale University, receiving a BA in Literature. He received his MD from Albany Medical School and ventured out West when he joined the Navy. He fell in love with West Marin as it reminded him of the idyllic summers spent in Maine as a kid and he’s passionate about sharing great food. When not working at UCSF, you can often find him fixing tractors, cars, and broken pumps at the farm, slinging cheese at the Marin Farmers Market on Sundays, or making coffee at our wood-fired bagel shop in San Francisco, Daily Driver.

 

  • Apprentice (2024-2025)

    Kate graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in Environmental Studies and a focus on Agroecology. In 2018, she WWOOFED in Evia, Greece. She loves to cook and bake.

Julia Brandt

  • Farm Manager & Shepherdess (she/her)

 
Jacob Hicks

  • Facilities Manager (he/him)

    Jacob is a California native and grew up in SoCal. He can fix any car, machine, and more!

  • Head Cheesemaker (he/him)

    Nick grew up in the South Bay and studied Spanish and Political Science at UC Davis. Originally on the path to become a diplomat, he shifted to chef work and winemaking after graduation, finally finding his way to an apprenticeship at Toluma Farms. Becoming part of the creamery team has been an amazing opportunity to reconnect to his dairy farming Serbian roots in Montenegro. He's a passionate home cook, avid gardener and seed saver.

 

  • Bookkeeper (she/her)

    After over 40 years of living in San Diego, Cindy sold her 7-11 and home that she had built and relocated to Santa Rosa. When not helping with our books, she is taking road trips in her RV or 1957 Ford Thunderbird.

Volunteers

  • Jessica is the Director of Digital Services & Open Government for the City of San Rafael. She is an Advisory Board Member of the Big Data Program at Rutgers University. A graduate of UC Santa Cruz, she received her BA in International Relations. Jessica is spearheading (with co-owner Tamara Hicks) an illustrated book about Toluma Farms, filled with TFC cheesy recipes, stories and more.

 

  • Susan is the co-owner of Beach House Style shops in Fairfax and San Anselmo. She has experience as a vet tech and in dog fostering. When not at the farm or her shops you can find her camping in her Sprinter van with her two children.

 

  • Christina is the Director of Sustainability & Strategic Sourcing at Simple Mills. Christina graduated with a BA in Agricultural Sciences and Food Policy from Brown and earned an MSc in Agriculture, Food & Environment - Corporate Sustainability Track from Tufts University. For five years she worked at General Mills as the Regenerative Agriculture and Responsible Sourcing Manager, Global Social Impact Team.