Team Bios

Damarez Ramirez Mori

CO-FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Damarez is a highly respected activist and leader representing the Shipibo Konibo community in conferences, workshops, and campaigns for indigenous rights. She is the former President of FECONAU (Federacion de Comunidades Nativas del Ucayali y Afluentes) a national organization for the representation of indigenous peoples living in the Ucayali River Basin in Peru. Damarez is currently working with a local NGO Manuela Ramos to educate women in situations of domestic violence. She also organizes a group of women artisans called Kene Nesna. Damarez is an artisan, a teacher of the village children, and a mother to seven of her own. She lives in the Comunidad Nativo de Nuevo Egipto.

Martha Ma

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

Martha spent over 3 years living and working alongside the Shipibo Konibo community which cemented her deep love and dedication to their community. She is a community educator, artist, teaching chef, writer, holistic health counselor, and permaculture practitioner. Martha received her BA with a major in Anthropology from NYU. She is the former Executive Director of Naniola Productions, creating informational multimedia events and content for public education on current food issues, and healthy living. Before moving from NYC to the western Catskills, she designed, built and managed Bushwick Grows Community Farm in Brooklyn, and was a teaching artist with LEAPNYC. Plants, planet and people are what inspire all her work.

Jon Daniel DeMontagnac

BOARD PRESIDENT

Jon is an experienced executive leader with a diverse background spanning 25 years in sales, marketing, operations, and executive management at district, regional and corporate levels for startups and established companies.

He combines business and technology for transformative business outcomes and tangible bottom-line results. Currently, Jon is COO at Facts n Figures, Inc. responsible for driving organization efficiency, rapid growth in revenue and increasing profitability through innovative technology solutions, and rigorous project management.

Jon is a dedicated global citizen who lives a clean, purpose-driven life in service to others, passionately supporting his community and beyond. He volunteers his time to causes both at home and abroad, from mentoring youth in underserved neighborhoods to building schools and sustainable food distribution networks in developing countries. Committed to programs that uplift women and children worldwide, he actively champions initiatives that provide education, healthcare, and economic opportunities, leading by example in every endeavor.

Anya Carrasco

SECRETARY OF THE BOARD

Living in a Shipibo community in 2017 changed the course of Anya’s life forever and solidified her commitment to environmental stewardship and cultural valorization. She has a master’s in sustainability from Harvard with graduate certificates in sustainable food systems and corporate sustainability and innovation. For over a decade Anya has served in project management roles to increase operational efficiencies across the agricultural, education, and technology sectors. In addition to volunteer leadership at Inin Rabi, she is a strategic advisor to the board of Zorzal Cacao, an organic cocoa provider whose sales fund the Dominican Republic's first private nature preserve.