Erika Lesser is the Director of Operations & Special Project at Slow Food USA, based in New York City. She has worked for Slow Food USA since its founding in 2000, and also spent a year working at Slow Food’s international headquarters in Italy for the University of Gastronomic Sciences, before returning to New York in 2004 to take on her current position. She also serves on the boards of Community Food Security Coalition and Slow Food International.