About Us
Julia Coffey, Co-Owner & Director of Operations
Hello, visitors and fellow seedsmen! I’m Julia and I am the co-owner and director of operations here at Seeds Trust.
I am from Denver, Colorado and when I'm not measuring out seeds, printing packets, growing tomatoes, and hunting down the most resilient and special seed varieties, I like to take full advantage of our magnificent valley by hiking, biking, backpacking, and getting on that Colorado River as often as possible. I am a big fan of the arts and love to be involved in my community so I’m lucky to currently sing in the Western Colorado Chorale and to be a member of the board of directors at KAFM Community Radio.
I graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder with degrees in Linguistics and French and lived in France teaching English and learning about local food market economies vs. the global industrialized food model. When I returned home, I knew I needed to help find a way to fix our deeply broken food system.
I met Bill McDorman while visiting a permaculture farm in Lyons, CO. He was giving a lecture on seeds and seed diversity and it genuinely changed my life. I immediately found him after the lecture and told him I wanted to be involved in whatever way I could. I ended up attending one of Bill's first Seed School workshops and continued to apprentice with him in Cornville, Arizona. I helped Bill run Seeds Trust until I bought the business from him in 2011. I then returned to Denver to provide high altitude adapted seed to mountain growers.
In my work with seeds, language, and people, I continue to learn that true strength and resilience stems from diversity, respect, and passion.
Alisha (Williams) Wenger, Co-Owner, Sales & Outreach
Alisha is a proud Coloradan who grew up in Steamboat Springs and studied English at Colorado State University. After graduation, she fulfilled a dream of serving with the United States Peace Corps, spending three years in Togo, West Africa as an Environmental Action and Food Security Development Agent. During this time, Alisha found her love for empowering communities to find innovative solutions for making our world a better place to live.
Since returning home in 2013 she has worked in the Denver metro non-profit and government sectors as a grant writing and fundraising professional. Alisha is passionate about food justice and regenerative food systems work. She completed her permaculture design certification with the Denver Permaculture Guild in 2017 and is board Treasurer for Global Seed Savers.
Alisha guides new initiatives with her background in community and resource development. She handles community outreach, promotions, and marketing for Seeds Trust.
Bill McDorman (ex-officio), Original Founder and Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance
Bill McDorman is a seed saver, writer, and educator based in Cornville, Arizona. He is co-founder of The Down Home Project, Garden City Seeds, Seeds Trust, High Altitude Gardens, the Sawtooth Botanical Gardens, Seed School and the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance. He is author of the book Basic Seed Saving. Bill is the former executive director of Native Seeds/SEARCH.
As the original founder of Seeds Trust, Bill is a close friend and continual advisor for Seeds Trust.