Staff

Mark DeGiacomo serves as the Chair of Friends of Holly Hill Farm. He is a partner at Murtha Cullina, LLP and works as a Department of Justice appointed bankruptcy trustee for cases filed in the Eastern District of Massachusetts. Mark serves as a Director for the Cohasset Conservation Trust, and previously served on the Cohasset Zoning Board of Appeals and the Cohasset School Committee. He is a lifelong resident of Cohasset where he and his wife raised their two sons. 

 Lydia White Adelfio serves as Vice Chair of Friends of Holly Hill Farm Board. Adelfio, former Board Chair, serves on the Board of Center City Public Charter School, a consortium of six schools in Washington, DC that serves a majority of at-risk students. She also serves on the Board of the Siena School, a school for children with mild to moderate language-based learning disabilities. Previously the Assistant Head of School for Administration at Sidwell Friends school, and has recently served two terms on the school’s Alumni Executive Board. Lydia grew up spending a decade of summers and many other annual vacations at Holly Hill Farm with her grandparents, which engendered a deep fondness for the farm and its mission. 

 Kristen Astley has lived in Cohasset for 26 years and has been an active member of the Holly Hill community for more than 20 years. Kristen has been a member of the Fundraising Committee, leading the 2021 Gala event and spearheading the 2022 private dinner series. Kristen currently works with small businesses and individuals on financial issues. She also worked at the Joseph Osgood school in kindergarten and with special needs programs. Kristen’s early professional life was in public relations for technology companies. Other volunteer experience includes the South Shore committee for the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club where she was instrumental in the development of the summer camp fundraising campaign, critical for families who need supervision for their children when school is out of session. She also volunteered for Dress for Success in Boston, working directly with women (often living in shelters, recently out of jail/drug treatment or are new to the country) to select appropriate

clothing for upcoming job interviews or new jobs to help them re-enter the workforce. Kristen’s strong belief in the importance of local organic food took hold after her husband’s battle with cancer. The Astley’s are long-time supporters of the Holly Hill farm stand and local organic CSA programs in Vermont. She has coordinated the delivery of Vermont meat and produce CSAs to Cohasset. Kristen has a BA from the University of Michigan

Helen Arnold joined the Board of Directors in 2013. She has been practicing organic gardening for many years and appreciates the value of having this amazing resource in the community. She serves as Treasurer, is on the Executive Committee and is Co-Chair of the Finance Committee. Helen spent 26 years in banking and financial accounting. She and her husband live in Cohasset where she is active in the schools, currently serving on the boards of the Prom Committee, the PSO, and the Arts Boosters.

 Carolyn Coffey has been an active town volunteer since she moved to Cohasset nearly 20 years ago. She volunteered in the schools her children attended and served on the board of the Cohasset Education Foundation. She has been very involved with Cohasset’s public library, most recently as an elected trustee and as a director of the Cohasset Library Trust, which raises money and manages an endowment for the long-term benefit of the library. She is also a member of the Cohasset Town Hall Rebuilding Committee. Her professional background is in finance and she earned a BA from Duke and an MBA from Columbia. She is drawn to the farm by her love of gardening, hiking and the outdoors and is excited to help it transition from family-owned to a non-profit entity.

Allison Waters Doherty has 25+ years of agency Operations, Design and Production experience in the marketing and advertising fields. She has held roles on both the brand and agency side, at Tiffany & Co., Lowe & Partners, Arnold Worldwide, and mostly recently, Colossus Creative Co. In 2017, Allison left Arnold Worldwide to join Adam & Co., later renamed A&Co, as Partner. A&Co. currently serves clients across a wide range of categories including lifestyle brands, consumer products groups, commercial real estate & hospitality, higher education & cultural institutions, luxury brands, non-profits and start-ups. In April of 2022 she merged A&Co. with Colossus Creative and now serves as the Head of People and GM of Colossus.

Allison lives in Cohasset with her husband, three daughters, a rabbit, a Bernese Mountain dog and several thousand bees. She is also a founding member of the Executive Committee for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Derby Academy, and a member of the Cohasset Garden Club.

Eric Eisenhauer currently serves on the Cohasset Conservation Commission. A veteran of the US Navy and Viet Nam, he earned his MBA from Harvard University. Eric moved to Europe to pursue a career in business management, meeting and marrying his wife overseas. Early retirement allowed him to pursue his passion for horticulture. A  master gardener and Royal Horticultural Society Qualified Rosarian, he frequently lectures about raising roses organically and is a staunch native plant advocate. 

 Martha Gangemi is a community leader with an interest in environmental advocacy. She was successful in presenting a Citizen’s Petition to the Cohasset Town Meeting which resulted in a single use plastic bag ban. Martha currently serves on the Trustees of Reservations Advisory Board, and recently completed her term as president of the Cohasset Garden Club. Martha has been an active provider of pro bono consulting services for Community Consulting Teams for over 14 years, and volunteers as a tutor with School on Wheels. She has a background in finance, having worked in investment management for Aldrich, Eastman and Waltch and in corporate finance for Bankers Trust. In her spare time Martha enjoys working with clients of her residential landscape design company. Martha enjoys photography and serves as a photography competition judge, is a member of the Cohasset Discussion Club, and enjoys any and all racket sports .  

Derrick Goodwin 

Melanie Herald

Tom Lovett 

Lauren MacLellan is a Commercial Senior Director at Boston Consulting Group, a role she assumed after serving as BCG's global head of litigation. Prior to moving in-house in 2017, Lauren practiced law for ten years, primarily as a litigator and employment specialist.  She is the co-founder and former president of the Cohasset Pride Project, a longtime board member of Employers Against Domestic Violence and a member of the #ProtectedAtWork legislative task force. Lauren lives with her husband, two children, and rescue dog and cat just a short walk from Holly Hill where she grows her own organic fruit, vegetables and herbs.  She believes deeply in the farm's mission, including food independence, sustainability, conservation, providing healthy food to families facing food insecurity, and educating all ages about the wonder and beauty of the natural world. 

Astrid Peisch moved to Cohasset from Germany in 2015, where she and her husband lived for 23 years, working and raising their children. While in Germany, she worked at the Kronberg Academy, a training institution focused on talented young musicians and a concert hall. At the Academy, Peisch also served as Executive Board Member for 13 years. Astrid is an avid organic gardener, growing plants from seed and propagating, raising chickens, bees, and feeding food scraps to red wigglers in order to use the worm castings for compost tea.  Astrid’s therapy dog Lexie accompanies her on hospice visits, Reading Rover programs at the library, Cohasset Schools, and beyond. She has been a long-time volunteer at Horizon for Homeless Children Play Space in Marshfield.  Astrid is an active member of both the Garden Club of Cohasset and the Community Cohasset Garden Club, where she served as president from 2022 to 2024. She has been running the CGCC Junior Gardener’s Program at Deer Hill Elementary School for the last 4 years.  Astrid and her husband Chris are excited to participate in the Holly Hill Farm’s transition from family ownership to a non-profit organization as they support Friends of Holly Hill Farm's mission of organic farming, conservation, education, and particularly its farm to food pantry program. 

Deirdre Prescott is the founder of Sandy Cove Advisors and serves as our Chief Wealth

Strategist. She prides herself on being a collaborative problem solver who is

genuinely inspired to help people. Combined with her skills as a good listener and a

strong sense of intuition, she guides her clients through the complexities of their

financial affairs, always acting as a sounding board, confidant, trusted advisor, and

friend.After decades of experience at leading wealth management firms including BNY

Mellon and Lehman Brothers, Deirdre identified an opportunity to establish a

boutique financial advisory firm that was fully dedicated to delivering a higher level of

service where she could more fully engage with her clients. She differentiates herself

by her warm demeanor, compassionate care combined with extensive financial and

estate planning knowledge. She is committed to the philosophy of education and

partnering with her clients to ensure that they understand and are able to participate

in the management of their wealth. Passionate about volunteering and philanthropy, Deirdre is a past President of the Boston Estate Planning Council, serving on its Executive Committee as a two-term board member. She is a current board member of the Norwell Visiting Nurse

Association and Friends of Holly Hill Farm. Deirdre was a member of The Boston Foundation’s

Professional Advisors Committee and was the former membership chair of the

Cohasset Golf Club. Deirdre has a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accounting from Providence College and a Masters of Finance (MSF) from Bentley University. 

Alison Rabshnuk is a passionate advocate of sustainable food-systems and has worked in the plant-based foods industry since 2017. Currently she works as the Business Development Director at Boston-based Freight Farms, an innovative company that creates hydroponic farms in shipping containers to allow anyone to grow hyperlocal, sustainable and pesticide-free produce year-round. She has 30+ years of consumer, B2B, nonprofit, digital marketing, communications, and business development experience working with top brands like Taco Bell, Levi Strauss & Co., and GAP. Alison is a graduate of Wellesley College. Alison moved to Cohasset with her husband Scott in 2022 after raising their two boys in Hingham. 

 Charlie White has been a part of Holly Hill Farm since his summers spent working for his grandfather, Dick White, and riding horses on the property’s extensive trails. Charlie received his MBA at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration and has spent most of his career working in the retail industry for national brands such as L.L. Bean, Land’s End, and J Jill. He is CEO and owner of Lyn Evans, a regional retail clothing company with an on-line presence and 3 stores in Massachusetts.