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Haile Johnston

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Trustee at Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
📍 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Haile Johnston is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Common Market, a nonprofit he started with his wife to connect communities with sustainable, locally grown food. He is a social entrepreneur focused on reforming food systems and driving policy change. Haile is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School of Business.

Based in Philadelphia, Haile is a father of four who is passionate about building capacity in diverse communities. He and his wife also founded the East Park Revitalization Alliance in their Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. His work is inspired by his father, who sold fresh produce in North Philadelphia.

He was a Food and Community Fellow with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

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Current Role
Trustee
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Sustainable Food Systems
Co-founded The Common Market to build a food system that connects local farmers to urban communities, promoting fair access to healthy food.
Social Entrepreneurship
His career is dedicated to creating nonprofit enterprises that address food insecurity and community vitality through entrepreneurial methods and policy reform.
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Career

Work history

1-2016 - 6-2019
Trustee
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
3-2012 - 11-2024
Co-Founder, Chief Development Officer
The Common Market
7-2008 - 3-2012
PA State Director
Center for Progressive Leadership
3-2008
Co-Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer at The Common Market
The Common Market
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Education
1991 - 1995
Bachelor of Science (BS)
The Wharton School
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