Meet Our Team
This strong team of dedicated individuals helps to protect and preserve our natural land, water, and air resources through education and public participation in policy decisions at all levels of business and government.

Anna Alsobrook

Susan Bean

Adam Bowers

David Caldwell

Hartwell Carson

Nancy Diaz

Amy Finkler

Bob Gale

Jack Henderson

Andy Hill
High Country Regional Director and Watauga Riverkeeper

Gray Jernigan

Chris Joyell

Josh Kelly

Julie Mayfield

Callie Moore

Sarah Ogletree

Karim Olaechea

Erica Shanks

Darby Stipe
AmeriCorps Western Region Water Quality and Habitat Restoration Associate

Sydney Swafford

Bob Wagner

Tony Ward

Maddy Watson

Hannah Woodburn
Board of Directors

Front: Kimberly Hunter, Ameena Batada, Moriah Dean (Chair), Kareen Boncales.
Back: Enrique Sanchez, Katherine Taaffe (Treasurer), Harli Palme, Nicholas Holshouser, Jane Margaret Bell (Secretary), Jesse Miller (Vice Chair)
Chair, Moriah Dean
Impact Associate, Dogwood Health Trust | Polk County
Vice-Chair, Jesse Miller
Insurance Agent, First Security Company | Watauga County
Treasurer, Katherine Taaffe
Owner, All Creatures Short and Tall | Cherokee County
Secretary, Jane Margaret Bell
Environmental Designer/Planner, WK Dickson | Buncombe County
Ameena Batada
Associate Professor of Health and Wellness, UNCA | Buncombe County
Kareen Boncales
Director of Entrepreneurship, Mountain BizWorks | Buncombe County
Jenny Dissen
Corporate Relations and Partnerships Lead, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies | Buncombe County
Nicholas Holshouser
Owner, Wandering Nature Photography | Transylvania County
Kimberly Hunter
Entrepreneur, Cooperative Developer and Realtor at EXIT Realty Vistas | Buncombe County
Harli Palme
President, Parsec | Buncombe County
Enrique Sanchez
Retired | Henderson County