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

Kylie Barnes

Susan Bean

Adam Bowers

David Caldwell

Hartwell Carson

Mara Chamlee

Nancy Diaz

Amy Finkler

Bob Gale

Andy Hill
High Country Regional Director and Watauga Riverkeeper

Gray Jernigan

Chris Joyell

Josh Kelly

Savannah Lytle

Julie Mayfield

Ellianna McLaughlin

Callie Moore

Sarah Ogletree

Karim Olaechea

Bob Wagner

Tony Ward

Maddy Watson

Hannah Woodburn
Board of Directors
Chair, JéWana Grier-McEachin
Executive Director, Asheville-Buncombe Institute for Parity Achievement (ABIPA) | Buncombe County
Vice-Chair, Moriah Heaney
Impact Associate, Dogwood Health Trust | Polk County
Treasurer, Grady Nance
Retired, Business & Engineering | Henderson County
Secretary, Tanya-Marie Pender
President, Pathways to Parks | Henderson County
At-Large Executive Committee Member, Mary Jo Deck
Staurolite Resource Group | Clay County
Deke Arndt
Chief of the Monitoring Branch of the National Centers for Environmental Information | Buncombe County
Ameena Batada
Associate Professor of Health and Wellness, UNCA | Buncombe County
Jane Margaret Bell
Environmental Designer/Planner, Wildlands Engineering | Buncombe County
Marco Fonseca
Assistant Director of Intercultural Student Affairs, Appalachian State University | Watauga County
Kimberly Hunter
Entrepreneur, Cooperative Developer and Realtor at EXIT Realty Vistas | Buncombe County
Jesse Miller
Insurance Agent, First Security Insurance | Watauga County
Joshua Perkins
Environmental Education Specialist, NC Arboretum | Buncombe County
Sonya Rikhye
Attorney | Buncombe County
Erica Shanks
Events Coordinator, ASAP | Henderson County
Zoe Schumaker
Artist | Towns County, GA
Katherine Taaffe
Owner, All Creatures Short and Tall | Union County