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