We are a group of people passionate about growing jobs, sustainability and community prosperity. We welcome you to join us. Contact Bara Watts – barawatts@gmail.com
Board President: Jim Walborn, Director of GLIDE and The Richard Desich Sales Institute at LCCC
Board Vice President: Dr. Eve Sandberg, Robert S. Danforth Professor,
Oberlin College (retired)
Secretary: Dan Arredondo, Operations Manager, The Sanson Company
Treasurer: Brett Joseph, Environmental Lawyer, Agriculture Professor @ LCCC, Oberlin
Rebecca Bompeidi, Former SVP Business Transition Phillips Lighting America; Lighting Transformation Leader GE Lighting
Kevin Flanagan, President, General Plug & Manufacturing, Inc., Lorain County Community College, Board Member, Oberlin College, Board Member
Tony Gallo, President, Lorain County Chamber of Commerce
Mary Holmes, Co-founded the North Union Farmers Market in 1995, President of Innovative Farmers of Ohio, lecturer at CWRU on food and farming, Chapter Leader of Slow Food Cleveland.
Yiyun Lin, Assistant Professor and Director of Urban Agriculture, Ohio State University Extension
Jeremy Shechter, Founder, Open Source Horticulture
Chief Executive Officer,
The Center for Food Innovation
barawatts@gmail.com