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Board of Directors

Mission

History

Board Members and Staff
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Career and Volunteer Opportunities

Amy Galloway

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Associate Professor (Departments of Psychology and Sustainable Development), Appalachian State University. 
Joined BRWIA in 2007. Amy is interested in all aspects of the food system.

Susan Boylan

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Retired clinical Social Worker, and part-time organic farmer. 

Kaitlyn Jongkind

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Food Systems Coordinator at the Appalachian District Health Department, Kaitlyn works with community gardens and farmers markets to increase access to healthy, local foods in the High Country. She joined the board in 2011 after becoming involved in the Seeds of Change Initiative. 

Margie Mansure

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Extension Agent/Registered Dietitian with NC Cooperative Extension. Margie’s aim is to help people develop awareness of how important healthy food choices are, and realize that choosing to purchase locally produced food benefits the individual and community in many ways. 


Sandra Lubarsky

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Director of the Goodnight Family Sustainable Development Department
at Appalachian State University.  Sandra strongly believes in the importance of reconnecting
agriculture and local culture.  


Amanda Perry

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Office Manager in the Anthropology Department at Appalachian State University. Joined the Board in 2011.

Staff

Courtney Baines, Director of BRWIA Programs (AmeriCorps Project Conserve)

Maria Cunningham, Seeds of Change Appalachia Program Assistant

Sarah Myers, Executive Director

Lauri Wilson, Seeds of Change Appalachia Project Manager

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