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 Denise
Barrett is the new Executive Director at
Appalachian Sustainable Development.
She joined our team in November 2009.
Denise is a social entrepreneur with
more than 20 years of experience
designing and leading humanitarian and
development programs in Africa, the
Middle East, South Asia, and the U.S.
Gulf Coast (post-Katrina). She has also
launched and managed her own small
enterprises in the U.S. Her areas of
expertise include community-driven
development; local governance and civil
society development; conflict
transformation; youth leadership and
life skills; and economic livelihoods
and market development. Denise holds an
M.A. in International Administration,
with a focus on international
development management, and has
specialized post-graduate training in
energy consciousness, social enterprise
development, leadership and coaching." |
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| Business Operations Manager |
Kathlyn
Terry holds a Bachelor of Business
Administration degree in Marketing
from Texas A&M University.
She has 20 years of experience in
various business roles with a focus on
operations management and business
process design and improvement.
Kathlyn is responsible for managing
the Appalachian
Harvest enterprise and the
Wood Products and Forestry program.
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Administration and
Human Resources Manager
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Administrative
Assistant
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Gina
Patrick is the Administration and
Human Resources Manager at ASD.
She has been with ASD for five years
and manages all administrative and
human resources related tasks at the
Abingdon office and provides support
for ASD’s programs. Gina has
an Associates degree in Arts and
Sciences from VHCC and over ten years
of experience. Having been
raised in southwest Virginia, she is
passionate about the many good things
that ASD does and loves being part of
a great team.
She
lives in Abingdon with her husband,
Darin and her two-year old son, Aidan.
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 Jessica
Long is the Administrative Assistant at
ASD. She has an Associates Degree
in the Arts and Sciences of Education as
well as many years of experience in an
office environment. Jessica brings
with her several computer skills and
strong knowledge of many computer
programs. Jessica's tasks include
any basic administrative duties as well
as updating the website.
Jessica, her husband Justin, and
their two children live in Castlewood,
VA.
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Anne Haynes joined
Appalachian Sustainable Development in
November of 2009 and is responsible for
the financial management of all of the
programs and businesses of ASD. She is a
CPA with over 18 years of experience
managing the finances of nonprofits
including The Paramount Center for the
Arts, River’s Way, Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, and the Eleanor T. Reynolds
Foundation. She also has experience in
providing bookkeeping, payroll, tax and
investment services for individuals and
small businesses. Anne has a BBA in
finance/accounting from ETSU and is
currently working on a MS in accounting
from Gardner-Webb University. Anne lives
on her family’s horse farm in Bristol,
TN which she has helped operate for over
25 years.
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Denise “Deni”
Peterson is the Learning Landscapes
Education Coordinator. She earned
her undergraduate degrees in Natural
Resource Conservation from the Community
College of the Finger Lakes in New York
and the University of New Hampshire, and
her Master in Education from the
University of Rhode Island. For
the past 9 years, Deni has been working
to develop Learning Landscapes in
Washington County, VA creating community
gardens at local schools to heighten
agricultural understanding and
environmental sensitivity among our
youth. The program helps schools
establish wildlife habitats and
ecosystem study areas using gardens,
nature trails, rain gardens, small
ponds, and native vegetation to be used
as outdoor classrooms. Deni draws from
over twenty years of organic gardening
experience to help her design, build and
maintain the outdoor classrooms. She has
built educational gardens in Rhode
Island, Vermont, Chicago, Illinois and
now in Virginia. Deni lives in
Abingdon, VA with her twin sons and
husband, Tom. Together they run a
small organic farming business called
Blue Door Garden from their home.
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 April
Grace joined Appalachian Sustainable
Development in December of 2009 and is
working with Learning Landscapes as a
program assistant. April is a native of
Washington County, after completing her
bachelor’s degree from Radford
University in December 2008 she returned
to Abingdon. April has been involved in
organic gardening for many years, as
well as, working with children through
organizations such as 4-H, dance and
gymnastics programs, and now Learning
Landscapes. April also teaches dance at
East Coast Dance Academy, serves at the
Harvest Table Restaurant and works with
the Upper Tennessee River Roundtable.
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Lindsey
Holderfield is the Learning Landscapes
Program Manager. She earned her
M.S. in Geography from the University of
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| Agriculture Ed.
Coordinator |
 Tom
Peterson is the Agriculture Ed.
Coordinator at ASD. Mr. Peterson
coordinates educational programs related
to sustainable agriculture for farmers
and consumers. Provide technical
assistance to and assist in developing
markets for local, sustainable (organic)
producers of agricultural products.
Mr. Peterson has a BA Geology
(English minor); University of
Tennessee, Knoxville.
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| Wood Products
Distribution Advisor |
| Kevin
Rowe is our Wood Products Distribution
Advisor. |
| AH Sustainable
Agriculture Manager |
| John
Britton is the AH Sustainable
Agriculture Manager. Mr. Britton's
duties include the education and
training of the farmers in organic
production. John also manages the
farmers’ plan of production for the
group. Mr. Britton works closely with
the farmers in any farm related issues,
such as: farm planning, disease control,
production planning, crop selections and
all other farm practices. |
| AH Sales and Marketing
Manager |
Robin Robbins is the AH Food Safety
and Marketing Manager. Ms.
Robbins is a B.A. Interdisciplinary
Studies graduate with record of success
in inventive educational planning,
implementing instruction and
administering assessments to both
special needs and regular educational
students. She is also a volunteer child
advocate for special needs students and
families.
Robin develops
markets, buyer relationships and
opportunities for local certified
organic growers. She also
coordinates off season planning and
secure projections with buyers and
growers to meet the rising demands for
local certified organic produce.
Facilitate and design POP materials and
tools to successfully market the
network, the mission and all marketable
items sold through Appalachian Harvest:
number 1 produce, marketable seconds,
and free range eggs. Over the past 30
months, Robin has been researching,
developing and training all producers on
the Appalachian Harvest Food Safety
Program, implementing a variety of
tools, benchmarks and checkpoint to
ensure the safe production and handling
of Appalachian Harvest produce.
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| Garry
Williams is the AH Facility
Manager. |
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