Our Board and Staff

Bountiful Cities strives for an equitable, inclusive structure in our leadership and representation. Our staffing structure includes lateral leadership so that Program Directors and the Executive Director can share decision-making. We are always experimenting and tweaking how we do things as an organization, and our goal is to develop models that work for everyone involved. Similarly, our Board of Directors shares decision-making and power. As an Advisory Board, our members represent various sectors of the food system, and their leadership guides Bountiful Cities with insight and vision.

Bountiful Cities Board of Directors
Ameena Batada, Board Chair - Professor in the Health & Wellness Department UNC Asheville
Brandee Boggs, Treasurer - US Army Corps of Engineers
Katie Cox, Co-Secretary - NC Center for Health and Wellness at UNC Asheville
Vanessa Chardos, Co-Secretary - Stay-at-Home Parent
Sekou Coleman - Executive Director of Arteria Collective
Lauren Rayburn - Co-Founder Rayburn Farms, Consultant Lauren Rayburn Co.

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Bountiful Cities Staff
Darcel Eddins, Executive Director: [email protected]
Kate Justen, Program Director: [email protected]
Cathy Cleary, Outreach Coordinator:  [email protected]
Jordan Diamond, FEAST Program Coordinator: [email protected] 
​Isa Whitaker, Community Garden Network Co-Coordinator:  [email protected]
​Ta'rin'ii Shanai, Community Garden Network Co-Coordinator: [email protected]
Kelly Applegate, FEAST Program Assistant: [email protected]
​Natalie Hesed, FEAST at Hot Springs Elementary: [email protected] 
Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council: [email protected]