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 the Executive Director and Leadership Team members 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
Lauren Rayburn, Board Co-Chair - Co-Founder Rayburn Farms, Consultant Lauren Rayburn Co.
Sekou Coleman, Board Co-Chair - Community Organizer - Reparations Stakeholder Authority of Asheville
Fred Dulin, Treasurer - Retired Business Professional
Katie Cox, Co-Secretary - NC Center for Health and Wellness at UNC Asheville
Vanessa Chardos, Co-Secretary - Stay-at-Home Parent
Lucy Phillips - Agency Relations Manager Manna Food Bank
Anna Garrett - Nurse Practitioner
Bountiful Cities Staff
Darcel Eddins, Executive Director/Leadership Team: [email protected]
Cathy Cleary, Outreach and Development Coordinator/Leadership Team: [email protected]
Jordan Diamond, FEAST Program Coordinator/Leadership Team: [email protected]
Isa Whitaker, FEAST Educator: [email protected]
Nicole Salvitti- Gucwa, FEAST Educator- Lucy S Herring Elementary: [email protected]
Tamy Kuper, FEAST Educator- Francine Delany New School: [email protected]
Natalie Hesed, FEAST Instructor at Hot Springs Elementary: [email protected]
Ali Mangkang, FEAST Educator- Hall Fletcher Elementary: [email protected]
Gardner Singleton, Community Garden Network Coordinator: [email protected]
Micah Nielson, Pearson Food Hub Coordinator: [email protected]
Kelly Applegate, Media and Asheville Edibles Coordinator: [email protected]
Liz Avery, Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council, FEAST Program Assistant- Isaac Dickson Elementary: [email protected]
Darcel Eddins, Executive Director/Leadership Team: [email protected]
Cathy Cleary, Outreach and Development Coordinator/Leadership Team: [email protected]
Jordan Diamond, FEAST Program Coordinator/Leadership Team: [email protected]
Isa Whitaker, FEAST Educator: [email protected]
Nicole Salvitti- Gucwa, FEAST Educator- Lucy S Herring Elementary: [email protected]
Tamy Kuper, FEAST Educator- Francine Delany New School: [email protected]
Natalie Hesed, FEAST Instructor at Hot Springs Elementary: [email protected]
Ali Mangkang, FEAST Educator- Hall Fletcher Elementary: [email protected]
Gardner Singleton, Community Garden Network Coordinator: [email protected]
Micah Nielson, Pearson Food Hub Coordinator: [email protected]
Kelly Applegate, Media and Asheville Edibles Coordinator: [email protected]
Liz Avery, Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council, FEAST Program Assistant- Isaac Dickson Elementary: [email protected]
