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Jessica Bearman
President Jessica works with philanthropic and other mission-based organizations, including nonprofits, co-ops, and schools. Her work focuses on organization development and project research, design, and coordination to help ogranizations become more effective and have more fun. Recent clients of Bearman Consulting include: The Council on Foundations, Project Streamline, the Diversity in Philanthropy Project, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. As a consultant and in her prior role as deputy director of the New Ventures in Philanthropy, she has written and spoken widely about new and established philanthropy and is the author of several studies of giving circles and shared giving. Most recently, she researched and wrote Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose: Challenges and Opportunities in Grant Application and Reporting, a study of grantmakers' application and reporting practices.
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Peggy Jenkins
Vice-President Peggy grew up in Hawaii and attended college and law school at Boston University. She clerked for a judge on the Court of Appeals in Washington DC, then worked for big law firms in Washington DC and Honolulu, concentrating in civil litigation and appellate matters. In 2001 she moved to Idaho with her husband, Jay,and their son, Daniel. While she continues to research and write for Hawaii attorneys, she also finds time to participate in the High School Parent Group, the Unitarian Church, and continues her quest to remember to play the guitar.
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Tom Liesz
Treasurer Tom Liesz, a Chicago native, earned a B.S. from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, an MBA from Northern Arizona University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Idaho. His real world experience includes working as an analyst for the Illinois Department of Labor, and several years as a financial/budget analyst in Washington and Idaho. He was also the director of two Small Business Institutes, one in Colorado and one in Oregon. With nearly 30 years of full- and part-time experience in the classroom, Liesz has acquired numerous teaching awards. His research has focused primarily on pedagogy and small business applications. His publications have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Financial Education, American Business Review, the Journal of Applied Case Research and the Mountain-Plains Journal of Business & Economics. He has been an active participant on several non-profit organization boards throughout his career.
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Kenzie Femreite
Secretary Kenzie is a graduate of University of Idaho with a degree in Food and Nutrition. For the last three years she has served as an educator with the UI Extension Nurtrition Program. She travels throughout northern Idaho working with families and older adults with limited resources to create tasty, low-cost, healthy meals.
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Carol Spurling
Carol is a freelance food writer and scholar, and the outreach and membership coordinator at the Moscow Food Co-op, where she has been on staff since 2008. She volunteered for 6 years before that for the Co-op's newsletter. Carol has a BA in English from Central College in Pella Iowa and a MA in Literature from the University of Montana in Missoula. She will graduate with a BA in French from the University of Idaho in May of 2011. Carol is an avid cook and baker, worked as a cook and baker in a coffee shop and a grocery store, and has taught cooking classes and food preservation classes for the Moscow Food Co-op for several years. All her grandparents were Iowa farmers, and Carol grew up with an appreciation for all the contented animals on her grandpa's farm, the annual ritual of putting up sweet corn, and the taste of homegrown strawberries on her cornflakes. In 2007 and 2008 her family spent a year in France and Ireland, volunteering on organic farms, where Carol learned how to make fresh goat cheese (and how to milk a goat!), and how to take care of backyard chickens. She and her family now have a small backyard poultry flock of their own.
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Jeff Hill
Jeff attended the University of Idaho and received a degree in Business Marketing. He has since lived in Moscow for the past 15 years. Jeff, along with his father, Jim Hill, is the current owner of James Toyota. He is a long time member of Emmanuel Lutheran church where he enjoys working with members on community outreach. Jeff's wife Karen and their three kidsShawn, Chris and Hailyenjoy their ever-expanding vegetable garden and love to share the harvest!
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Donna Kendall-Woolston
Donna is the owner of Appearances, a boutique marketing and promotions firm that for over twenty-years has represented businesses in the Inland Northwest. She specializes in working with entrepreneurs, as well as planning truly extraordinary events. Donna is also a familiar face to Arts and Cultural boards, continuing a legacy of community service passed down through six generations of her Idaho family. Daughter of an educator and a gardener, wife of a photographer, mother to a songwriter, an actress, a social activist AND a recent Grandmother to a perfect child, Donna believes in power of dreams becoming reality. Her enthusiasm and outlook is natural fit for Backyard Harvest.
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Kristen Koenig
Kristen grew up in the cities of Dallas, St. Louis and Tampa, and didn’t think much about how food was grown until she took the On-Farm Organic Practicum at the Washington State University Organic Farm. This course changed her life as she felt connected to her food, her community and the land. After taking the course, she decided to pursue work in the field of sustainable agriculture. Kristen holds a position at WSU where she manages a three-state collaborative Food and Agricultural Systems Education Project andserves on the Leadership team for the Cultivating Success™ Sustainable Small Farms Education Program. She also works at the University of Idaho Latah County Extension in the Small Farms Program. Prior to living in the Northwest she worked at a non-profit organization in Philadelphia that provided early intervention services for pre-school children. Kristen received her Master’s degree from WSU and Bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida. For fun she enjoys dancing, yoga, gardening, reading, spending time with friends, and tries to remember her desire to be a potter. She cherishes hanging out with her partner, Christopher, their three dogs, and out-numbered cat.
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Claire Lichtenfels
Originally from Rhode Island, Claire moved to the Pacific Northwest after graduating from Brown University with a degree in Psychology. Before settling down to raise a family, Claire and her husband spent a year backpacking in Australia and experiencing the life of migrant farm workers. Upon returning to the States, Claire earned a graduate degree in clinical social work from the University of Washington and has spent more than 20 years working with at-risk youth and their families. She also moonlighted as a rowing coach while she and her family lived on Vashon Island. In 2006, Claire, her husband and four children moved to Moscow. Claire decided to pursue her interest in farming and interned at the WSU Organic Farm where she still works. Having established Soggy Bottom Farm on her own property, she is partnering with BYH to launch a CSA with the goal of providing fresh, affordable, local produce to low-income families on the Palouse.
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