Board Meeting Minutes
December 2022
November 2022
August 2021
Project Grow's Board of Directors
Since its inception, Project Grow's Board of Directors has maintained an active and engaged presence in the organization. Its philosophy is to be a "working board" and that's a role board members take seriously. From longer-term strategic projects that help better fulfill Project Grow's core mission to weekend work parties at individual garden sites, the board members are out there getting their hands dirty alongside members (both literally and figuratively!).
The Board of Directors welcomes and encourages member input. Feel free to send thoughts and suggestions for the board to info@projectgrowgardens.org.
Current Board Members
Scott Richardson, President
Scott Richardson has been a gardener, specializing in hot peppers, for about ten years. He joined the board of Project Grow in 2021 to engage with the many communities and identities that Project Grow is reaching and serving. He looks forward to preserving and celebrating the rich legacy of the organization while tending to the stability and wellness of our Project Grow community and sites.
Joe Schutte, Vice President
Joe has been gardening since his early teenage years. He joined the board in 2017 & is now a MSU Extension Master Gardener & member of Washtenaw County Master Gardeners. He gardens & is the site coordinator at our Scio site. His first love is heirloom tomatoes but he always includes hybrids tomatoes as they are better for food donation.
Marcella Trautmann, Secretary
Sharon Fay
Sharon worked on managing the gardens at Forest Hills Coop for about 20 years. She is now at County Farm and wants to share her love of gardening with everyone.
Suzan Hatch
Dan Noble
Dan rejoined the Project Grow board in 2020 after earlier serving a 2 year term from 2016-2019. He is the site coordinator for both Chapel Hill and Food Gatherers and has a special interest in promoting Project Grow's food donation efforts.
Deborah Nystrom
Deb has been gardening for over 30 years, but Project Grow provided the sun, space and community to expand her gardening joy, skill and ambitions growing heirloom tomatoes as well as a cutting gardens including cosmos, zinnias and dahlias. She is a site coordinator and a Winter Sowing enthusiast growing natives, wildflowers and flower gardens in private and public shared spaces.
Jesse Raudenbush
Jesse directs the Project Grow Compost Education Center (CEC) along with Joet Reoma. He is a Michigan Master Gardener and an experienced vermiculturist, in charged of the Vermiculture Program of Project Grow. Jesse owns and operates the worm farming and horticulture design company, Starr Valley Farms.
Annette Calabrese Zurack