Introducing the Harvest Stewards Board of Directors

In the process of rearranging things here... We now have a Board of Directors, and it is an impressive lot:

John Crossman is President of Crossman & Company, one of the largest retail leasing, management, development, and marketing firms in the Southeastern United States. John and I were college roommates at Florida State University where, in 1993, John earned his B.S. in Real Estate. John is deeply involved in charitable activities including Good News Jail & Prison Ministry and I Am Second in Orlando, Florida where he and his wife, Angie, live with their daughters Claire (10) and Ava (8).

Curt Buermeyer is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, where he earned a B.A. In Psychology. Curt and I were graduate school classmates. We studied together at the University of North Carolina, where he earned his PhD in clinical psychology. Curt worked for 5 years in private practice and at the National Leadership Institute. In 2007 he left private practice to focus exclusively on leadership development. He later founded LeadPeople LLC, an executive coaching and leadership consultancy. Curt, his wife Nikki, and three children (Luke, 12; Allie, 11; and Tyler,7) live in Herndon, Virginia.

Maggie Gough is a native of Boone County, Kentucky and a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University where she earned her degree in Dietetics. Maggie is a Registered Dietician and has been the Assistant Director of Wellness at Northern Kentucky University since 2011. It is through her involvement as the Coordinator of the Highland Heights/Northern Kentucky Community Gardens that I came to know Maggie. She and her husband Brad live in Cincinnati with their daughter Ainsley, 2 ½, who will be a big sister any day now.

Sue Plummer, a graduate of Bowling Green State University (B.A., French) and the University of Cincinnati (M.A., History), is an Education Specialist for Mercy Neighborhood Ministries in the Walnut Hills area of Cincinnati. It was Sue's work as Manager of the Julie Hanser Community Garden that caused our paths to cross in 2010, when she delivered a presentation on her work there to the Community Garden Development Training course I was attending. Sue and her partner Dave live in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati.