ACGA Committees & Members
Members of the American Community Gardening Association are invited and encouraged to join committees. If you would like to join a committee, please contact: info@communitygarden.org for more information.
Committees typically meet quarterly via free teleconference call. Meetings are primarily scheduled when the majority of members can attend. Meetings usually take no more than an hour.
Advocacy Committee
Martin Bailey, Friends of Troy Gardens, Madison, WI
Roger Cooley, Heifer International, Chicago, IL
Rebecca Ferguson, Brooklyn, NY
Betsy Johnson, Boston, MA
James Kuhns, ACGA Board President, Toronto, ON Canada
Bill Maynard, Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition, Sacramento, CA
Bobby Wilson, Atlanta Urban Gardening Program, East Point, GA
Marti Bjornson, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Kristin Faurest, Jeffersonville, IN
Jeanie Gleisner, LaFayette, NY
James Kuhns, ACGA Board President, Toronto, ON Canada
Emily Neiman, Sustainable Food Center, Austin, TX
Jason Ney, Atelier JBN, Milwaukee, WI
Nancy Parachini, U.S. Forest Service, Washington, DC
Rebecca Winning, Winning, Ink, Denver, CO
Kristin Faurest, Jeffersonville, IN
Rory Klick, Lake Villa, IL
James Kuhns, ACGA Board President, Toronto, ON Canada
Bill Maynard, Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition, Sacramento, CA
Daniel Winterbottom, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Kate Chura, Horticultural Society of New York, New York, NY
Gwenne Hayes-Stewart, Gateway Greening, St. Louis, MO
James Kuhns, ACGA Board President, Toronto, ON Canada
Gerard Lordahl, Open Space Greening, Council of the Environment of NYC, New York, NY
Bill Maynard, Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition, Sacramento, CA
Kate Chura, Horticultural Society of New York, New York, NY
James Kuhns, ACGA Board President, Toronto, ON Canada
Bill Maynard, Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition, Sacramento, CA
Sandra Threadcraft, Decatur, GA
David King, The Learning Garden c/o Venice High School, Los Angeles, CA
James Kuhns, ACGA Board President, Toronto, ON Canada
Don Lambert, Gardeners in Community Development, Richardson, TX
Bill Maynard, Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition, Sacramento, CA
Nominations Committee
Kristin Faurest, Jeffersonville, IN
Emily Neiman, Sustainable Food Center, Austin, TX
Bill Dawson, Growing To Green, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH
Kate Chura, Horticultural Society of New York, New York, NY
Gwenne Hayes-Stewart, Gateway Greening, St. Louis, MO
James Kuhns, ACGA Board President, Toronto, ON Canada
Kate Chura, Horticultural Society of New York, New York, NY
Gwenne Hayes-Stewart, Gateway Greening, St. Louis, MO
James Kuhns, ACGA Board President, Toronto, ON Canada
Laura Lavid, Denver Urban Gardens, Denver, CO
Bill Maynard, Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition, Sacramento, CA
Keith Tidball, Dept of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Teague Weybright, Conservation Corps, Los Angeles, CA
Bobby Wilson, Atlanta Urban Gardening Program, East Point, GA
Liesel Carlsson, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Amanda Edmonds, Growing Hope, Ypsilanti, MI
Kristin Faurest, Jeffersonville, IN
James Kuhns, ACGA Board President, Toronto, ON Canada
Bill Maynard, Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition, Sacramento, CA
Sandra Threadcraft, Decatur, GA
Keith Tidball, Dept of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Shandal Grayson, Boston Natural Areas Network/MUG, Boston, MA
James Kuhns, ACGA Board President, Toronto, ON Canada
Charles Levkoe, SunRoot Farm, Peterborough, ON
Bill Maynard, Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition, Sacramento, CA