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LOWER COLUMBIA SCHOOL GARDENS
Cultivating the values of lifelong learning, sustainability, health, and community.
The LCSG Board of Directors meets monthly to plan, budget, and approve expenditures. Members of this working board provide a broad range of skills and experience that enrich all aspects of running the garden programs.
LCSG board meetings are held at 6:00pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
President: Patricia Reistroffer — Retired Educator; LCSG Curriculum Development;
Co-founder Huntington Garden (Est 2013)
Vice President: Miriam Swartout — Senior Director of Human Resources, PeaceHealth
Treasurer: Danelle Trimble — Director, Workforce and Career Services, Lower Columbia College
Secretary: Beth Fellows — Guardian ad Litem, Reconnection Families Visitation Services LLC
Chuck Bergquist — Retired elementary principal; Association of Washington State Principals
Dr. Po-Shen Chang — MPH, MD, FAAFP - Chief Safety Officer, NW Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Mark Connolly — Principal, Butler Acres Elementary School
Michael Dodson —
Nagwa Pomerinke — Parent of LCSG student alumni, Co-founder of Edible Olympic,
LCSG Fundraising Committee
Operations Coordinator and Founder: Ian Thompson