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      • Clean Streams Day
      • Cleanup Supply Stations
      • Trash Trout
      • WNC Big Sweep
    • Education
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      • Adopt-a-Spot
      • Cool Green Asheville
      • Food Tree Project
      • RRI
      • Tree Nursery
      • Treasured Trees >
        • Treasured Trees Calendar
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      • Asheville Bag Monster
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      • Flip Your Lid
      • Plastics Reduction Task Force
      • Recycling Information
      • Smash Don't Trash
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ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS
  • Hard 2 Recycle
  • Programs
    • Bee City USA Asheville >
      • Native Pollinator Plants and Nurseries
      • Pollination Celebration
      • Pollinator Garden Certification
    • Rivers & Roads >
      • Adopt-a-Street
      • Clean Streams Day
      • Cleanup Supply Stations
      • Trash Trout
      • WNC Big Sweep
    • Education
    • Urban Forestry >
      • Adopt-a-Spot
      • Cool Green Asheville
      • Food Tree Project
      • RRI
      • Tree Nursery
      • Treasured Trees >
        • Treasured Trees Calendar
    • Waste Reduction >
      • Asheville Bag Monster
      • Composting Information
      • Flip Your Lid
      • Plastics Reduction Task Force
      • Recycling Information
      • Smash Don't Trash
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
    • Experiential Internships
    • Youth Environmental Leadership Program >
      • YELP Staff & Alumni
      • How to Apply
    • Make a Donation
    • Wish List
    • Sponsorship
  • Upcoming Events
  • About
    • Job Openings
    • History
    • Staff/ Contact
  • Newsletter
  • Blog Roll
    • Latest News
    • Protect our Pollinators
    • Voice for the Trees
    • Mind Your Plastic May
    • Fall Leaves
  • Donate

Staff & Board

"Teamwork makes the Dream work"
Office locations
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In order to keep our staff and community safe, our office is closed to the public. Please call ahead before visiting.
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Main Office / Mailing Address
2 Sulphur Springs Road
Asheville, NC 28806
Ph  828-254-1776

Current Hours
M - 10am-3pm
T - closed
W - closed
Th - 10am-3pm
F - 10am-3pm
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Dawn Chávez
Executive
​Director
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Chelsea Rath
community ​engagement coordinator
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Megan Travi
Development Associate
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Eric Bradford
director of operations
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Peter Menzies
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR
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Tracy Hyorth
Administrative Assistant
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Hazel
morale coordinator
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Joéle Emma
Director of Education
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Nina Salerno
Office Manager
​& Bookkeeper
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Samantha Trueman
Americorps
​Community Forestry Coordinator

Board of Directors

Chair
Greg Hammer, NOAA
 
Vice Chair
Ed Macie, Urban Forest Consultant

Treasurer
John Swann, Mother Earth Food

Secretary
Lee Ann Smith, Buncombe County Schools

Board of Directors
​Samantha Bowers, American Chestnut Foundation
John Curry, Attorney at Law
Dennis Michele, Retired 
Sophie Min Mullinax, Blue Horizons Project
​Jannette Montenegro, Historic Cotton Mill Studios
Brandon Oliver, Southside Community Leader
Alison Ormsby, UNCA
Ed Parker, Keller Williams
Rich Patiño, The Patiño Law Firm
John Robbins, Founder Greathorn Properties, Inc / Retired
Bob Roepnack, General Contractor
Phyllis Stiles, Bee City USA

Asheville GreenWorks is a 501(c)3 non-profit environmental organization, governed by a Board of Directors. ​Interested in joining Board of Directors or one of our community project committees please contact Dawn Chávez for more information.

​Asheville GreenWorks is a 501(c)3 non-profit environmental organization, governed by a Board of Directors. Established in 1973, GreenWorks mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize individuals and communities to take care of the places we love to live.
  • Hard 2 Recycle
  • Programs
    • Bee City USA Asheville >
      • Native Pollinator Plants and Nurseries
      • Pollination Celebration
      • Pollinator Garden Certification
    • Rivers & Roads >
      • Adopt-a-Street
      • Clean Streams Day
      • Cleanup Supply Stations
      • Trash Trout
      • WNC Big Sweep
    • Education
    • Urban Forestry >
      • Adopt-a-Spot
      • Cool Green Asheville
      • Food Tree Project
      • RRI
      • Tree Nursery
      • Treasured Trees >
        • Treasured Trees Calendar
    • Waste Reduction >
      • Asheville Bag Monster
      • Composting Information
      • Flip Your Lid
      • Plastics Reduction Task Force
      • Recycling Information
      • Smash Don't Trash
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
    • Experiential Internships
    • Youth Environmental Leadership Program >
      • YELP Staff & Alumni
      • How to Apply
    • Make a Donation
    • Wish List
    • Sponsorship
  • Upcoming Events
  • About
    • Job Openings
    • History
    • Staff/ Contact
  • Newsletter
  • Blog Roll
    • Latest News
    • Protect our Pollinators
    • Voice for the Trees
    • Mind Your Plastic May
    • Fall Leaves
  • Donate