BOARD of DIRECTORS

Andrea Asken-Dunn, French & ESL - Oxford Hills School District

Secretary

Andrea came to Maine with the idea of homesteading, but soon realized she was much too lazy! Nonetheless, she and her (future) husband started building their own house in 1983, and it just kept growing. They hope to complete it before they retire. They lived off-grid for 30 years and homeschooled two children. Gradually they expanded their garden, added some apple trees, nut trees and chickens, and now homesteading doesn’t look quite so far away. They are excited to have recently discovered Permaculture, which magically brings together the loose threads of many of their values and interests. After homeschooling, Andrea taught French, and now teaches ESL at Oxford Hills School District. She loves art and languages, and plays Renaissance music in the Society for Creative Anachronism. Andrea was on the board back when Fare Share made the move to Maine Street. A lot has changed since then!

Rose Heggeman

Director

Rose is a wife, mother, yogini, artist, holistic health coach, animal, lover, and dreamer. Her life has included being a ski Instructor at Shawnee Peak, a yoga teacher at Fountain of You and The Ballroom in Harrison, and an independent sales consultant at doTERRA Essential Oils. She has studied Health Arts & Sciences at Goddard College, Holistic Health at Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and Business at Andover college. She lives in Bridgton with her two children and partner James Heggeman.

Peter Kreiner, Brandeis University, Social Policy and Management

Treasurer

After decades of living in cities (Los Angeles, Boston) Peter and his wife Carol have, for the past five years, been building a cabin in Greenwood, Maine on 11 acres of mostly wooded foothills. Although he’s always been a backyard gardener, using French intensive and organic methods, he’s now able to grow vegetables on a much larger scale. Peter is edging into retirement from the world of academic research on prescription opioid and related issues, which allows him to bring grant writing and data skills to working on the Board. Although he still lives in Boston, Peter is looking forward to spending more and more time in Greenwood, relearning from his ‘60’s hippie days how to make delicious bread from freshly-ground whole-grain flours in a wood-fired brick oven he plans to construct, working in the vegetable garden, co-existing with the flies and ticks, and relaxing on his deck watching the wild turkeys shepherd their young through the blackberries and goldenrod down the hill.

Rachel McGarry

Board Member

Rachel, whose interest in food and its impact on health, harbors a firmly rooted passion for good nutrition, which she expresses in daily life as much through her career as a registered dietitian and diabetes educator as she does in her home, brewing her own kombucha, making yogurt, and digging in the garden. With a focus on real foods and a belief that food is an integral part of disease management and prevention, Rachel is eager to play a role through Fare Share Co-op and assist the Oxford Hills to become a healthier and happier community.

Lisa Moore, Writer & Poet

Volunteer Coordinator

Lisa is Norway’s Poet Laureate. She writes materials for the educational industry and facilitates the Mountain Poets Society that has performed at the Norway Arts Festival for many years. Her book There is a Crooked River offers poems about the Maine woods for young readers. Other recent works include The Haiku Project, a collaborative celebration of 100 original Haiku, a biography of Elie Wiesel for high school students, and an annual  collection of poems, such as Smoke that was letter-pressed in West Paris. Lisa has been a member of Fare Share since the 1980's and has been serving the Co-op in many different ways, including having a knowledge of Policy Governance and the ability to train others in using it well.

Roy Landesberg - Protec Friction Group

Board Member

Roy has been a small business owner for over 40 years. His company, Protec Friction Supply, imports and markets high temperature materials and parts engineered for the industrial and racing markets. They are currently involved in developing sustainable, eco-friendly alternatives to some of the traditional products. In 2016 Roy and his wife, Lydia moved to Maine from the New York area. Lydia is an eBay seller and a board member of the Lakes Environmental Association. They have four grown children with their oldest being the founder of Grove Collaborative, an e-commerce business offering subscriptions for sustainable home products. Another child is a data scientist; one is a LEED Certified Professional, and our youngest is an artist. Healthful plant-based eating, environmental awareness, and community involvement have always been important values in their home.

Tracy Taylor

Director

Tracy studied Therapeutic Massage and Hydrotherapy at the Finger Lakes School of Massage, as well as getting her Yoga Teacher Certification, at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She also attended SUNY Potsdam and received a Bachelors Degree in Anthropology. She currently works with clients at Cultivate Vitality Bodywork. Tracy also works with her partner Ian in creating CBD oils for healing and vitality.

Zizi Vlaun, Center for an Ecology-Based Economy (CEBE)

President

Zizi began working for the organic seed movement in mid 90s with Seeds of Change in Santa Fe where she met her husband Scott Vlaun. After leaving Taos, New Mexico, she moved to New York City to work for Waters Design Associates and realized that it was not a nurturing path. With Scott they moved to Maine and decided to grow some roots. Their first branches into the community came through Fare Share Co-op and continued to grow from that fertile ground. Zizi and Scott started Moose Pond Arts+Ecology in 1999 and continued their work with Seeds of Change producing seed catalogs, websites, seed packs, etc. and took on many other projects for the community as well, including the Oxford Hills Magazine. After all of that “career” craziness, Zizi began refocusing her life and is currently working for resiliency locally by working for an ecology-based economy for the area through the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy (CEBE), by raising a wonderful son named Jasper, and by supporting Fare Share Co-op with an eye on creating a robust and resilient local food system.