Executive Leadership Team
President’s Office
Accounting
Advancement
Information Technology
Human Resources
Marketing & Communications
Ministries
Home Repair
New Build & Disaster Recovery
Volunteer
2022-2023 Fellowship Class
- Lucas Lamb (Jonesville, VA)
- Claire Dollins (Jonesville, VA)
- Emma Christensen (Jonesville, VA)
- James Blanton (Jonesville, VA)
- Grant Vermilya (Rebuild and Recovery, KY)
- Haley Peck (Waverly, TN)
- Nate Alford (Tri-Cities TN, Home Repair)
- Megan Murphy (Tri-Cities TN, Home Repair)
- Matt Akins (Tri-Cities TN, New Build)
- Sarah Tel (Fellow Liasion)
ASP’s Board of Directors
Rev. Dr. Walter Crouch
- President/CEO, Appalachia Service Project, Inc.
- Johnson City, Tennessee
Mr. John O. Pearce, Chairperson
- Partner, Ernst & Young LLP (Retired)
- Nashville, Tennessee
Mr. Mike LaRock, Vice Chair
- Assistant Vice President for Foundations, Old Dominion University
- Norfolk, Virginia
Mr. Ken Landers, Secretary
- Captain, US Navy (Retired)
- Fairfax, Virginia
Mr. Stephen Dixon, Chair of Finance Committee
- Senior Vice President/CRA Officer, Bank of Tennessee
- Johnson City, Tennessee
Dr. Doug Anderson
- Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, The George Washington University
- Arlington, Virginia
Mr. Erik Andrews
- Principal Software Systems Engineer, ASRC
- Oberlin, Ohio
Rev. Dr. Brian Brown
- Senior Pastor, Woodlawn-Faith United Methodist Church
- Alexandria, Virginia
Mr. Bill Culbertson
- Real Estate Executive, William E. Culbertson Real Estate
- Fairfax, Virginia
Mr. Charles W. “Chuck” Ellis
- Executive VP, Time Warner Cable (Retired)
- Fairfield, Connecticut
Rev. Brian Erickson
- Senior Pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church
- Homewood, Alabama
Mr. Michael Hodge
- General Contractor/Owner, Hodge Construction
- Iowa City, Iowa
Ms. Hattie Koher
- Director of Youth Ministry, First United Methodist Church of LaGrange
- LaGrange Park, IL
Mr. Mark McIntyre
- Partner / Co-Founder, Merchant McIntyre Associates, LLC
- Washington, District of Columbia
Ms. Emily Miller
- Director of Marketing & Development, Manhattan Neighborhood Network
- New York, New York
Ms. Elizabeth Moore
- Attorney / Partner, Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC
- Nashville, Tennessee
Ms. Meg Robertson
- Non-Profit Consultant, Macvian Partners
- Stanley, North Carolina
Ms. Angela Struebing
- Senior Director of Marketing, Mainstreet Card Acquisition and Customer Experience, Capital One
- Arlington, Virginia
Rev. Dr. Alida Ward
- Pastor, Greenfield Hill Congregational Church
- Fairfield, Connecticut
Board Members Emeriti
The Rev. Rosemary Brown
- United Methodist Clergy
- Nashville, Tennessee
Rev. John “Jack” W. Gilbert, Jr.
- Major Gifts, Trust For Public Land (Retired)
- Atlanta, Georgia
The Rev. Dr. F. Stuart Gulley
- President, Woodward Academy
- Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. David Lollis
- FAHE (Retired)
- Lexington, Kentucky
The Rev. Dr. George Morris
- United Methodist Clergy (Retired)
- Peoria, Illinois
Rev. Jim Robinson
- United Methodist Clergy (Retired)
- Nashville, Tennessee
ASP’s Community Advisory Council
The ASP Community Advisory Council (CAC) empowers invested local leaders to inform ASP’s short- and long-term engagement in Central Appalachia, by providing strategic feedback and identifying ASP’s role in regional community development. The CAC regularly provides counsel and encouragement to ASP as it strives to be a partnership-focused organization in the communities it serves. If you are interested in becoming a Council member, or would like to refer somebody, please contact us at CAC@asphome.org.
Rev Brooke Atchley, Director of Clinch Mountain District Community Ministry & Elk Garden School Community Ministries, Southwest, VA
Steve Baldwin, Director of Development for City of Johnson City, TN (Retired)
Carlos Ivan Cardenas Benitez, Website Designer and Programmer at GlobalOXS, Johnson City, TN
Bill Bird, Facility Manager at Trade Community School, Trade, TN
Pete Broersma, SWAP Harlan Location Coordinator, Harlan County, KY
Ron and Jill Carson, Co-Founders of Appalachian African American Cultural Center in Pennington Gap, VA
Chris Doll, Assistant Director of Housing Alliance, Hazard, KY
Leslie Goe, Principal at Clay Middle School, Clay County, WV
Tom Harrison, Hancock County Mayor, Sneedville, TN
Christy Laxton, Executive Director of Wyoming County Economic Development Authority, Wyoming County, WV
Dave Lumsden, Meadow River Valley Association, Greenbrier County, WV
Bonnie MacDonald, Director of Leadership Formation & Ministry Staff, West Virginia UMC Conference, Kanawha County, WV
Errol Randle, Community Outreach Specialist with the WV Department of Military Affairs and WV Department of Education, Kanawha County, WV
Bryan Toll, Director of Christ’s Hands, Harlan KY
John Wyatt, Storyteller, Greenbrier County, WV
