Urban GEMS benefits from the active participation of an advisory board consisting of highly invested volunteers. Advisory Board volunteers have been recruited to guide program development and sustainability. We hope they will help us in creating impactful opportunities for Urban GEMS youth. Since 2015, the following individuals volunteer their time on the Urban GEMS Advisory Board.
Urban GEMS Advisory Board Meeting April 2016
- Chyna Adams, RHH4L Gardens Club Secretary
- Renita Adams, Director RHH4L
- Cecil Ahad, Men For the Movement
- Dr. Robert Bennett III. OSU Diversity and Inclusion/ Bell National Resource Center
- Mike Collins, Ohio Board of Education | Promotions One
- Jawan Davila-Love, OSU student assistant
- Dr. Keith Gooch, OSU Biomedical Engineering
- Melvin Gregory, OSU student assistant
- Nasir Groce, RHH4L GC participant
- Tiffany Groce, RHH4L Urban GEMS coordinator
- Thomas Gunn, AUS teacher/Career Coach
- Pastor Greg Henneman, CD4AP, HEAL program
- Jesse Hickman, Local Matters
- Aaron Hopkins, FMBC, Southside CAN President
- Lisa Jones, Habitat for Humanity
- Katarina Kucinic, OSU student assistant
- Pastor Frederick V. LaMarr, FMBC and RHH4L
- Irven LaMarr, FMBC trustee | RHH4L GC Advisor
- Michelle LaMarr, RHH4L Advisor
- Steve LaMarr, Independent Contractor/Builder
- Bob Leighty, Parsons Avenue Merchant’s Association
- Leslie Lopes, Principal, Pure Motion Creative
- Dr. Laquore Meadows, OSU Extension FC Director / Project Evaluator
- Deja Moore, RHH4L GC Co-President
- DeMarion Moore, RHH4L youth rep
- Janazia Moore, RHH4L GC Historian
- Michael Moody, Kossuth Garden
- Jenny Pope, Franklin Park Conservatory outreach
- Lindsay Ricart, Juice Plus/Tower Gardens
- Jerry Saunders, APDS
- Mercedes Searcy, Urban GEMS assistant at RHH4L
- Victoria Strickland, Local Matters
- Azayiah Taylor, RHH4L GC Co-President
- Teneisha Taylor, RHH4L Parent Representative
- Chris Walker, OSU EHE/Extension OIT
- Tiffany Wilson, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Gardens
- Terrell “TJ” Woodall, AUS aeroponic technician
- Dr. Ana Zubieta, Nutritionist OSU Ext. SNAP Ed
