Advisory Board

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