Meet the Team
Get to know the people powering our purpose
Our Staff
![Rick Kemmer](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2017-Rick-Kemmer-300x300-1.jpg)
Rick Kemmer - Executive Director
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Megan Peterson - Operations Manager
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Nancy Heidrick - Program Assistant
Field Representatives
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Jean Abou - Togo
![Lesly Herrera](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DSC02353-b-300x300-1.jpg)
![Lesly Herrera](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DSC02353-b-300x300-1.jpg)
Lesly Herrera - Nicaragua
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Raymond Moloka - Tanzania
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Laata Mollel - Tanzania (Maasai Tribe)
Board of Directors
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Nikki Wetherington
![Rick Kemmer](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_20210808_150944_Bokeh.jpg-300x300-1.jpg)
![Rick Kemmer](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_20210808_150944_Bokeh.jpg-300x300-1.jpg)
Rick Kemmer
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Kate Kaniaru
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Megan Peterson
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Nancy Heidrick
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Laurie Sundby
Advisory Board
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Tim Albright
Chief Operating Officer, ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger)
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Dr. Bryan Mendieta
Professor, National Agrarian University of Nicaragua; Coordinator, Red Marango de Nicaragua (moringa research and education organization)
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Dr. Rosanna Hess
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and RN. Faculty member, School of Nursing & Health Sciences at Malone University in Canton, OH.
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Dr. Newton K. Amaglo
Dr. Amaglo is a lecturer in the Horticulture Department of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana.
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Dr. Ryan Burnette
Sr. Project Manager, Laboratory Operations, Biosafety & Biosecurity at Merrick & Company
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Dan Dolan
Owner, A-Boy Supply; co-owner, Dolan Northwest; founder and president, Moon Base Builders.
Core Volunteer Team
![Sue Ellen Dolan](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Z-SUE-ELLEN-5b-300x300-1.jpg)
![Sue Ellen Dolan](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Z-SUE-ELLEN-5b-300x300-1.jpg)
Sue Ellen Dolan
![Karen and John Wulf](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/WULF-Karen-John-3b-300x300-1.jpg)
![Karen and John Wulf](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/WULF-Karen-John-3b-300x300-1.jpg)
Karen and John Wulf
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Vicki Weese
![Sue Ellen Dolan](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/16028-Carper-Tim-Jody-sq-300x300-1.jpg)
![Sue Ellen Dolan](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/16028-Carper-Tim-Jody-sq-300x300-1.jpg)
Tim and Jody Carper
![Jeri Kemmer](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DSC05931-300x300-1.jpg)
![Jeri Kemmer](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DSC05931-300x300-1.jpg)
Jeri Kemmer
![Jeri Kemmer](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Yakouba-sq.jpg)
![Jeri Kemmer](https://www.strongharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Yakouba-sq.jpg)
Yakouba Hema
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