Staff & Board

Our Team

Meet our team of dedicated staff and board members

Josh Nease

Executive Director, Mon Forest Towns Partnership

Josh lives and raises his family in the Mon and creatively approaches challenges of all types as he develops the concept and reality that is the Mon Forest Towns Partnership.

Dave Clark

Executive Director, WDG, WCL

Dave has directed Woodlands since 2008, was involved in establishing Woodlands Community Lenders, and taps the maple trees on his property each spring to make small batch maple syrup.

Sheri Haupt

Chief Financial Officer

Complicated accounting, expansive audits, and technical questions of all sorts keep Sheri in the office and out of the woods where she likes to go searching for photo opportunities.

Dustin Smith

Director of Project Development

Dustin manages housing and downtown development projects and technical assistance.

Bryce Koukopoulos

Project Manager

It’s all Greek to Bryce, but luckily she speaks Greek, and so she’s been able to quickly pick up skills and jargon to keep development projects moving forward throughout our service area.

Sandy Bennett

Project Manager

Sandy puts her considerable expertise and experience to use guiding our building projects through to completion and running a dog rescue.

Karen Jacobson

Loan Fund Manager

Recently retired from directing the Randolph County Housing Authority for many years, Karen keeps boredom at bay by contributing her significant expertise to managing Woodlands Community Lenders loan funds and engaging in active outdoor pursuits.

Katie Wolpert

Communications and Development

Katie wrangles words and images and is the Woodlands representative on the ground in Barbour County.

Robin Mickett

Operations Manager

Operations Manager is a deceptively simple title for the enormously involved work that Robin accomplishes with much patience and great skill.

Tena Crites

Loan Officer

Tena is right on target with helping small businesses of all types find, qualify, and apply for our flexible financing products.

Marti Jefferson

Business Advisor

Marti advises businesses of all sorts, sends them off in the direction of answers, and hooks them up with technical assistance.

Tisha Parrish

Bookkeeper

Tisha keeps the money flowing, staff and contractors paid, and wrangles more numbers in a day than you deal with in a year.

Emily Cook

Community Projects Manager, Mon Forest Towns

Emily helps our 12 Mon Forest Towns identify and accomplish their goals and on-the-ground projects.

Sam Kniery

Communications, Mon Forest Towns Partnership

Sam runs all around the Mon Forest taking photos and spreading stories about the Mon Forest Towns Partnership.

Matt Osborne

WCL Board Member

Mark Doak

WCL Board Member

Sandy Frank

WCL Board President

Amber Schoonover

WDG Board President

Tim Huguenin

WDG Board Secretary/Treasurer

Carol Carter, Ph.D.

WCL Board Member

Sarah Heuer

WDG Board Vice President

Andrew Carroll

WDG Board Member

Becky McClung

WCL Board Member

Dean Ahren

WCL Board Member

Robbie Morris

WCL Board Member

Tina Bennett

Staff Accountant

Tina supports our internal bookkeeping and accounting systems and brings plants and a can-do attitude to the office.

Dan Bucher

WDG Board Member

Sutton Stokes

WDG Board Member