Regina Becknell
Jonathan Harrison
Tina Johnson
Carol Lamm
Angie Lewallen
Justin Maxson
Valen Spears Poff
Debbie Reardon
Barbara Reed
Kristin Stratton
MACED Interns |
staff
Regina Becknell, Business Development Associate,
rbecknell@maced.org
Regina Becknell started working with MACED in July 2004. She staffs MACED's eastern Kentucky office. She most recently served as the president of the Floyd County Chamber of Commerce in Prestonsburg, KY. In addition to her position with the Chamber, Regina worked part-time for the Morehead State University Small Business Development Center. Her duties at these positions included fundraising, marketing, finance, design, leadership initiatives, economic development and technical assistance to businesses. Regina is a graduate of Berea College. She returned to eastern Kentucky to be closer to her parents and to raise her two children. Prior to her return to Floyd County, she was the marketing director/accountant for Buell*Fryer*McReynolds, a structural engineering firm, and accounting manager for Frontier Nursing Service. Regina has served as board member for the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executives, and has been a member of the Kentucky Industrial Development Council and Prestonsburg Rotarian.
Jonathan Harrison, Business Development Director,
jharrison@maced.org
Jonathan directs the business development program. His responsibilities include managing the loan fund, securing and reviewing new deals, managing troubled loans, assisting with fundraising and supervising staff. He arrived at MACED in December 2003 after serving as co-founder and managing director of alt.Consulting, a non-profit economic development organization that created a new delivery model for quality consulting services throughout the Delta region of the South. In addition to building the organization over the last six years, he has provided financial, operational and managerial technical assistance to businesses across the south. Jonathan has hands-on experience as a business trainer, new business developer and has a background in development finance and non-profit management. His varied experience includes managing marketing activities at Carnegie Hall in New York City to teaching at the Xi'an Institute of Finance and Economics in China. He has traveled extensively throughout Asia. He holds a Masters in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management.
Tina Johnson, Program Assistant,
tjohnson@maced.org
Tina Johnson joined the MACED staff in July of 2002. She is a member of the forestry team and is responsible for MACED's information technology. Her educational background includes three years at Berea College studying art history and four years at Eastern Kentucky University studying nursing. Tina is the mother of two children and describes motherhood as the driving force behind her commitment to building a world worth living in. She is an active member of the Madison county chapter of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. She also serves on the council for Kentucky Heartwood, a nonprofit volunteer group committed to restoring and protecting Kentucky's native forests. She is an avid supporter of her local economy and eagerly endorses the local MERJ (Madison-Estill-Rockcastle-Jackson) clean and green market. Tina encourages everyone to buy local, organic goods.
Carol Lamm, Operations & Finance Director,
clamm@maced.org
Carol Lamm has served MACED in many capacities beginning in 1978. Her responsibilities have included technical assistance to community organizations, research, new program development, fundraising and internal organizational development. From 1988 to 1994, she served as the first coordinator and then the director of the Brushy Fork Institute, an Appalachian leadership and development program of Berea College. From 1999 to mid-2002, she worked as an independent consultant and studied accounting, passing the CPA exam in November 2001. She re-joined MACED in the summer of 2002 and is now operations and finance director. As a volunteer, Carol has served as president of the Kentucky Conservation Committee, as an elected member of the Berea Community School-Based Decision Making Council, as president of the Kentucky Association of School Councils and in numerous officer positions with local and regional Quaker bodies. She has a master's in English from Cornell University.
Angie Lewallen, Accounting Clerk,
alewallen@maced.org
Angie Lewallen joined the MACED staff in July 2005 and aids the finance and operations teams by providing clerical accounting support to MACED programs and staff. Before coming to MACED Angie worked as a legal assistant with a local environmental law firm supporting cases involving the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act. For many years, she has also provided community and residential support to individuals in Madison County who have developmental disabilities. Angie graduated from Berea College in May 2002 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Agriculture and Natural Resources. She has a strong interest and background in organic gardening and the sustainable use of natural resources.
Justin Maxson, President,
jmaxson@maced.org
Justin Maxson first came to MACED in 1995 as director of community development for the Letcher County Action Team, a grassroots sustainable development organization in eastern Kentucky. Justin's work focused on leadership development, program development and community-based problem solving. From 1998 to early 2002, Justin was executive director of the Progressive Technology Project, a national grant making and technical assistance organization working to strengthen grassroots social change efforts through the strategic use of technology. Justin returned to MACED in February of 2002 as vice-president and has recently been named president. Justin brings 10 years of nonprofit experience focused on capacity building, program development, organizational development and social change. He has a master's in anthropology from Boston University.
Valen Spears Poff, Senior Associate for Finance and Business Development,
vpoff@maced.org
As senior associate for finance and business development, Valen Spears Poff is a member of the finance and the business development teams. She performs accounting and financial reporting activities for MACED, Appalachian Investment Corporation, Ridgecrest Enterprises, Democracy Resource Center and Kentucky Natural Lands Trust. She is responsible for the preparation of quarterly reports, financial statements and reports to funding sources. She works closely with the auditors on the annual financial audits. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Berea College and a master's of business administration from Eastern Kentucky University.
Debbie Reardon, Loan Fund Administrator,
dreardon@maced.org
Debbie Reardon has been at MACED since June 1999. She joined MACED as a staff accountant with a full range of accounting duties. In May 2002 she moved to the business development team as senior business development associate. Her responsibilities include all aspects of non-profit business lending, from initial contact through closings. Debbie attended Northern Virginia Community College and the University of South Florida. She worked as a staff accountant for a Northern Virginia local government from 1982 to 1995. In addition to her full-time work she was a mortgage loan officer of CAMCO Mortgage Bankers in Northern Virginia. With the transfer of her spouse to Tallahassee, Florida, she worked full-time as budget assistant for the Florida Bar, serving 70,000 attorneys. To complement her mortgage lending background, she attended classes and passed the state test for her real estate license. Currently, she teaches a monthly personal financial class for the State of Kentucky District Court System for Theft by Deception offenders. As a volunteer, she has worked with the Girl Scouts, the Madison County Humane Society and Habitat for Humanity. In addition she is an administrative board member of First United Methodist Church in Richmond, KY and a member of the Supervisory Committee of the Central Appalachian Peoples Federal Credit Union in Berea, KY.
Barbara Reed, Office Manager,
breed@maced.org
Barbara Reed has served MACED since January, 1990. Her responsibilities have included receptionist, office manager, benefits coordinator and human resources director. Barbara has worked as secretary for Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, as secretary with Charter Ridge Behavioral Center and at Goodyear (now Hayes-Lemmerz) as human resources assistant. As a volunteer, Barbara has served as vice president of the Single Parents' Network and has served on the boards of Central Appalachian Peoples Federal Credit Union Board, Mountain Maternal Planned Parenthood and the Human Economic Appalachian Development Corporation. She also served as a board peer trainer with Southern Rural Development Initiative, Raleigh, North Carolina. Barbara attended the University of Cincinnati and was certified in human resources by the Special Programs Division of Eastern Kentucky University.
Kristin Stratton, Senior Program Associate,
kstratton@maced.org
Kristin Stratton graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 1997 with a bachelor of arts degree in public relations. Within a matter of weeks, she was working at MACED as a intern and has been with the organization ever since. Her position has evolved through the years and she has served in many roles including communications, fundraising, programmatic work, grant administration and technology coordinator. As senior program associate, Kristin works to support MACED programs and affiliate organizations through internal and external communications as well as with strategic planning and development. This position requires working in all communications mediums–web-based, print and multimedia–as well as assisting with fundraising and programmatic duties. Kristin is highly involved in community development in her personal life as well. She is one of the founders and board president of the Paint Lick Family Clinic, a free nonprofit community health organization. She is also board president and active volunteer for the Friends of Paint Lick, a community service and literacy organization.
MACED Interns
Aly Diakhate, Business Development Intern
Jenna Lowe, Office Assistant
Daniel Metcalf, Business Development Intern
Matthew Martin, Office Assistant |
