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Community Advisory Council

The Community Advisory Council (CAC) ensures that Invest Appalachia’s (IA) investment priorities, organizational practices, and catalytic capital deployments are in alignment with community needs and IA’s founding values. The CAC establishes our priorities for catalytic capital investments, informs impact evaluation practices, and helps shape project pipeline development. The CAC is a community feedback loop between IA staff and the communities in which we all live and work.

Alexis Close

she/her

Administrative Manager

Appalachian Producers Cooperative

Johnson City, TN

Jason Tartt Sr.

he/him

Owner | Co-Founder

T & T Organics | EDGE

McDowell County, WV

Amelia Kirby

she/her

Director

Sycamore Fund - Foundation for Appalachian KY

Harlan, KY

Crystal Good

she/her

Publisher

Black By God

Charleston, West Virginia

Faith Knutsen

she/her

Director of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service, Ohio University

Athens, OH

Yaselin Gonzalez

she/her

Business Lender II for Western North Carolina

PCAP

Asheville, NC

Adam Wells

he/him

Regional Director of Community and Economic Development

Appalachian Voices

Abingdon, VA

Sam Miller

she/her

Development Director

Buckeye Hills Development Council

Athens, OH

Joe Tolbert, Jr.

he/him

Waymakers Collective

Knoxville, TN

Ray Moeller

he/him

Economic Redevelopment Specialist

Northern WV Brownfields Assistance Center - West Virginia University

Summersville, WV