I'm a spinner, dyer, knitter and papermaker; I also enjoy teaching all of these things.
What do you love most about Local Cloth?
I love that we invented the type of place we want to visit, with all of the things we like to do. I love that we have 500 members who've found "their tribe," and are bringing more people here all the time. I love that we're a learning community and volunteer-led.
Why do you serve on the Local Cloth Board?
My superpower is being able to make dreams come true in a nonprofit environment. I worked for a national public interest group - The Council of State Governments - to develop solutions to the Farm Crisis in the 1980s. I helped the US Small Business Administration create partnerships with states to help grow rural small companies. In the 1990s and 2000s I created a program to connect university faculty and non-profits to improve the lives of children, families and communities throughout Florida. And in 2010 I came to Western North Carolina to help small towns revitalize their communities by partnering with artists.