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Our Team

Staff

Chief Executive Officer
Andy Barnett, abarnett@ashevillehabitat.org

Executive Assistant
Jessica Roland, jroland@ashevillehabitat.org

Chief Operations Officer
Jeff Bridgman, jbridgman@ashevillehabitat.org

Operations Manager
Laura Walker, lwalker@ashevillehabitat.org

Operations Coordinator
Jenny Bromley, jbromley@ashevillehabitat.org

Human Resources Manager & Safeguarding Officer
Sheila Garcia-Garmon, sgarcia@ashevillehabitat.org

Human Resources Assistant
Kelsey Cheeks, kcheeks@ashevillehabitat.org

Facilities Maintenance Supervisor
Sebastian Doty, sdoty@ashevillehabitat.org

Chief Relationship Officer
Ariane Kjellquist,
akjellquist@ashevillehabitat.org

Government Relations and Grants Manager
Cassidy Moore,
cmoore@ashevillehabitat.org

Development Manager
Zoe Trout
ztrout@ashevillehabitat.org

Senior Development Officer
Beth Coakley, bcoakley@ashevillehabitat.org

Development and Grants Specialist
Jennie Goldenberg, jgoldenberg@ashevillehabitat.org

Events and Development Specialist
Kate Lloyd, klloyd@ashevillehabitat.org

Communications Manager
Maddy Alewine,
malewine@ashevillehabitat.org

Communications Coordinator
Danny Mendl, dmendl@ashevillehabitat.org

Homeowner Services Director
Shannon Kauffman, skauffman@ashevillehabitat.org

Homeownership Counselor
Lorie Tonti, ltonti@ashevillehabitat.org

Homeowner Services Specialist
Sharon Jones, sjones@ashevillehabitat.org

Homeowner Services Specialist
Gretta Kubis, gkubis@ashevillehabitat.org

Finance Director
Bob Dalman, bdalman@ashevillehabitat.org

Accounting Specialist
Jesse Edgerton, jedgerton@ashevillehabitat.org

Accounting Specialist
Alice Donnelly,
adonnelly@ashevillehabitat.org

Accounting Associate
Yesim Deale, ydeale@ashevillehabitat.org

Madison County Project Manager
Jennie Pressley, jpressley@ashevillehabitat.org

Questions about merchandise for sale, merchandise donations or to schedule a pick-up, please call 828-254-6706.

ReStore Operations Manager
Scott Bianchi,
sbianchi@ashevillehabitat.org

Asheville ReStore Assistant Manager
Tim Bromley, tbromley@ashevillehabitat.org

Weaverville ReStore Manager
Kim Klaas, kklaas@ashevillehabitat.org

Weaverville ReStore Assistant Manager
Eric Tamila,
etamila@ashevillehabitat.org

ReStore Volunteer Manager
Carrie Burgin,
cburgin@ashevillehabitat.org

ReStore Volunteer Coordinator
Olivia Allen, oallen@ashevillehabitat.org

Donation Scheduling Coordinator
Piper Parker,
pparker@ashevillehabitat.org

Deconstruction & Donation Manager
Michelle Smith, msmith@ashevillehabitat.org

To see a list of all ReStore staff, click here.

 

Housing Development Director
Reggie Jones, rjones@ashevillehabitat.org

Construction Services Volunteer Manager
Stephanie Wallace,
swallace@ashevillehabitat.org

Construction Services Volunteer Coordinator
Jared Moehring, jmoehring@ashevillehabitat.org

New Home Field Manager
John McDermott, jmcdermott@ashevillehabitat.org

New Home Project Manager
Sumaya El-Attar,
selattar@ashevillehabitat.org

New Home Construction Administrator
Colin Bristow, cbristow@ashevillehabitat.org

Senior Construction Supervisor
Kenny Busch,
kbusch@ashevillehabitat.org

Construction Supervisor
Josh Foster, jfoster@ashevillehabitat.org

Construction Supervisor
Matt Grant, mgrant@ashevillehabitat.org

Construction Supervisor
Don Jensen, djensen@ashevillehabitat.org

Construction Supervisor
Danny Toporovsky, dtoporovsky@ashevillehabitat.org

Construction Supervisor (part-time)
John Meadows, jmeadows@ashevillehabitat.org

Construction Associate
Amy Kinsella, akinsella@ashevillehabitat.org

Home Repair Director
Joel Johnson,
jjohnson@ashevillehabitat.org

ARCHR Project Manager
Ben Wyatt, bwyatt@ashevillehabitat.org

Home Repair Project Supervisor
Casey Eldreth, celdreth@ashevillehabitat.org

Home Repair Administrator
Amanda Bilbrey, abilbrey@ashevillehabitat.org

Home Repair Project Manager
Josh Edwards, jedwards@ashevillehabitat.org

Home Repair Project Supervisor
Drew Mayberry, dmayberry@ashevillehabitat.org

Home Repair Project Supervisor
Jamie Kissinger, jkissinger@ashevillehabitat.org

Home Repair Associate
Audge Davis, adavis@ashevillehabitat.org

Home Repair Associate
Peter Gitzlaff, pgitzlaff@ashevillehabitat.org

Hands & Feet Fellow (working with Home Repair)
Marisa Romanat, mromanat@ashevillehabitat.org

Interested in joining our team? View current job openings here.

Board of Directors

Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity is led by a Board of Directors that sets policy for the organization and leads fundraising efforts. Board members are elected to three-year terms, and all board members are volunteers.

President
Mychal Bacoate – Loss Mitigation Specialist, Home Trust Bank

Vice President
Michael Dempsey – Associate, Kimmel & Associates

Secretary
Melissa Banks – AAHH Core Volunteer, New Home Construction & ReStore

Treasurer
Joe Ward – Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, First Citizen’s Bank

Assistant Treasurer
Wes Wright – Senior Vice President, Truist Bank

Jason Chambers – Mortgage Advisor, United Federal Credit Union

JéWana Grier-McEachin – Executive Director, Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement (ABIPA)

Spencer Hardaway – Pastor, Rock Hill Baptist Church

Leslie Hennessee-Patrick – Family & Community Partnerships Program Manager, Community Action Opportunities

Don Jones – Core AAHH Volunteer, New Home Construction

Kate Madison – Partner, Roberts & Stevens, P.A.

Sidney MashburnAAHH Volunteer

Steve Miller – Adjunct Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC Chapel  Hill

Brad Olson – AAHH Core Volunteer, New Home Construction

Karl Payton – Director, Enterprise Architecture, Salesforce

Larry Peek – President, Madison Funeral Home

Brad RiceOwner and General Contractor, Bellwether Design-Build

Core Volunteers

We are grateful to our core volunteers who make a regular commitment to serving Asheville Habitat – whether by swinging a hammer, answering office phones, helping ReStore customers or serving on a committee.

Volunteer Spotlight

Meet ReStore Volunteers Sherry & Wendy

By Danny Mendl

In retirement, two friends and former Special Educators find joy in volunteering at the Asheville Habitat ReStore. In this video interview with Sherry and Wendy, hear about their volunteer experience and what keeps them coming back every week.

If you’d like to volunteer in the ReStore, on the jobsites, or elsewhere in our organization, please click here to learn about all the opportunities.