Louisville Grows Green Team

The #mightyLGteam is passionate about improving our environment. We believe it is the right of every resident in our community to live in a neighborhood with good air quality, clean water and healthy, fresh food. Our team strives to educate, advocate and assist our community in being proactive in responding to the ecological and health risks associated with environmental inequity.

Christine Brinkman

Executive Director

Christine moved to Louisville in October 1999 and calls this beautiful city home. She has two amazing daughters, a fantastic husband, and too many animals. She has been playing in the dirt for as long as she can remember, loves to cook for her friends, and has always advocated for the environment. She is very excited to be part of Louisville Grows.

Ellie Davenport

Community Engagement Manager

Ellie is a Louisville native who you might’ve seen knock on your door to talk about free trees.

She is most passionate about building relationships with residents and helping them choose what trees they want for their property. She enjoys leading volunteer greenhouse and planting groups and throwing a shovel in the ground.

Ellie enjoys working at LG as she daily increases both her knowledge of tree species and her curiosity about the natural world. Trees provide numerous environmental, aesthetic, and health benefits and Ellie will happily tell you all about it. She is extremely grateful to have a role where she can be outside speaking with the community most days and trying to find places to put more trees into the ground (especially her current favorite tree, the tulip poplar.)

Ellie graduated from Centre College where she discovered her interest in working in environmental justice.

She currently lives in Germantown with human friends and cat-friend Gizmo. She enjoys hiking, gardening, and yoga, and is always exploring new hot sauces and music. She hopes that planting trees can bring shade and peace to both the current and future residents all around our city.

outreach@louisvillegrows.org

Colin Meadows

Urban Forestry Manager

Colin is a new Louisville resident who loves giving back to the community and forming relationships with new people. Whether it be running, swimming, or getting out on the trails, you will always find Colin moving and active. They love trying new things, challenging themselves and they find excitement in involving people in activities they are passionate about. If they’re not spending time in nature you can find Colin at concerts or getting lost at music festivals. They live happily with their two cats, Gaia and Smidge.

Colin was an intern with Louisville Grows for four months before joining the team as the Urban Forestry Manager. Working at LG allows them the opportunity to expand their tree knowledge and learn about new parts of Louisville every day. They are passionate about social and environmental justice and find purpose in making their community a healthier, greener place.

trees@louisvillegrows.org   

Seamus Allman

Urban Horticulture Manager

Seamus has lived in Kentucky most of his life, went to UofL, and moved back to Louisville for good in 2007.  It was around that time that he discovered his passion for agriculture.  He spent around 10 years working on local CSA farms, learning how to grow food and “husband” animals.  His phone is full of pictures of sheep and baby lambs.  Other jobs have involved environmental education, an all-local grocery, and a seed business.  He is a jack of all trades and hopes someday to master some of them.
Working at LG puts him back outside more, where he loves to be.  It also re-connects him with social and environmental justice work, another deep passion of his.  Off the clock, you’ll find him hiking, cooking, and going to shows with his partner; playing with her two dogs; and snuggling with his cat, Sinéad.

Shelia Joneleit

Donation and Communications Specialist

Shelia works in the area of Donations and Communications at Louisville Grows. She lives in Henry County on a small farm and is an avid gardener and a family caretaker. She is a great believer in urban agriculture and small farms. When people grow things with their own hands, life has much more meaning! Louisville Grows is an awesome organization with a great message: Growing greener, healthier neighborhoods! 

donations@louisvillegrows.org

Board of Directors

Board Officers

Co-Chairs 

Garth Padget

Everstream Solutions

Kelly Wilkinson

Louisville Public Media

Vice Chair

Shannon Delahanty

Owsley Brown II Family Foundation

Treasurer

Don Blocker

Eason Horticultural Resources

Secretary

Erica Ward

Peace Corps

Past Chair

Julie Donna

Board Members

Mariah Baum

Wiley

Abbey Bowman-Rogers

Louisville Metro Public Health & Wellness Center for Health Equity

Julianna Clarke

Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness

Michael Garton

Advantage Investment Management

McKenzie Gary

Bite Innovation, Roam Vista, TeriGrowth

Robin Hook

United States Census Bureau

Lisa Howard

Beechmont Buds

Kaye McAfee

Kentucky Housing Corporation

Tracy Malone

OneWest

Craig Miller

LG&E

Jewel Miller

Consumer Cellular

Alicia Race

Union of Concerned Scientists

James Russell Bushong

RFX Technologies

Shaun Spencer

Trimen Solutions, LLC aka My Hub Center

Erin Wallace-Wimsatt

Coalition for the Homeless

Jim Zoeller

UPS

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