Staff and Board

Staff

Kayla Beasley

Associate Director of Communications and Marketing

Kaeli Evans

Farm Manager

Carol Good-Elliott

Environmental Educator

Kerry Goodrich

Property Supervisor

Carla Gull

Coordinator, Master of Arts in Environmental Education Program / Associate Professor, Sustainability & Environmental Education Department (SEED)

Luke Beck Kreider

Assistant Professor, Religion & Sustainability

Melinda Long

Office Manager

Jason Martin

Executive Director / Interim Director, Graduate Program in Environmental Education

William Minter

Director, Land Management

John Mischler

Assistant Professor, Sustainability & Environmental Education Department (SEED) / Director, Merry Lea Teaching Farm

Ruth Mischler

Assistant Professor, Sustainability & Environmental Education Department (SEED) / Assistant Director, Merry Lea Teaching Farm

Jonathon Schramm

Associate Professor & Chair, Sustainability & Environmental Education Department (SEED) / Director, Institute for Ecological Regeneration (IER)

Jennifer Schrock

Director, Mennonite Creation Care Network (MCCN)

Jeremiah Sharp

Residence Life Coordinator and Environmental Educator

Foy Spicer

Environmental Educator

Kaitlyn Sproles

Environmental Education Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator

Alan Stadler

Building Manager & Grounds Assistant

Marcos Stoltzfus

Director, Environmental Education Outreach / Assistant Executive Director

Josie Strader

Land and Facilities Management Assistant

Board of Trustees

MELISSA KINSEY (Chair) – Served since 2018 Adjunct Business Instructor – Goshen College, Environmental Educator, Wellfield Botanic Gardens 

BLAIR (ANDY) RIETH (Vice Chair) – Served since 2020General Manager – Welch Packaging

REENA RAMOS (Secretary) – Served since 2021Advancement Coordinator & Outreach Manager – ACRES Land Trust

BEN BONTRAGER – Served since 2022Vice President of Finance – Goshen College

GREG PERIGO – Served since 2022Director of Strategic Partnerships – Indiana Tech

JERRY SWEETEN – Served since 2019Ecologist – Ecosystems Connections Institute

DOUGLAS VENDRELY – Served since 2022Retired teacher – Merry Lea volunteer

JASON MARTIN (Ex officio) – Served since 2020Executive Director – Merry Lea

MARCOS STOLTZFUS (Ex officio) – Served since 2022Assistant Executive Director & Director of Environmental Education Outreach – Merry Lea

ANN VENDRELY (Ex officio) – Served since 2018 : Vice President for Academic Affairs & Academic Dean – Goshen College