Board of Directors
Edward McCammon - Chair, Co-founder
Ed started his career in Nuclear Engineering consulting and later expanded to general business operations, management, and consulting. He has spent the last 10 years designing and building a working prototype AI Driven Total Environmental Controlled Vertical Farm research facility. He has built and operated multi-million-dollar enterprises and grown companies both organically and through well orchestrated acquisitions, serving as CEO/President, COO, CIO, Lead Engineer and System Designer as well as other key executive positions. Ed McCammon has served on the board for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of WNC and is Co-Founder of True Ridge. He is also a licensed pilot and a snow skiing enthusiast. Ed’s motto: Nothing is Impossible …… Because……With clearly defined Goals…… The impossible takes only a day or two longer to accomplish ………..!
Erica Van Autreve – Member at Large
Erica is a second grade teacher in the dual language program at Bruce Drysdale Elementary in Hendersonville. She has taught for 20 years… from Brooklyn, NY to Costa Rica, Charlotte, and Washington DC. Erica has a masters degree in curriculum in teaching as well as national board certification. Her bicultural family – husband and two children, seven and ten years old – loves to explore outside, art, and music, and are passionate about equality and peace.
Dee Redwine, MPH – Vice Chair
Dee has worked or lived in Latin America for her entire adult life. Until her recent retirement, Dee was the Vice President at Planned Parenthood Global, where she ran reproductive health care and advocacy programs across eleven countries in Latin America. She worked with Planned Parenthood for 30 years, and also sat on the boards of fellow reproductive rights organizations. She has a Masters in public health, and a BA in international development. Dee’s motto: ‘’Yo no creo en fronteras.’’
Dr. Pamela (Sissi) Carroll - Secretary
Prior to retiring in 2022, Dr. Carroll spent over forty years as an educator. She was a teacher of middle and high school students, and as a professor in the College of Education at Florida State University before becoming Dean of Education, Oklahoma State University, and Founding Dean, College of Community Innovation and Education, University of Central Florida. She is known for promoting collaboration across communities and universities in ways that expand equitable access to resources that lift lives. She and her husband enjoy the blessings of nature while hiking, bicycling, and running in North Carolina, and engaging in community and church activities.
Austin Watson
