ECO’s Board of Directors

Officers include:

Board Chair, Cherryl Clement, holds a Master of Business and Public Administration (MBPA) from Southeastern University and is a Yoga instructor and former chef/caterer.  Born in Trinidad, she is also one of ECO City Farms Community Nutrition Educators. Currently a District Training Manager at the Virginia Department of Transportation, Cherryl previously served as the  Employment Manager at Children’s National Medical Center. Cherryl joined ECO’s BOD in 2016.

Members Include:

 
Benny Erez, ECO’s former Director of Urban Agriculture and Compost Guru. After years working in an academic setting doing agricultural research, Benny Erez brought knowledge of theoretical and practical farming technology to ECO City Farms. He is passionate about the need to wean ourselves off the gas-guzzling commercial fertilizers and replace them with sustainably produced compost. His experience with composting technology comes from years of managing the University of Maryland Central Maryland Research and Education Center Compost Facility and visits to Austrian compost enterprises. Benny’s first-hand knowledge of the power of community comes from his experiences growing up on a Kibbutz in Israel.  He recognizes that the human race is facing many environmental challenges and that local, sustainable food production is a key part of the solution.

 

Dyann A. Waugh is a medical doctor with the US Postal Service. She decided to become a doctor years after she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, following in her father’s footsteps, a flight surgeon with the all- black 332d Fighter Group, the famed Tuskegee Airmen. Dyann is interested in the intersection between food, health and community wellness. Dyann Waugh is an expert in environmental and occupational medicine and consults on emergency preparedness, health and safety.

CEO, Margaret Morgan-Hubbard:  Prior to founding ECO, she launched and ran the Engaged University, bringing more than 3,000 residents and university members together to jointly consider the needs of the community surrounding the University of Maryland, assess existing partnerships, and carry out strategic interventions and collaborations, including a community farm and recycled bike shop. Morgan–Hubbard’s professional and grassroots organizing experience includes running the Office of Communications at the US Environmental Protection Agency; directing a national environmental organization; managing the District of Columbia’s Low Income Weatherization and related Block Grant programs; building membership for the National Immigration Forum; directing Jobs in Energy in DC and the Energy Task Force in NYC, and operating alternative energy investment programs for the National Council of Churches.


Members not pictured: Cynthia Gossage and Viviana Lindo