WHOAA Board
On January 15, 2009, the WHOAA board of directors was established for 2009. The following board members were selected for 2009:
- President: Paula Sewell
- Vice President & Secretary: Marie Olson
- Treasurer: David Sewell
- Historian: Marcia Voorhees
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Board Member Biographies
- Paula Sewell: Paula's interest in land and farmland preservation stems from her roots. She was born and raised in a very small rural town in northern Illinois near the Wisconsin border called Orangeville. Her family's 225 acre Century Farm was owned and operated by her paternal grandfather and an uncle until 2006, when her uncle retired at the age of 95. The farm was sold to a neighboring farmer and remains under cultivation today. Paula's education and career interests took her far from her rural Midwestern roots. She is a 1980 graduate of Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama with a degree in Psychology. Her professional experience includes not for profit program development and contract management, fundraising, and grant writing. She has generated in excess of $25 million in private grants and public contracts with all levels of government, and has lived and worked in several states, including Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, and Arizona. Paula is now employed as a consulting grant writer and not for profit management consultant with Level 5 Consulting Group. She currently lives on a small farm in Wildwood, Missouri where she trains and competes with sport horses.
- David Sewell: David has lived the majority of his life in the high growth sun belt. He lived in South Florida from 1961 through 1990, and Arizona from 1991 through 2001. As a result he has had the opportunity to see and live first hand the explosive growth that can occur when an area is "found". As an example, David grew up on Key Biscayne when it was a quaint island with much wildlife. But as developers moved in the island lost its character, as well as a significant loss of wildlife. The loss of wildlife was due to a loss of habitat caused by the high density development of condominiums and hotels. David has experienced and observed similar loss in other sun belt cities in which has has lived. As a result, he is determined to protect the character, lifestyle, and open space that makes Wildwood so unique. So much so, that in 2006 David ran and won a seat on the Wildwood city council. His platform was based on securing Wildwood's open space, character, and lifestyle. Professionally, David owns an executive Information Technology consulting company. He has a BA in Psychology, a BS in Computer Systems, and an MBA.
- Marie Olson: Marie has grown up in St. Louis County, and moved to Glencoe in 1975, which is now considered Wildwood. She has been riding in Greensfelder Equestrian Park since 1971 and was the treasurer for five years with the Therapeutic Horsemanship Program when it started in 1975. She has been barrel racing and competitive trail riding most of her life. She has been involved with too many horse associations to mention them all. There has never been a place that she considered she could not ride her horse, including along hwy 70 back in the early 70's. She is interested in opening trails from Lone Elk Park to Babler Park, that was the plan from the real estate broker Tom Shaw back in 1974.
- Marcia Voorhees: Bio coming soon
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