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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Eric Todderud is currently president of GROW. Earlier this year, Eric retired after practicing law for thirty-eight years. He has gardened in the Eastlake P-Patch for nearly twenty years. When he is not gardening or working on GROW projects, he likes to travel, read, hike, bicycle and sip a bit of wine now and then. Eric has been on the GROW board for about thirteen years and served as board secretary for several years. The taste of fresh, home-grown vegetables keeps Eric gardening, and the understanding of how important community gardens are to the fabric of Seattle keeps him involved in GROW.
Eric Todderud
President of GROW's Board of Trustees
As the Vice President of GROW's Board of Trustees, Kristin has always enjoyed growing food and became a P-patch gardener in 2013, first at the Burke-Gilman P-Patch and later at Westcrest P-Patch in West Seattle where she currently serves on the leadership team. She brings to the GROW Board more than 20 years of experience working with nonprofit foundations, trade, and professional associations. She is currently employed with the Legal Foundation of Washington which funds civil legal aid programs for low-income people throughout Washington state. Kristin joined the GROW Board in 2019.
Kristin Parker
Vice President of GROW's Board of Trustees
Andrew is a management consultant with deep experience working with financial services firms and other companies of all sizes develop strategies and programs to manage risk, create large-scale change, and implement large technology changes. He is also a lawyer and a chartered financial analyst (CFA) coupling an understanding of the law and finance, in line with his understanding of change, technology, and strategy. Andrew is passionate about the green spaces that bring opportunity, energy, and beauty to Seattle—the very spaces that GROW advocates for and supports. He joined GROW’s board of directors in 2022.
Andrew Solow
Vice President of GROW's Board of Trustees
Michael McNutt
Michael has extensive experience helping small and medium-sized manufacturers bring products to market, improve profitability, and to scale their operations. One of his passions is building strong communities and securing open space in the city where people can gather, talk, and garden. A native of Seattle, Michael has contacts throughout the public and private sectors and works to increase GROW's ability to raise money in order to more broadly fulfill its mission. Additionally, he makes use of his business experience in helping to increase GROW's effectiveness at executing its strategic planning goals and objectives. Michael has served on a variety of boards of directors, including the Epilepsy Association and Impact Washington. Michael began serving on GROW's Land Stewardship Committee in 1998 and joined the board of directors in 2003.
Board Co-Treasurer
Maria Covert
Maria Covert's approach has an emphasis on capacity-building, focused on the question, "What does it take to create environments where people can operate at their best?". She has diverse experience in Program Management and Human Resources (People Operations, Immigration, Global Mobility). She was a P-Patch gardener at the Queen Pea P-Patch for a short amount of time and loved that community and the experience of urban gardening. She now lives in West Seattle with her husband and adorable cat Papaya. Maria joined the GROW Board in January of 2022.
Board Secretary
A life-long gardener, Cindy began gardening at the Ballard P-Patch in 2011. She quickly found that along with her garden space, there was an active and welcoming community that was equally important. Since then, she led the annual Art in the Garden Fundraiser for several years and has been a member and current chair of the leadership team. She also led the capital campaign that purchased the garden in 2020 from its founder, Our
Redeemer’s Lutheran Church. Cindy is passionate about community and hopes to be an advocate for more gardens throughout an increasingly dense Seattle. She also grows pretty spectacular flowering sweet peas every year.
Cindy Krueger
Tanya brings her experience in journalism and digital marketing to the GROW Team. She is currently the Digital Content Specialist at Pike Place Market, where she supports local businesses, artists, and farmers through educational classes and one-on-one guidance. For a decade prior, Tanya worked in television and radio newsrooms across the county revamping their digital and social media presence. Tanya is passionate about helping people and organizations find their voice, learn about seasonal eating, and bond over gardening and the outdoors. Tanya was an active member of the UpGarden P-Patch for several years before joining the GROW Board of Trustees in 2019.
Tanya Sinkovits
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