Linda Spears Email and Phone Number

Coordinate program, projects, events, and activities for Wapello County's community gardens. Manage the food pantry garden. Develop and update toolkit for neighborhood garden projects and advise neighborhood organizations in new garden start-up. Plan the food pantry garden for best usage and maximum production. Coordinate volunteers for planting, weeding, mulching, and harvesting. Plan, coordinate, and lead volunteer groups in projects, such as beautification, mulching between beds, and installation of irrigation. Turn potential problems into opportunities for volunteer involvement. Planned, coordinated, and facilitated moving the food pantry garden from one location to another fall of 2014 through spring of 2015. Lead Advisory Council to gather information on possible sites. Planned best usage arrangement for new garden. Planned, coordinated, and facilitated moving existing beds and soil; building and placing new garden beds, delivery of more soil to fill new beds, and managing volunteers at project days.

Build and maintain website and social media; Answer phone; Contact existing and potential customers; Procure parts and supplies; Enter data; Help in decision making process.

As a member of Spears Transport LLC, I am responsible for accounting, payroll, and dispatch.

I volunteer one day a week at the USDA office in Ottumwa, IA. I have helped with ongoing projects, filing, contacting customers, creating spreadsheets, and general organizational projects.

Managed the operations and staff of a $27million credit union;

Met with existing and potential customers to discuss their financial needs and business goals. Wrote commercial and personal loans. Managed the collections of the bank. Filed reports with Small Business Association.