andy brown full resume
Change Agent - Coach
- Instructor of Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management for Medium Security Inmates at Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institute on behalf of Mayland Community College.
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher Level I: Brown University. Complete May 2021.
- Board Certified Coach Credential: Institute for Life Coach Training. 95% Complete.
- Internal Family Systems-Inspired Coaching: Aligning the Inner System (Fall 2018). Coaching for Self Leadership-An Introduction to Internal Family Systems (Fall 2021). IFS Institute.
- Servant Leadership School of Greensboro (newly named Second Breath Center). 3 Year Program. Complete 2015.
- Actively Engaged in Personal Addiction Recovery & Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy Since 2010. Therapeutic Modalities Practiced include: Internal Family Systems and Self Leadership - IFS Institute (Dick Schwartz); Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (Sue Johnson); Relational Life Therapy (Terry Real); Somatic Experiencing (Diane Poole Heller, Janina Fisher); Soul Craft & Nature Based Map of the Psyche (Bill Plotkin). Never Ending.
- Professional Trainings - American Management Association: Leading with Emotional Intelligence; Coaching: A Strategic Tool for Effective Leadership; Fundamentals of Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Managers; Five Day MBA Workshop. Fred Pryor Seminars: Team Building, Coaching & Mentoring Skills for Managers; Conflict Management & Confrontation Skills.
Entrepreneur - Business Owner - Artist/Craftsman - Farmer
- Founder and Director for 14 Years of 13-Person Environmental Consulting Firm. 1998 - 2012. Equinox. Asheville, NC.
- Stone and Brick Mason almost 30 Years. Founder & Manager of Saponi Creek Stoneworks in Rocky Mount NC. 1992 - 1998.
- Added Landscaping, Blacksmithing, Firewood Sales & Wood-Fired Catering to Masonry Services. Founder/Manager Andy Brown Enterprises, LLC in Asheville NC. 2012 - 2017.
- Small Farmer since 2017 with Wife & Daughters. Christmas Trees, Blueberries & Apples. Renting Cabin, Campsites and Hermitages at Farm. Creag Creek Farm. Buladean, NC.
Non-Profit Executive - Board Member
- Southern Appalachian Coldwater Conservation Manager for Trout Unlimited. 2017 - 2022.
- Interim Executive Director for Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust. 2022 - 2023.
- Volunteer Board Member, Chair of Land Protection Committee and Chair of Climate Change Task Force for Conservation Trust for North Carolina. 2012 - 2016.
- Volunteer Board Membe, Treasurer (1 Yr) and Chair of Organizational Audit for Appalachian Voices. 2000 - 2009.
Philosopher - Lover of Wisdom & Knowledge
- School of Life and Hard Knocks
- Student of the Tao and Internal Martial Arts, Contemplative/Mystical/Celtic Christianity, Native American Spirituality, Buddhism, Sufi Islam, Greek Mythology and Other World Spirit-Soul Traditions
- Master of Public Administration - Concentration Environmental Policy & Planning. East Carolina University. 1998
- Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology. Appalachian State University. 1990.
Family Man
- Husband for 30+ Years, Dad and Grandpa
- Youngest of Seven Siblings. Uncle and Great Uncle to Over Two Dozen Nephews, Nieces and Their Children. Very Large Extended Family (Clan) on Both Maternal & Paternal Sides. Of Eastern NC Mill Village and Sharecropper Heritage. Scots-Irish and Celtic Ancestry.
career employment
Third Force, LLC
Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Third Force, LLC
Founder
Business & Life Coach; Outdoor Adventure Travel Guide; Workshop Host
(2022 - Current)
Creag Creek Farm
Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Third Force, LLC
Founder with Wife and Daughters Farmer - Hospitality Manager - Groundskeeper
(March 2017 - Current)
Check out our farm here
Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
Interim Executive Director
(May 2022 - April 2023)
Del Norte, Colorado
(Check out the essential work done by RIGHT at one of the most imperiled river systems in the world. I invite you to send them a contribution if you are touched as I was - and tell them I sent you!)
Trout Unlimited
Saponi Creek Stoneworks
Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust
TU Southeast Region Coldwater Conservation Manager
(April 2017 - December 2021)
Asheville, NC Office
Coldwater Conservation in the southern Appalachians is great work. TU blends two of my favorite things - fishing and conservation, all on the water.
Equinox
Saponi Creek Stoneworks
Saponi Creek Stoneworks
Founder, Director, CEO
Conservation Planner
(1998 - 2012)
Asheville, NC
Equinox is still going strong after all these years! 25 years and counting! This is a great group of people and I am proud of my record of getting this group started. Check em out! And consider hiring them if you have the need for greenways and parks, botanical and wildlife surveys, sustainable development and more.
Saponi Creek Stoneworks
Saponi Creek Stoneworks
Saponi Creek Stoneworks
Founder
Stonemason Contractor & Designer
(1992 - Until ABE, LLC)
Rocky Mount, NC
Asheville, NC
If you like what you see and want me to build something for you, give me a call. If I have the time, I might do it. If I can't I can turn you onto other excellent masons who can.
ABE, LLC
Unpaid NonProfit Boards
Unpaid NonProfit Boards
Founder
Stonemason - Brick Mason - Blacksmith - BBQ Man - Firewood
(2012 - 2021)
If you like what you see and want me to build something for you, give me a call. If I have the time, I might do it. If I can't I can turn you onto other excellent masons who can.
Unpaid NonProfit Boards
Unpaid NonProfit Boards
Unpaid NonProfit Boards
Conservation Trust for North Carolina
Raleigh, NC
(2012 - 2016)
If you love North Carolina like I do, you will love CTNC. They save the places you love! Check em out and write em a check if you are so inclined. Feel the love!
Boone, NC
(2000 - 2009)
An advocacy group that doesnt mind getting down in the dirt to build community and hold polluters accountable - particularly in the poverty stricken coal mining region of West Virginia and Virginia where regular voices quickly get drowned out by the powerful money scared to let go of what ails em.