Board of Directors

Members

Carole Leclair (she/her)
President

Inspired by Gertrude Chandler Warner’s The Boxcar Children, Karen began diverting interesting and useful items from the landfill, thrifting, gardening, and refashioning at an early age. She has translated that interest into a career as a professional engineer with a focus on waste management, spill prevention, risk assessment, and reduction of stormwater pollutant discharges from industrial facilities.Karen began creative pursuits through scrapbooking her two children’s exploits, and she learned different techniques related to color theory, photography, and layout. Since then, she has truly enjoyed creatively repurposing items into art pieces, yard art, and a funky henhouse. She continues repurposing by developing creative Girl Scout projects for her troops and SWAPs kits for other troop leaders. Karen views her regular stints sorting materials in the Center’s by-the-bucket section as her weekly The Artist’s Way artist’s date field trip. She is heading up a new Safety Committee with focus on increasing safety in the new space that we will be opening in summer 2018 and is looking for help with the committee. You can reach her at karen@austincreativereuse.org.

Karen Miller (she/her)
Vice President

Sarah grew up in “The Hit Recording Capital of the World,” Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where at an early age her grandmother began teaching her to sew on a singer treadle machine. She has continued to develop her love for sewing constantly trying new patterns and ideas (though now usually on more modern machines). Her passion for sewing is what originally brought her into ACR, where she soon began volunteering.Sarah moved to Austin over 15 years ago. She is currently the Chief Operating Officer at MedToMarket and has a degree in Education from the University of North Alabama and an MBA from Texas A&M-Commerce. This combination has given her a passion for using her educational, operations, and financial knowledge to help nonprofits accomplish their mission effectively and efficiently. For the past 20 years, Sarah has been actively involved in the life and operation of nonprofits both as a volunteer and employee including CSHI, Micah 6 Food Pantry, Together4Children, and of course ACR.Sarah is excited to serve as treasurer for ACR. You can reach her by email at sarah.humphries@austincreativereuse.org.

Sarah Humphries
Treasurer

Sharon Yarbrough
Secretary

Aileen Chen (she/her)

Andee grew up and attended college in the North Texas area, earning an Interdisciplinary Master’s Degree from UNT, with a focus in Environmental Science, Sociology, and Public Administration. Having always held a passion for recycling and reuse, in 2004, Andee moved to Hawaii to help implement the state’s “Bottle Bill”, establishing a state-wide Beverage Deposit Recycling Program. Since returning home to Texas, she has been managing Sustainability Programs for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Through this role, she has encouraged the expansion of state park recycling and served as the Chairperson for several years on the Central Texas Council of the State of Texas Alliance for Recycling. Andee is looking forward to bringing her experience in the recycling industry to help ACR continue to grow as an important re-use partner in the Austin community. She can be reached at andee@austincreativereuse.org.

Andee Chamberlain

Jennifer McClain (she/her)

Lauren Luscombe

Nancy Lyon (she/her)

Patrik Parker