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If you have a passion for helping your community or Scraplanta, consider volunteering to join our board.
SCRAPLANTA'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Harlan Eplan (he/him)
Board Chair
Harlan is a fourth-generation Decatur resident with several years of experience in both start-up and corporate environments. In his spare time, he can be found giving back to the community and creating beautiful memories with his daughter.
Marisa Levy(she/her)
Treasurer
Marisa is a New York native, with a neuroscience background and a passion for creative endeavors. She works as a customer success manager at a fintech startup by day and explores creative outlets at night. Previously, she has taken improv and sketch writing classes and is now focused on using her artistic energy to master her sewing machine. A huge nerd, she aspires to be able to create her own cosplays from scratch for DragonCon.
Angelica Shearer-Bakhsh (she/her)
General Board Member
Angelica is a multi-disciplinary artist and the creative genius behind several amazing brands such as The Bizarre Bazaar, Gator Girl Cotton Candy, and Heavy Metal Honky Tonk. Her life's mission is to uplift and empower artists of all walks of life and looking fabulous while doing it!
Ottilie Murray (They/Them)
General Board Member
Ottilie is an award-winning cosplayer with decades of Prop and Costume Experience. They have been a long-time Scraplanta Volunteer and the mastermind behind Scraplanta’s Patchwork Pinwheel Merchandise. Ottilie also enjoys building puppets and sharing their creative adventures at www.AngryPlainJanesWorkshop.com
SCRAPLANTA FOUNDERS
Susan Reu
Susan Reu (She/Her) first learned of creative reuse programs from an article in the Sunday newspaper several years ago. After visiting The Scrap Exchange in Durham, NC, she was hooked. Two of her favorite creative reuse activities have been making business cards from cereal boxes and making quilt squares with donated fabric and trim. Collage is her favorite form of artistic expression. Susan studied journalism at the University of Georgia and technical writing at Southern Polytechnic State University. She currently works as a freelance writer and editor. She derives joy from passing donated art materials along to artists, teachers, parents, and children.
Sally Shelton
Sally Shelton partnered with Susan to start WonderRoot Creative Reuse. They hosted monthly art programs around the Atlanta area with pre-loved art supplies.
Jamie Rosengren
Jamie is a fiber artist, who works in the film industry and owns Fiber Parts. Jamie helped Scraplanta transition away from WonderRoot and become an independent program.
Roseanne Winn
Roseanne Winn (She/Her) is originally from NYC, where she studied fine arts. Roseanne spent several decades as a software developer before relocating to Atlanta. After hearing about creative reuse, she was delighted to work with Scraplanta. Roseanne volunteers at Scraplanta's community events and in our donation processing area.
Melissa Wood
Melissa worked with the charter members to host Scraplanta's first pop-up shops with Corner Cup Coffee and Soulshine's Decatur Campus.