Staff & Board of Directors

STAFF

​EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
​Sarah Perry

Sarah Perry was born and raised on farmland near Tappahannock, Virginia. She attended the University of Mary Washington, where she majored in Studio Art, concentrating in Sculpture. During her first year of college, she began volunteering at Downtown Greens. After college, she moved to France and got practical experience in biodynamic gardening practices, water saving techniques and composting through woofing. She spent 6 years overseas and began performing in, co-directing, and managing a nouveau-clown show as well as performing on stage with other theater troupes.  She has been serving in the Executive Director position since July of 2013. In November of 2014, she co-founded Good Turn Earth Company, with the mission to rescue food waste from landfills and turn it into a premium organic soil conditioner. She has found her home in the outdoor oasis of Downtown Greens.

Program Coordinator
Janet Douberly

Janet Douberly is the Program Coordinator at Downtown Greens.  She has lived in the Fredericksburg region for most of her life besides a brief stint in Texas where she studied Horticulture with an enthusiasm for soil science and vegetable production.  Working at Downtown Greens has been a dream of hers for years and she is thrilled to have the opportunity to give back to the community while getting her hands dirty.  Janet’s favorite plants tend to be the ones she can eat.

garden coordinator
​jeanette kurucz

Like many military brats, Jeanette has ties all around but has considered Fredericksburg area home since childhood. As an adult, she gained a deeper appreciation for connecting and stewarding the natural world, grounded in her Indigenous Hawaiian roots. She shares a passion to empower others with her family. This passion has led her community development in Central America, humanitarian work in the United States, and, most recently, has led her to Downtown Greens. She enjoys teaching and sharing with others and takes a humble approach to gardening, considering herself a lifelong learner in an ocean of knowledge and wisdom. ​

​OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Marianne Tokarz

(Coming Soon)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President
Brad smith

Brad Smith has lived all over the world but now calls downtown Fredericksburg home. His grandmother instilled a practical and romantic appreciation for nature in him. He studied Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University. He is passionate about mental health, sustainability, veteran issues, youth advocacy, citizen diplomacy, writing, and food. He has volunteered with Downtown Greens for several years and is excited to serve on the board.

Vice President
Lee stone

In 1979, while serving in the Coast Guard, I fell in love with Fredericksburg and decided if ever I was stationed in this area, Fredericksburg would be our home. In 1995, I received orders to Alexandria and never looked anywhere else to raise my family. My son Nathan became involved with Downtown Greens first and soon our whole family was serving in one capacity or another. Teaching young people how to help themselves; growing, cooking and selling nutritious food is a mission I believe pays lifetime dividends. I am honored to serve this great organization as a board member and look forward to being a part of its future growth.

Treasurer
​Larry Bramlette

Larry Bramlette, President of the Board of Directors is a retired US Army Colonel and currently works part-time as an engineering consultant for EOIR Technologies, Inc. He serves on the Spotsylvania County Board of Zoning Appeals and volunteers around the corner at Hazel Hill Healthcare Project where his wife, Kathie just retired as the community nurse.

Lynn ackermann

Lynn has been a supporter of and volunteer at Downtown Greens for many years. She joined the board and has served as treasurer for the past 2 years.  Lynn is a retired high school math teacher from Stafford and Spotsylvania schools.

heela barakzai

Heela Barakzai has 15 years of working experience in women empowerment and promoting gender and human rights with US projects in Afghanistan, different Embassies and Afghan Government.  She has bachelor degree in law with specialization in Justice and is currently perusing master’s in Education. Heela is working as ESOL teacher with Stafford Country Public Schools. She is capable of communicating in 6 languages (Dari, Pashto, Farsi, Urdu, Hindi and English) and has 2 kids.

tim hughes

(Coming soon)

javonne kirby

Javonne was born and raised in New Jersey but is a long time Fredericksburg area resident where she lives in an intergenerational household with her mother and daughter. Coming from a long line of change-makers--having family that led the way for desegregation and equality education in King George County--she has a passion for helping individuals struggling with addiction and for fostering safe spaces for people on the margins. When she's not brightening Downtown Greens, she maintains her own garden, works in the food service industry,  and is an avid artist with many ties to the local art and music community. ​

Keisha Lee

(Coming soon)

Lauren Malloy

Lauren is a creative, passionate, faith filled and fully caffeinated entrepreneur, social media creative and freelance blogger. Using her natural ability to encourage others she created her own blog- Bloom to Flourish and uses her social media channels to empower, awaken and assist women to BLOOM where they are planted. Her entrepreneurial desires were planted when she started Blooms Public Relations and Inspiration Firm with the goal to to work with women who desire to push past fear and pursue their passions in all areas of life. Lauren is a native Upstate New Yorker but has always carried a fondness for the South. She is married and has two daughters. 

Josie ramos

(Coming soon)

Kimberly Wood

(Coming soon)