Officers and Committees

(Siskiyou) Seán immigrated from California in 2019. He spent a year working in the Worldwide Organization of Organic Farms program in Ireland where he lived and worked on various organic farms including goat dairy farms. He has a master’s degree in business and a bachelor of science degree in environmental business. He is a certified master gardener. He recently completed the Land Steward Program. He is passionate about enhancing biodiversity in gardens, companion planting, and using native plants whenever possible. He prefers to grow plants for consumption, herbal health, and soil/planet health. If he can’t eat it or use it, he doesn’t want to waste water growing it.

He stepped down as treasurer of the Jackson County Master Gardener’s Association this past year. He had served on the board since 2020 and as treasurer for the past two years. As treasurer he moved the financial practices of the association to paperless operation. It now utilizes QuickBooks online (cash accounting), online banking and check writing including making all expense requests digital. The organization is still accepting checks, but their system also supports PayPal payments. While not a certified public accountant, he worked for twelve years as the assistant to the chief financial officer of a non-profit university in San Francisco. He has technical experience with Microsoft Office including Excel and most Adobe products. He prefers using the Apple computer platform but can “muddle” his way through a personal computer. He is a veteran having served sixteen years in the Navy, where he trained in electronics. He volunteers at the White City Veteran’s Administration Rehabilitation Center in Jackson County by teaching veterans how to grow food for sustainable living. The Center utilizes the Nutritionists at the Veteran’s Administration to devise recipes and diets to augment the various foods harvested.