Gwyneth Bowman 2010

Gwyneth is passionate about our Co-op’s quality of service delivery and the availability of safe, healthy natural/organic food in our community. She joined the AFC Board of Directors in 2004. She also serves on the Board Outreach Committee and the Board Development Committee.

She is a creative visionary who views the “big picture” as an avenue to solve issues and concerns. She is an avid supporter of Public Health safety, fostering equity and providing innovative leadership. Advanced skills include Public Health Leadership and Organizational Development. Encompassed in these include a value based approach to prevention, open systems focus and change, strategic planning and mediation. She believes in the importance of collaboration with others and has conducted many workshops on team-building, problem-solving and decision-making, conflict resolution and communication skills.

Gwyneth is a Registered Professional Nurse and has served thirty-three years in leadership positions. Fifteen of those were as the Administrator of an organization that had seven diverse divisions, one of them a non-profit Food Share. She has three undergraduate degrees and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Washington, with a minor equivalency in Business Administrative Management. She obtained a post-graduate certificate of achievement from the Public Health Leadership Institute for Scholars, a one year program sponsored by the University of California and the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a native Oregonian and has had numerous professional affiliations. She served on two Governor Taskforces and was Chair of the Oregon State Conference of Local Health Officials for several years. She was a clinical instructor for Leadership and Management with the Oregon Health Sciences University. She is very enthusiastic about empowering and mentoring others. She is affiliated with the Oregon Public Health Nursing Leadership Institute and has worked with them since its formation during 1991.