Carolyn Harding with Jo Anne and Steve Grossman, advocates and champions of curbside composting in the Columbus suburb, Bexley, Ohio.
Jo Anne and Steve Grossman have worked to create Bexley's Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee, where Jo Anne currently leads the Food Waste recycling group.
Jo Anne was Project Coordinator for the League of Women Voters when they hosted an education program to a Ukrainian delegation on the American rule of law. She was the Volunteer Coordinator for Jewish Family Services for the Resettlement of people from the previous Soviet Union, Coordinator for the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, Outreach Coordinator for the Holocaust Education Council,
and President of the Board of Temple Beth Shalom. As a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutor at Temple Beth Shalom, during a 28 year period, Jo Anne prepared over 250 students during a nine-month period for their B'nai Mitzvah.
Together with her husband Steve, they created Temple Beth Shalom’s Green Team that provides their religious community with the tools, guidance and ongoing support needed to create a culture of conservation, sustainability and environmental awareness.
Prior to retiring in 2017, Steve Grossman was the Executive Director of the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA) where he oversaw the financing to local governments for projects related to water pollution control, water supplies, solid waste and brown-fields remediation. In his 29 years with the Authority, Steve presided over awarding approximately $13 billion dollars of loans.
Before joining OWDA in 1988, he was the Assistant Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency where he was responsible for overall agency planning, budgeting and administration. Working with the Mid Ohio Regional Planing Commission, Steve has created the Resident Based Environmental Sustainability Forum where a number of cities in Franklin and Delaware Counties are coming together to share successes and ideas.
https://bexley.org/food-waste/
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