Appalachian Coal Country Team
April Trent - Team Director
April serves as the Team Director for the Appalachian Coal Country Team. Hailing from the southern coalfields of Appalachia, April brings the coal country perspective to the Team. April has a Masters Degree in Strategic Leadership from Mountain State University and an array of volunteer management experience.
teamdirector@coalcountryteam.org
Rachel Yoke- OSM/VISTA Outreach Coordinator
Rachel is the OSM/VISTA Outreach Coordinator for the Appalachian Coal Country Team. She is from Clarksburg, West Virginia and graduated from Ohio University in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in photojournalism. Prior to joining ACCT, Rachel interned with American Libraries Magazine and also spent a year living in and exploring Chicago.
outreach@coalcountryteam.org
Katie Coulter - Northern Coalfields OSM/VISTA Leader
Katie is the Northern Coalfields OSM/VISTA Leader. She is from Homer Glen, Illinois, near Chicago. In 2007, she received a Bachelor’s degree from Hope College in International Studies and French. She served as an OSM/VISTA Watershed Coordinator for the Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance in Shamokin, PA, after which she got her Master’s in Geography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011.
osmvistaleader1@coalcountryteam.org
Spencer Moss- Southern Coalfields OSM/VISTA Leader
Spencer is the Southern Coalfields VISTA Leader. She is from St. Joseph, Missouri and graduated from Missouri Western State University in 2009 with a Bachelor’s degree in Speech Communications. In September of 2009 she joined the ACCT as an OSM/VISTA Watershed Coordinator with the Upper Tennessee River Roundtable in Abingdon, Virginia. In September of 2010 she accepted a second term of VISTA as a Marketing Coordinator with Community Action of Laramie County/Laramie County Head Start in Cheyenne, WY.
osmvistaleader2@coalcountryteam.org
Jenna Fehr- Volunteerism Coordinator
Jenna Fehr is the Volunteerism Coordinator for the OSM/VISTA Teams. She is continuing the work she began as an OSM/VISTA with the Coal Country Team. She served as project researcher for the Volunteers for Rural Watersheds Project led by Dr. T Allan Comp across seven Appalachian and two Rocky Mountain states and developed the Toolkit for Working with Rural Volunteers. Her work now focuses on training and outreach around the Toolkit (www.ruralvolunteer.org). Jenna is a native of the anthracite coalfields of Schuylkill County, PA, and she holds a B.S. in Environmental Resource Management from Penn State University.
volunteerism@coalcountryteam.org
Alaina Asbury- OSM/VISTA Reforestation Project Coordinator
Alaina is the OSM/VISTA Reforestation Project Coordinator for the ACCT. The Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI) and Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) have partnered with the ACCT for this project. In this position, Alaina guides and supports at least 6 reforestation sites. She is from Lebanon, Virginia and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health from East Tennessee State University located in Johnson City, TN. reforest@coalcountryteam.org