from the Winter 2003 Journal of Medicinal Plant Conservation
Welcome Lynda LeMole, New UpS Executive Director
We are pleased ~ ecstatic is the better word ~ to introduce you to our new UpS Executive Director, Lynda LeMole Sadler. Were we to sum up the ideal person for the Ex. Director position, our dream person to lead this organization onward, Lynda fits the description to a T. Dynamic, passionate and green to the core, this woman brings a wealth of experience, knowledge, excellent communication skills and know how to our organization.
Having been involved in the herbal community since the 1970’s, her resume spans a wide range of experience and activities including:
President and Trustee of the American Herbal Products Association (1986- 1991); Advisory Board of the Bastyr College of Natural Health Sciences (1988-1990); Board of Directors of The National Coalition to Stop Food Irradiation (1986-1990); President of the Board of Redwood Park Estates (1983-1986); Representative of the European-American Phytomedicine Coalition (1991-1994); Advisory Board of the Environmental Action Report (1993-1995).
Lynda served as co-owner and executive manager of a progressive medicinal herb tea company, Traditional Medicinals, from 1982 to the present and oversaw Operations, Personnel, Quality Control, Systems, Research & Development and Legal. She initiated and pioneered the company’s development of over-the-counter herbal tea products, a revolutionary and innovative idea at that time. Her involvement in the business community has won her a range of awards including:
• Association for Women in Natural Foods (AWIN), WOMAN OF THE YEAR 1989
• Cliff Adler HEART IN BUSINESS AWARD 1989
• Natural Business LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS AWARD 2000
She’s often been credited with bringing the heart of business back to the herbal business world. Her commitment to herbal medicine and social responsibility shines through her lectures, publications and national radio presentations. She’s been a guest lecturer at
Sonoma State University, San Francisco State University and a frequent guest speaker at trade and community events. She also helped develop The East-West Foundation (1972-1974), a national non-profit foundation located in Boston Mass where she served as Assistant to President and Founder, Michio Kushi.
All of this experience, knowledge and know-how wrapped up in one vibrant being! Anyone who knows Lynda will agree; this woman is enthusiastic, impassioned about the green world, and deeply connected to the plants and the plant community. When asked why she was willing to accept this job when other more financially rewarding opportunities were available to her, she replied, “I am interested in finding meaningful involvement with either a non-profit or a socially responsible and environmentally pro-active organization that is "making a difference" on our planet. I want to use the skills and knowledge I have developed over the last 30 years towards education, healthy and holistic social change andenvironmental repair...Of utmost importance to me is that I am working with healthy, active and high-minded people who are serving a vision that improves the human condition on our planet."
Welcome aboard, Lynda!
RACHEL CARSON ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Presented to UpS Ex. Director, Lynda LeMole
“This award inspires instant gratitude for my many environmental heros and heroines”
~ Lynda LeMole
UpS Ex. Director, Lynda LeMole, was awarded the National Nutritional Foods Association's (NNFA) Rachel Carson Environmental Achievement Award. This award was created to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the environmental community.
Lynda was acknowledged by the NNFA for her social and environmental achievements as executive director of United Plant Savers, and with organizations such as the American Herbal Products Association, the Environmental Action Report, the Euro-American Phytomedicine Coalition, The National Coalition to Stop Food Irradiation and for her pioneering business practices at Traditional Medicinals. By receiving this award, Lynda joins a prestigious group of individuals who have made similar outstanding contributions in the environmental arena. Past winners include Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet for a Small Planet, Alice Waters, owner of Chez Panisse restaurant, Katherine Dimatteo, Executive Director of the Organic Trade Association, and Lester R. Brown, founding president of Worldwatch Institute. Lynda truly embodies the passion of the movement toward a 'greener' world, and we’re honored to have her serve as Executive Director of United Plant Savers.
