Meet Linda, DUG’s Executive Director
I am currently the Executive of Denver Urban Gardens (DUG), a role I’ve been proud to hold since October 2020.
While at DUG I’ve worked with our extraordinary team to double down on supporting and activating our network of community gardens and food forests to cultivate food, community and climate resilience. We’ve launched a number of initiatives to do just that and deepen our impact:
- Evolved our positioning to shine a light on the outsized community and climate impact of community gardens and food forests.
- Food Forests
- Therapeutic Gardens
- Baseline Infrastructure, ensuring all gardens are equitably resourced to thrive
- DUG Corps
- Dig Deeper in Denver, West Area Focus
Prior to DUG, I Co-Founded Teatulia Organic Teas, a Benefit Corporation. Teatulia produces innovative, award-winning garden-direct hot, iced & canned teas that are sold throughout the US. Teatulia sources it’s teas and herbs from our own 3,000 acre regenerative organic tea garden in Bangladesh. Teatulia is known for its quality, ethical sourcing, vertically-integrated supply chain, sustainable packaging and using business as a force for good. We recently opened a Teatulia Tea Bar at Denver International Airport.
In 2012, I started the mama ‘hood, a Denver-based shop & studio for new & expecting moms & their families.
Previously, I was VP International with Orange Glo International (OGI) – makers of OxiClean, Kaboom, Orange Glo and Orange Clean – where I launched category-leading brands into the UK, Germany and France.
I am a public speaker on topics ranging from entrepreneurship and storytelling to sustainable business practices, the food & beverage industry, regenerative agriculture and permaculture.
A Denver Native, I earned my BA from Columbia University in New York City and my MBA in Finance and Organizational Management from New York University before moving to Washington, DC, London, Los Angeles then back to Denver. When I’m not thinking about urban agriculture, I enjoy spending time with my teenagers, running, cycling and practicing yoga.
