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Anthony Gaudio

President

Anthony Gaudio was born in 1949 and has lived in Tallahassee for 44 years, and now in the Grassroots Community Land Co-op with his partner Susan Hales.

He was married to Lyn Kittle for 35 years. She died after dealing with the debilitating challenges of ALS after 7 years. He has 6 Children ranging in ages from 29 to 57 with 4 grandchildren and 3 great grands.

He owned and operated two businesses in Tallahassee Apalachee Septic Tank Inc., sold in 2007 and Apalachee Excavating Inc. sold in 2009. He worked for Harvard and Associates CPA PA as the Senior Business Management consultant until he retired in 2019. He has been an Onsite Wastewater consultant for the New York based Gerson Lehrman Consulting Group Inc. for 20 years.
He has a BS in Business Administration from the University of Tampa, and has held professional certifications as a State of Florida Master Septic Tank Contractor and also an Underground Utility and Excavating Contractor.

He currently on the Board, and was the former Chair, of the Wakulla Springs Alliance and was formerly on the Board of Envision Credit Union where he served as Treasurer. He has served on non-profit boards for over 44 consecutive years. He has served as Chair of the Board for; The Tallahassee Housing Foundation, Leon County Food Co-op, The School of Arts and Sciences Charter School (that he and his wife Lyn helped start), Sustainable Tallahassee, and others.

He was part of the team that published the EPA Manual for Onsite Wastewater in 2010. He also served on the FL DEP BMAP committee, Leon County Water Resource Committee, Leon County Septic Ordinance Committee, and the State of FL Septic Tank Code Committee, FL DOH Septic Variance Board, and the FL DOH Research Review Advisory Committee.

Carrie Gaudio

Secretary

After many years as acting a family caregiver for aging loved ones, as well a life-long steward for environmental causes, Carrie is inspired by the mission of the Red Hills Community Cemetery and is driven to support its membership. Graduating Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Sociology from Florida State University, Carrie seeks to build community and improve social systems through nonprofit work and thoughtful business operations strategy. They previously worked for many years at the Agency for Health Care Administration as the Policy Coordinator for Health Information Technology overseeing statewide health information exchange initiatives, and as the Executive Director of an Aging In Place organization.

Carrie currently provides office management and bookkeeping for small businesses, and in tandem with their work with the Red Hills Community Cemetery, is the President of the SAIL High School Foundation. Carrie maintains a commitment to an array of nonprofits through creativity and perseverance, assisting with youth drama productions, Southern Shakespeare Company prop management, Grassroots Free School event planning, and donation of their art to local causes for fundraising. Carrie lives in Tallahassee, Florida with an incredible partner and their remarkable child who loves books and puzzles.

Ward Broderson

Board Member

Ward Broderson Born June 21 1951, Rochester New York. B.S. in public communication from Boston University. Moved to the Miccosukee Land Co-op in 1980. Completed the nonviolent communication conflict resolution course and a member of the MLC conflict resolution team.  Member of the Hickory Preserve and the Red Hill Community Cemetery.

Robert Deyle

Board Member

Robert E. Deyle, PhD. is Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida State University, where he taught courses in environmental planning and conducted research on natural hazard mitigation, sea level rise adaptation, and community resilience. He holds degrees in biology, environmental management, and environmental science.

Deyle retired from FSU in August 2013 after which he worked as a volunteer river boat tour guide at Wakulla Springs State Park. He currently serves as data manager and analyst for the Wakulla Springs State Park volunteer wildlife monitoring program and as a member of the boards of the Wakulla Springs Alliance and Capital Area Justice Ministry (CAJM). For the past three years he has been a co-chair of the CAJM Affordable Housing Committee which recently secured funding from the County Commission and the Blueprint Board for an incentive program to promote development of more rental housing for families with very-low and extremely-low incomes.

Nancy Muller

Board Member

Nancy Muller has been working in the affordable housing arena since 1995. Most recently she was the director of Florida Housing Finance Corporation’s Policy and Special Programs unit. In this position working for the state’s housing finance agency, she led program expansion to address the housing needs of persons with special needs, those experiencing homelessness, and families with extremely low incomes. She worked with the legislative team, led the development of a data-based approach to program decisions, and carried out special projects to support Florida Housing’s efforts in such areas as hurricane housing recovery. In 2020, Nancy moved into a part-time special projects position at Florida Housing. In 2022, she left that position to consult part time with nonprofits interested in developing affordable housing+services to serve vulnerable populations. Nancy has both worked for and served on several nonprofit boards, most recently the Community Co-op Market national board and the DayStar Community board (where she lives). She has experience with policy development, finance, team management, group facilitation, and training.

Lila Seagle

Board Member

Lila was raised in the Spiral Garden community in Tallahassee. She attended the University of Florida in Gainesville and earned advanced degrees in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Urban & Regional Planning, and Business Administration. Following the loss of her husband, Lila returned to her hometown, an experience that fueled her interest in helping the Red Hills Community Cemetery Board realize the goal of establishing a natural cemetery in her community. Now married to Scott Seagle, Lila and Scott happily raise three children together.

Lila has 25 years of experience in public service at the local, state, and federal levels. Lila currently works in higher education, advancing civic literacy and engagement through research, education, and public discourse on America’s founding principles. Previously, she led a dynamic team of economic development professionals dedicated to driving economic growth and innovation in the Tallahassee community. While in Gainesville, Lila led strategic innovation efforts for local government, playing a pivotal role in advancing the city as a leader in technological innovation using human-centered design. Lila is an accredited member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Rose Kelley

Conservation Cemetery Committee Chair

Rose is a founding member of the Miccosukee Land Cooperative (MLC), an alternative community anchored in the “Back to the Land” movement of the early 1970s. She has been involved in every aspect of community building for 51 years by providing administrative leadership for six years as the MLC Coordinator, serving on the Board of Directors numerous times, and serving as Secretary.

Rose retired 11 years ago after a very satisfying 34-year career as an elementary school media specialist and teacher of gifted students. In retirement she devotes her time to family, home, community and a newly discovered passion for creating mosaics.

For Rose, a desire to have a green burial option had been building for years. When 96 acres became available adjacent to MLC, she felt that it was meant to be. She is working to help provide the rich experience that a green burial can provide for residents of the Red Hills region while carefully restoring and maintaining the land and its inhabitants. In death, she wants to go “Back to the Land” forever.