Our Team

We bring different perspectives to the table, but we’re united by a love for purposeful work, thoughtful design, and real connection.

Sandy Nguyen

After moving to Ione in 2021, Sandy began cultivating community and learning about local land management practices. She is Secretary of the NE Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society, and a Pend Oreille Master Gardener Trainee. Sandy has a background in business, previously driving revenue growth at Luxottica and strategy and operations at Nike.

She is encouraged by the Kalispel Tribe’s land management practices, approach to community building and overall inclusiveness.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

President/Founder
Vice President

Chris Isbell

Chris retired and moved with her family to Metaline Falls in early 2022. She brings over 30 years of accounting and management experience to the board.

She helped build and establish the Peoples Market, a non-profit farmers market in SLC, where she served on the board as Treasurer from 2005 to 2013. She currently volunteers at The Cutter Theatre and Metaline Falls Library.

Chris is an avid gardener and herbal medicine enthusiast who is passionate about growing healthy food and connecting with others around gardening and spending time with her granddaughters.

Secretary

Muus von Walter

Muus is an artist, local business owner, and hiker-biker in Metaline Falls that loves to support the community where they can.

When they first moved to the town in 2021, they worked at the school and gained experience as acting secretary for the classified staff’s PSE Union. To Muus, their time working with and cooking for students, and volunteering with the union only further cemented the value of having group resources and educational opportunities available to the community.

As an artist, Muus hopes to support the Metaline Falls Community Garden with the skills needed to create graphics and art for all aspects of promoting and beautifying the garden.

Kaitlin Moon

Treasurer

Kaitlin and her family followed her in-laws to Pend Oreille County in 2024. She was the founding committee member of a local cheese and dairy co-op in college, which led to many years working for businesses that supported local food systems across New York and Ohio.

Kaitlin is passionate about cultivating the next generation of gardeners and growers. Her daughter, Louisa, is one of POC's youngest residents as well as the community garden board's "member at large."

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