2019 OFFICERS
President: ..........................Jeannine Horton
Vice-President:................(Currently Vacant-
———Accepting willing nominations
Secretary:............................Peggy Winfree
Treasurer:........................,,,Art Brodeur
Past President....................Ned Sanders
Schedule Coordinator:.....Brenda Small
Directors-at-Large: .........Hike Leaders
Email Coordinator............Joe Allison

Meet Our Club's Leadership Team

​Jeannine Horton​
​Club President

HELLO FELLOW NATURE LOVERS!!! I joined the Greeneville Hiking & Cycling Club in 2009, as a vacationer and then relocated to the area permanently in 2012, after my world collapsed at the hands of a few bad villains. The Club, well established and then ran by our past President Ned Sanders, who left me with a big set of shoes to fill; welcomed me with open arms!!! We joined together to hike and bike in our shared interests of loving nature and of course there's that "dining" thing! I retired as a veteran Battalion Chief from the fire and EMS service after 32 years, and accomplished my dream of moving back to the magnificent and magical mountains of the Appalachia! I am a child of Mother Nature and Her Home is My Church! Together with Father Sky, The Great Spirit, we Live, Laugh, and Love!!! The Club was far more instrumental then they know in helping me to heal both physically and emotionally after a succession of tragic events in my life. They were "there for me" and I am so appreciative! I assumed the club Presidency by unanimous default in 2017, and continue to work hard to rise to the occasion and shine like those before me! I am seeking others who share this love and enjoyment of the outdoors and our beautiful gifts we have in this Nation’s lands, who will come join us in their respectful enjoyment, and in protecting these great resources! I am a "free thinker" and don't fit into too many boxes, but here I can always find solace in nature; whether spending quiet time alone in the group or being a social butterfly as we traverse the trail, moving along out our own paces. I have learned from some wonderful hike leaders and area experts, and continue in my lifelong journey of learning and leadership. Come Join Us. Jeannine

Club Vice President​

- Position is Open at this time! Seeking a willing and dedicated person of interest, to help in maintaining the clubs organizational and structural components, assist the President in being a spokesperson, meeting facilitator and team leader, maintaining website, technical and social media aspects. Assume the role of Cycling Division Leader, to head up and coordinate cycling aspects and other events as necessary.

PEGGY WINFREE

Club Secretary

ART BRODEUR

Club Treasurer

BRENDA SMALL

Schedule Coordinator &
​Hike Leader

JOE ALLISON

Email Coordinator &
​Hike Leader

NED SANDERS

Past President

DIRECTORS AT LARGE

Along with our club officers, these folks are the leaders of our club team and are those who make our events happen, they lead us in hikes, cycling events, and other club, community and special events. Active participation by all team members is what makes a successful club. We encourage all of our members to take an active role in participating in, and in assuming leadership roles.
We appreciate the great efforts of those who work out front leading and those,
Who most importantly work behind the scenes to make things happen!
​Every one's effort is valued! 

Mike & Linda Jones

Hike and Event Leaders,
​Trail Magic Magicians

Mike Church

Hike Leader

David & Hazel Douthat

Hike Leader & Event Technicians

A.J. Baines

Hike Leader
Hike Leader

Joe Horton

​Hi, I am Joe Horton. Just two years with the Greeneville Hiking Club. Moved here full time from Florida in 2017 after retiring from a thirty year career in the fire service. I have always been the outdoor type and the hiking club is just the right mix for me. There are so many great,  amazing people over here that I've met on our hikes. At my ripe old age of 56, the adventures in my second chapter of life have just begun! I look forward to meeting more of you. 

Ron Smith

Hike Leader
​Ron Smith lives in the Cedar Creek area with Anne, along with 5 dogs, 3 cats, and a rooster. Ron grew up in Northwest Pennsylvania and graduated from Penn State University. He is a retired civil engineer, working for 38 years with the same company designing steel supports for tunnels, shafts and mines. During that time, he was transferred 5 times to different states, and travelled throughout the U.S. and abroad. His passion was volleyball, which he played for 50 years, until a knee injury forced him to stop. These days he plays golf, volunteers, helps at the local library, and reads. Ron is a relatively new member of the club, joining in 2016.

Andy Daniels

Hike Leader & Special Event Coordinator

Pam Shelton

Hike Leader

​TBA

Hike Leader

NOTICE 1
Safety Issue - Club Stays Update June 2020
“Club Members, in consideration of the following:

1. We are a club of primarily older aged individuals and as often does accompany age, there tends to come the addition of factors that put many of our members into a high risk category!
2. Only a very few number of members have expressed interest in re-opening the club at this time. Even fewer in leading and or being responsible for leading an event.
3. We are not a for-profit business and thus our economic survival does not rest on taking an inappropriate risk to reopen at this time, to put our members at increased risk, or to assume increased liability for that risk.
4. The numbers of infectious and hospitalized with Covid-19 continue to be on a rising trend in our region, our state and most certainly in the states that surround us and where people often travel to and from here, and from there to our regions trails, parks and forests in this area. Not a single state in our region has met the CDC criteria for re-opening in spite of having done so and we are beginning to see the results of that in the data that is being reported.
5. Some people are refusing to follow safe and reasonable guidelines to protect themselves and others.
6. We are still in the midst of a global pandemic. There is still no available definitive treatment, or vaccine available.

In consideration of these factors, member discussion and other available data, I believe that the executive board is in agreement that the club continues in a holding pattern with NO club sanctioned events at this time. We will re-evaluate at a later date. In appreciation of and consideration of the many years most of the club leadership and event leaders have diligently worked to keep the club going, I would also say that this break is well deserved for them! Without their ongoing efforts there would be no club, unless others step into those roles. Something to think about over this break period, that I have been communicating, that must be addressed for the future continuation of this club. Please use this break to focus on the health and safety of you and your family at this time.”

If a few members of our club still want to meet for a hike or bike ride, it can be coordinated on our Facebook Page by the people who want to do it; with the understanding and the following posted disclosure that “the event is not sanctioned by the club and people do it at their own risk, CDC guidelines are highly recommended.”

As far as October meeting, let’s review that in September.

I believe this new normal will have to be reviewed on regular basis, potential monthly based as the situation evolves and with club input.

Jeannine - Club President
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NOTICE 2
Safety Issue
(Expires TBA)
​Both the USA Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization have advised that we are in one of the worst flu and respiratory virus seasons in almost 50 years. Please prepare yourself to stay healthy and take steps to help keep others from infection by following good hygiene and frequent quality hand washing techniques, cover your coughs and sneezes, wipe touched items with sanitizers, and when sick stay out of the public or wear an appropriate N95 facemask. There are some deadly and easy transmitted infections that are also drug resistant, emerging. Stay safe! Stay Informed. For more information please go to the cdc.gov website and/or the who.int and search viral and infectious diseases. If your a real researcher do a general google
​of virology and epidemiology too!