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BRATTLEBORO â After nine years of supporting the Rich Earth Institute, co-founder Kim Nace is stepping aside from her position as executive director. âShe gave #1 Boss a whole new meaning,â said one staff member, in a news release. Her visionary leadership has helped the institute grow from a small group of passionate community members to an organization with an internationally recognized reputation in the field of ecological sanitation.
Nace has been involved in every level of the organization, from big picture thinking to assisting with field experiments and managing urine âdonations.â She has met with local and national leaders, the head of the World Toilet Organization (WTO), industry experts, members of the press, and countless community members. Of her time as executive director, Nace says, âI am so proud of the distance we have come together.â
Warwick resident named executive director of Rich Earth Institute
Warwick resident Ivan Ussach, the Rich Earth Institute’s new executive director, at the research center’s “Toilet Museum” in Brattleboro, Vt. Contributed Photo/Rich Earth Institute
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BRATTLEBORO, VT. Ivan Ussach is known around Warwick as director of the Warwick Free Public Library. Others might know him as operations director of the nonprofit Common Good. Now, he’s become executive director of the Rich Earth Institute in Brattleboro, Vt.
Having started in January, Ussach replaced Kim Nace, who has supported the Rich Earth Institute since helping to co-found it nine years ago. The research group operates a community-scale urine nutrient reclamation project and studies the use of human urine as a form of fertilizer. Nace will stay on part-time as CEO of its business spin-off, Rich Earth LLC, which develops products and tools for urine nutrient recovery.