Jenny Totten

Principal Consultant

Jenny Totten has over 15 years of experience in rural community and economic development, focusing on Appalachia and Haiti's Central Plateau. She directs Alchemy, Accompanied, and is and Assistant Professor for Future Generations University, based in Franklin, WV. Jenny is trained in the accompaniment model of development and has worked with federal and state leaders, local community leaders, and small business owners across Appalachia. She has created and supported entrepreneurial ecosystem development across multiple sectors including local food and agriculture, downtown development, and the creative artisan sector.  Jenny’s research interests include alternative economic models, engage youth in community and economic development, and building investment frameworks that work in rural communities.  She holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering and an MS in Unmanned Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Spencer Moss

Principal Consultant

Spencer Moss is a community development practitioner, facilitator, and executive leader with more than a decade of experience helping rural communities and organizations turn ideas into programs, partnerships, and measurable action. As Executive Director of the West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition for 12 years, she has led organizational growth, managed staff and complex federal and philanthropic grants, developed and evaluated statewide programs, built cross-sector partnerships, and secured public and private resources to advance community priorities. Her work includes leading nutrition incentive programs; developing initiatives in local food procurement, Farm to School, rural grocery access, agricultural entrepreneurship, and community development; and designing communications and media campaigns that translate complex issues into compelling public narratives. Spencer is trained in facilitation through Training for Change and in the practice of accompaniment, an approach that centers the knowledge, priorities, and capacity of the communities being served. She has facilitated community planning and organizational strategy processes, provided technical assistance and leadership development, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, and appeared before West Virginia legislative committees on food and agricultural policy approximately 100 times. She brings together strategic planning, program design and evaluation, facilitation, communications, grant management, organizational leadership, and rural community development to help organizations move from ideas to implementation. She holds a BS in Communications from Missouri Western State University and a Master of Public Administration from West Virginia University with an emphasis in Local Governance and Community Development.