LFNA Board Members
Joanna Harris
President
Jo moved to Little Flower in August of 2021. The location and ease of access to anything the city has to offer are what first caught her eye and were big driving factors behind her move here. Now that she's been here a while, she has fallen in love with the history of the neighborhood and the community she's found. Her professional work is in the Insurance/Technology industry. When she is not working or volunteering, she enjoys exploring outdoors, soaking in live music shows and searching for the “next” greatest meal she's ever had.
Gabrielle Weldy
Vice President
Gabi moved to Little Flower in early 2020 and has served on the board since that summer. She works in product and operations at a local tech startup. She finds the neighborhood to be something really special with its history, sense of community, and diversity. She loves enjoying the outdoors in Little Flower: watering our plants, reading in a hammock in the backyard, or long walks with her partner and two dogs.
Bethany Baugh
Secretary & Membership Chair
Bethany moved to Little Flower in 2016 where she bought her first home. In the past couple of years, she has turned her front yard into a garden full of native plants. Sitting on the front porch, watching the birds and butterflies feed off the garden is a favorite pastime, regardless of the season.
Brooke Merry
Treasurer
Brooke moved to Little Flower in January of 2021 when she bought her first home. She has been an east side resident since 2011. Most of her professional life has been in education and non-profit until last year when she changed fields to work in property restoration.
Brooke loves taking a walk in Little Flower because she sees so many friends and meets new neighbors and their pets.
In her free time she enjoys home improvement, making things, music, and tending to plants.
Amanda Joseph
Events Chair
Manda Joseph (she/they/her/them) joins the team with many years of non-profit management and development experience. Most importantly, they come with a passion to be able to give people in their community tools to access solutions to their needs. Manda's background consists of building committees, training volunteers, executing large events, and collaborating with community organizations towards main goals of the organizations. Manda prides themselves on being creative in finding solutions for situations that come their way to keep the momentum going within their work and excited to use that in Marion County! In their free time you can find them sitting on their porch with their pack of very different dogs.
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Jakob Morales
At-Large
Jakob moved to Little Flower in 2021. He enjoys a car-free lifestyle because for fun, health, and connection with the community. Jakob believes the Near Eastside has a lot of potential to be a safe and walkable area and advocates for local change.
Jakob enjoys bouldering, walking with his dog around the neighborhood, and taking care of his plants.
Jessica Murphy
At-Large
Jessica moved to Little Flower in 2014 and loves to live here! You can catch her walking her dog Scout around the neighborhood or puttering in her garden. Her professional work is education-adjacent, and she is a knitter, a potter, a registered yoga teacher, and an advocate for the Eastside of Indianapolis.