Helga Tan Fellows is an Industrial Engineer by training. She’s comfortable with schematics, project plans, piping and process improvement. Helga has a passion for education and for raising sustainable food. Her mission is to “create the next generation of locavores – young people who know – and care about – where their food comes from.”

Helga founded GYO GREENS (pronounced GHEE-o, which means “fish” in Japanese), an aquaponics facility based in Ponte Vedra, in 2013. She is deeply committed to sustainable practices and the principles of permaculture: Take care of the Earth; Take care of people; Share the surplus. She’s one of the new social entrepreneurs, those who start a company not just to make money, but also to make the world a better place.

Helga sold the for-profit farm in 2023 but retained the non-profit part of her enterprise. She plans to continue her mission of education and helping students and community members learn about and become committed to sustainable farming.

Dr. Grace Ann Owen was born on the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico. She obtained her formal academic education in Audiology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston University, and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Owen is a clinical Audiologist, a graduate professor, and the Director of the Audiology Doctoral Program at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico.

She has been a board member of the Starkey Hearing Foundation since January 2019. Dr. Owen cherishes the opportunity to collaborate with the Foundation as it is a vessel to promote her passion for education and philanthropy.

Dr. Owen has been a board member of GYO GREENS GIVING since its inception in 2021.

Wendy is an Industrial Engineer with over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. As a senior operations analyst at Mayo Clinic, Wendy is responsible for developing and maintaining strategies for ongoing operations and support within her team, leveraging quality improvement and industrial engineering methodologies to drive enhancements. She obtained her formal education from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Wendy loves the outdoors, which makes her very passionate about protecting the environment. Inspired by GYO GREENS’s commitment to educating the next generation and its mission on sustainable farming, she was thrilled to become a part of the GYO “family”.

Wendy loves to cook, travel, and spend time with her two children. Her interests include skiing, golf, paddle boarding, and surfing. She’s been a board member of GYO GREENS GIVING since its inception in 2021.