Environmental non-profit RiverLink welcomes Garrett Artz to the role of executive director with the organization. Artz takes the reins at RiverLink on Sept. 1 to continue their work to, as their mission statement says, promote the environmental and economic vitality of the French Broad River and its watershed as a place to live, learn, work and play. He takes the place of a retiring Karen Cragnolin, the only executive director RiverLink has known in its 30-year history. Cragnolin will stay involved as a consultant for strategic property transitions.
Originally from the small town of
Hegins, Pennsylvania, Artz graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and went
through Navy Flight Training to become a Naval Aviator, serving 10 years of
active duty. Upon graduating from the North Carolina Central University School
of Law in Durham, NC, Artz and his family moved to Asheville in 2008. He and
his wife, Dr. Evelyn Artz, are the parents of two boys and a girl.
His work in law began at Pisgah
Legal Services in Asheville. He would later serve Mills Manufacturing as
corporate counsel. In 2014, in an effort to improve bicycle and pedestrian
travel in the Hominy Creek and Enka area near his home in Biltmore Lake, he
co-founded Connect Enka and
will continue to serve as that organization's president.
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