Debra Tyler is founding mother and Director of Motherhouse, Inc. She is the chief cow-hand at Local Farm in Cornwall Bridge where she raises miniature jersey cows and leads our homesteading workshops, moon gatherings, and earth scroll celebrations.

A charter member of our board, Nita Colgate is always available to lend a hand with the Motherhouse Bookshelf in the Cornwall Free Library’s Children’s Room.

Karen Doeblin learned early on she wanted to live someplace beautiful and that she needed open space. Now she roams between NYC where she worked in a day school green house, and Cornwall where she helps her son train a handy steer at Local Farm.  Even though she and husband Rob have six children, she quips, “I finally understood people when I got to know these cows”.

Motherhouse Secretary, Iris Hermann is an eighth generation Cornwall resident who lives with her partner, Rocco, and their children, Ivy June and Henry. Besides her own, Iris tends children of all ages, is a licensed Massage Therapist and serves as a Cornwall EMT. Iris also runs a small crocheting business; Crazy Cave Creations! She adores cooking up vegetarian recipes and aspires to running a dog-powered organic farm.

Rachel Gall lives in Falls Village with her husband Jay and their children Darwin and Ezra. She is the driving force behind our first Saturday community dances, new moon gatherings, and more.

Watercolorist and craftswoman, Jean Tyler, moved from Wisconsin to Connecticut in 2009 to be nearer her daughter and grand-daughter.  As a member of the Motherhouse board of directors, she does a handsome job of leadership based on old-style common sense and wisdom.