A Small Organization with a Big Heart
Our Team
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Greg & Patty Closser
Co-Founders
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Clara Devey
Student Board Member
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Randy Lia
Board Member
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Lucia Rios
Board Member
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Haley Kimmet Teopaco
Executive Director
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John Weyland
Facilities & Maintenance
Greg & Patty Closser
Greg and Patty Closser founded A Great Day Farm in 2013 to create a welcoming, accessible environment for individuals with significant support needs. Inspired by their experiences raising their family, they designed the farm so that people with disabilities have the freedom & autonomy to explore, play and relax. You can find Greg and Patty most days working on projects to enhance the grounds and create a more welcoming environment for all.
Clara Devey
From Interlochen, Michigan, Clara Devey is an undergraduate student at Carleton College with plans to major in Sociology with a minor in Statistics. Her own disabilities and chronic health issues sparked a passion for disability advocacy. As a result, she spends most of her time working and volunteering at Laura Baker Services Association and presenting at elementary and high schools about Service Dogs, mental health, accessibility, and disabilities. In her spare time, she reads fantasy books, writes music, plays board games with friends, and snuggles her Service Dog.
Randy Lia
Randy is a seasoned global executive with over 35 years of leadership experience across engineering, sales, product management, supply chain, procurement, digital transformation, and commercial strategy. Before retiring from Ecolab he served as Vice President of Supply Chain at Ecolab, leading the company’s global Digital Supplier Experience.
Throughout his 21+ year tenure at Ecolab, Randy has held a diverse range of senior leadership roles including Director of Global Procurement Operations, where he oversaw systems integrations, legal compliance, master data governance, and global sourcing strategy. He led the global procurement workstream for the successful spin-off of ChampionX and played a pivotal role in the integration of Ecolab’s $5B merger with Nalco.
Earlier in his career, he built a strong foundation in engineering, sales, product management, and marketing across multiple industrial sectors. His cross-functional background combines deep technical insight with commercial acumen, making him a strategic advisor on innovation, ESG, supplier diversity, and enterprise risk.
Randy brings to the board broad functional expertise and the ability to navigate complex situations, driving growth, problem solving, and ultimately delivering results.
Lucia Rios
Lucia Rios' life in college and over a 20-year working career has included giving a voice to and empowering those with disabilities. During her 15 years as a staff member at the Center for Independent Living in West Michigan, she helped businesses identify ways to become accessible and instructed young adults as they transitioned from school to career. As a journalist, Lucia's writing focuses on disability issues, including living with her lifelong disability. She mentors the next generation of advocates and serves on several local boards. Lucia removes barriers and creates access through her presence, voice, and activism, which includes her current work in Workforce Navigators in the Office of Accessibility at Salesforce.
Haley Kimmet Teopaco
Haley has spent her career championing autonomy and inclusion for people with disabilities. She has built family support programs at TASH, led youth disability rights workshops with Mobility International USA, supported students, faculty, and staff at the University of Minnesota, and advanced accessibility strategy at Salesforce—always centering access, equity, and community in her work.
Now as Executive Director of the farm, Haley is focused on growing the farm’s nonprofit infrastructure and long-term stability so that the farm can continue to thrive as a welcoming, community-oriented space for years to come. Her leadership is deeply informed by lived experience: she identifies as deaf/hard of hearing and uses assistive technology to do her best work.
John Weyland
John supports the farm in many ways - maintaining the grounds, building creative structures, problem-solving repairs and more. He keeps the farm's amenities in good shape so that visitors have a great experience.
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Are you interested in supporting the farm as a board member, a volunteer or other supporter? We’d love to hear from you!
