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Barbara Groom

Board Member · Timber Heritage Association

Board Member at Timber Heritage Association. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Ambiguous identity This name matches 3 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Others who share this name
3

Who this is

Profile

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Reported as Board Member of Timber Heritage Association, based in Eureka, CA.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Barbara Groom served as a Board Member for the Timber Heritage Association from 2020 to 2021. She is widely recognized as the founder of Lost Coast Brewery in Eureka, California, which she established in 1989 or 1990.

Prior to her pioneering career in craft brewing, Groom worked as a pharmacist for approximately 20 years. She is noted for being an unconventional and trailblazing figure, becoming one of the country's first female microbrewery owners.

In 2026, she is selling her brewery to pursue travel photography.

Compiled from public web sources (3 cited), grounded to the filed record.

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Career & tenure

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Tenure here
2020–2021
Education
  • Pharmacist (implied)

Affiliations

Organizations

Timber Heritage Association Board Member · $226K revenue · Eureka, CATHE MISSION OF THE TIMBER HERITAGE ASSOCIATION IS TO PRESERVE, INTERPRET AND CELEBRATE TIMBER HISTORY. OUR VISION IS AN EXCITING, INTERACTIVE,…Filed FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Barbara Groom

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Barbara Groom 1 organization · Eureka, CAHumboldt Botanical Gardens Foundation
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Barbara Groom 1 organization · Eureka, CAArea 1 Agency on Aging
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Barbara Groom 1 organization · Eureka, CAHumboldt County Convention and Visitors Bureau

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Serves alongside

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President · FY2024
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Director · FY2024
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Secretary · FY2024
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Director · FY2024
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Vice President · FY2024
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Director · FY2024
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Director · FY2024
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Treasurer · FY2024
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Director · FY2024
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Director · FY2024
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Director · FY2024
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Secretary · FY2023

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org