2020 Committee Members
Thank you to our 2020 Committee Members!
Program Selection Committee
Program Selection Committee Chair
Clayton Bass
President & CEO, Santa Fe Botanical Garden
James “Jamie” Burghardt
Director of Horticulture & Education, Waterfront Botanical Gardens
Eddy Dawson
Director of Programs, Red Butte Garden
Carissa Dougherty
Head of Knowledge Management, The Morton Arboretum
Lisa M.W. Eldred
Director of Exhibitions & Learning, Engagement; Head Curator of Art, Denver Botanic Gardens
Jaime Frye
Plant Records Specialist, Newfields
Lauren Smith Hong
Annual Fund & Membership Officer, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Duke University
Charles Hunter
Director of Horticulture, The Niagara Parks Commission
Keith Kaiser
Executive Director, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
Ray Larson
Curator of Living Collections and the Otis Douglas Hyde Herbarium, University of Washington Botanic Gardens
Greg Levine
Co- Executive Director & Chief Program Officer, Trees Atlanta
Andi Pettis
Director of Horticulture, The Trust for Governors Island
Jacqueline Venner Senske
Education Specialist, Reiman Gardens, Iowa State University
Lynn Swain
Director of Development, Cornell Botanic Gardens
Ruby Swanson
General Manager, University of Alberta Botanic Garden
Awards
Awards Committee Chair
Harry Jongerden
Executive Director, Toronto Botanical Garden
Nancy Bechtol
Director, Smithsonian Facilities, Smithsonian Gardens
Michael Dosmann
Keeper of the Living Collections, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
David Price
President, Bok Tower Gardens
Elizabeth Lumbert
Director, The Dow Gardens
Tracy Qiu
PhD Student, Concordia University
Claire Sawyers
Director, Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College
Gwen Stauffer
CEO, Ganna Walska Lotusland
Scholarships
Scholarship Committee Chair
Paul Kuenstner
Executive Director, The Association for Preservation Technology International
Scholarship Committee Vice-Chair
Luke Messinger
Executive Director, Dawes Arboretum
Nancy J. Bechtol
Director, Smithsonian Facilities, Smithsonian Gardens
Cynthia Druckenbrod
Council of Communities Chair, Horticulturist
Carmia Feldman
Assistant Director, UC Davis Arboretum & Public Garden
Michelle Furrer
Director, Como Park Zoo & Conservatory
Jeff Kuehny
Director & Professor of Horticulture, LSU Agcenter Botanic Gardens at Burden
William M. LeFevre
Executive Director, Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University
Adriana Quiñones
Executive Director, Peace River Botanical & Sculpture Gardens