Administration & Partners

Executive Board of Trustees

Board Chair Vice Chair
John H. Crawford, IV Jennifer Flanagan
   
Secretary Treasurer
Mason W. Stephenson David P. Poroch (Dave)
   
Legal Counsel Member at Large
Kristine M. Brown (Kristy) Carol B. Tomé
   
The Anna and Hays Mershon
President & CEO (Ex-Officio)
 
Mary Pat Matheson   
   

Committee Chairs

Immediate Past Board Chair Development
John M. Dyer Cody Partin
   
Education Finance and Endowment
H. Alan Elsas David P. Poroch (Dave)
   
Conservation Advancement Plant Collections
Ed McGinn
 

Paul M. Cushing
Retired Partner/Alston & Bird, LLP

   
Community Outreach  Strategic Planning
 TBD  TBD

Board of Trustees

Michael Auzenne (Mike) Barbara (Barby) Levy
Melissa Babb Jade A. Logan, Esq.
Molly Battin Vicki Palefsky
Charles W. Cary, Jr. (Bill) Karen Parker
Julia W. Cromartie Marc Pollack
Deborah Edwards (Debbie) Sylvia Russell
Philip Green Roger Smith
Roya Irvani Mark Traylor
Gene Kansas Allen Yee
Cara Isdell Lee  

Lifetime Trustees

Douglas R. Aldridge (Doug) James Gibbs (Jim) David S. Martin
Tricia Allen Shearon Glover John Hays Mershon (Hays)
Sylvia Attkisson Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Robert E. Reiser, Jr. (Bob)
W. Moses Bond (Mose) Bernard L. Greer, Jr. (Ben) Olive Robinson
Norris A. Broyles, Jr. Sylvia Harris Deen Day Sanders
Moncure Crowder Patricia Hartrampf, Jr. Margaret Shirley
George E. N. de Man Aileen P. Hatcher Dean DuBose Smith
Mary Wayne Dixon Babette Henagan James Dean Spratt, Jr. (Jim)
Flossie Dodge Trudy Huger, Jr. Harriet Warren, Jr.
J. Rex Fuqua (Rex) John J. Huntz, Jr. Tom Woodham
     

Mary Pat Matheson

Anna and Hays Mershon President and
Chief Executive Officer

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Arthur Fix

Chief Operating Officer

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Marshall Norwood

Chief Financial Officer

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Amanda Bennett

Vice President,
Horticulture & Collections

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Jessica Boatright

Vice President,
Marketing

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Emily Coffey

Vice President,
Conservation & Research

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Mildred Pinnell Fockele

Gainesville Garden Director

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Tracy McClendon

Vice President,
Programs

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Leslie Myers

Vice President,
Institutional Advancement

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