State Board of Directors Roster
updated 9/13/2022
State Chairmen - See Garden Forum for contact information.
Auditor: Cindy McAvity
Arbor Day: Donna Freese
Art Walk: Co-Chair: Bonnie Miller Co-Chair: Sandra Speer
Awards – Flower Show (F-1 - F-31) Mary Kathryn Young
Awards – Projects (P-1 - P-71) Marjorie Motley
Awards – Special/Publicity/Youth (S-1-S-10/Youth (Y-1-Y-3) 43 Sheri Menscher
Awards – Yearbooks: Francine Halter
Award of Honor: Nadine Davis
Bee-Gap: Carolyn Schroeder
Birds: Susan Scarborough
Bloomin’ Bus Tour: Carolyn Oates
Blue Star/Gold Star Memorial Markers: Margie Wild
Book Reviews—The Reader’s Corner: Brenda Bray
Brightest Blooms: Betty Connelly
Budget: Christa Daume
Butterflies & Hummingbirds: Linda Hess
Chaplain: Carolyn Doyle
Citations: Cindy Kessler
Club Programs: Mary Officer
Club Ratings: Sherry Wilson
Convention Coordinator: Beverly Wattenbarger
Conservation/Forestry: Gayle Fry
Educational Exhibits: Barbara Harrison
Environment and Endangered Species:
Environmental Council: Carolyn Flynn
Environmental Schools: Jan Conant
Essay Contest: vacant
Flower Show Schools and Symposiums: Kim Peterson
Flower Shows & Judges Credentials: Roni Pidgeon
Garden Study Schools: Nan McCabe
Garden Tours: Mary Officer
Grants: Lee Stanley
Habitat for Humanity: Marty Toll
Historic Preservation: Margaret Stevens
Honor Book: Alice Havard
Hospitality: Shirlee Roberts Co-Chair: Anne Foust
Invasive Plants: Carolyn Flynn
Judges’ Council: Marie Pasley
Landscape Design Council: Nancy Bahn
Landscape Design Schools & Credentials: Josie Rabora Co-Chair: Josephine Goodenow
Legislation: Mary E. Durrill
Life Membership: Nancy Bahn
Membership/Sister Clubs: Nan McCabe
Mo Botanical Garden: Linda Bolhofner
Mizzou Botanic Garden: Barbara Rothenberger
National Gardener Magazine: Sally Shinkle
Organizational Study: Diane Neterer
Penny Pines: Mary Kathryn Young
Personnel: Kathy Roach
Photographer: Gayle Holtzman
Poetry Contest: Mary Bullock
Powell Gardens: Dianne Swann
President’s Project: “Teaching Missouri’s Children to Plant America” Co-Chair: Karen Blackmore Co-Chair: Mary Officer
Protocol: Chair: Karen Davis Co-Chair: Sharon Beck
Recognizing Brightest Blooms: Betty Connelly
Resolutions: Marinea Mehrhoff
Roadsides and Wildflowers: Maureen Wamsley
Scholarships: Tanya Stanley
Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl: Rochelle Murdock
Social Media: Sandra Spear
Springfield Green County Botanical Gardens: Carol Stephenson
State Activities Coordinator: Karen Blackmore
State Board Meetings: Co-Chair Linda Storck Co-Chair: Mary Frances George
State Fair Federation Day & Flower Show Schedule: Marie Pasley
State Fair Gazebo – The Betty Jones Memorial Gazebo: Linda Nau
Ways & Means and “Vision of Beauty” Calendar: Co-Chair Mary Bellrose Co-Chair: Susan Marie Reed
World Gardening & Disasters: Josephine Goodenow
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