updated 9/26/2025
State Chairmen - See Garden Forum for contact information
Auditor: Carolyn Harris
Arbor Day: Mary Kathryn Young
Awards – Flower Show (F-1 - F-17) Sheri Menscher
Awards – Projects (P-1 - P-56) Suzanne Johnson
Awards – Special/Publicity/Youth (S-1-S-10/Youth (Y-1-Y-3) 43 Sheri Menscher
Awards – Yearbooks: Jeannine Brickey
Award of Honor: Nancy Bahn
Birds: Susan Scarborough
Bloomin’ Bus Tour: Carolyn Oates
Bluebird Trail and Bird Sanctuary: Susan Scarborough
Blue Star/Gold Star Memorial Markers: Margie Wild, Co-Chair Sheila Buecher
Brightest Blooms: Betty Connelly
Budget: Cindy McAvity
Butterflies & Hummingbirds: Carol Ann Smith
Chaplain: Barbara Wehmeyer
Citations: Beverly Wattenbarger
Club Programs: Mary Officer
Club Ratings: Sherry Wilson
Convention Coordinator: Diane Neterer
Conservation/Forestry: T. Woody Wells
Educational Exhibits: Barbara Harrison
Environment and Endangered Species: Marjorie Motley
Environmental Council: Jan Conant, Co-Chair Gloria Whyte
Environmental School: Jan Conant
Essay Contest: Kathy Roach
Flower Show Evaluations: Sheri Menscher
Flower Show Schools and Symposiums: Kim Peterson
Flower Show Judges Credentials: Carolyn Oates
Gardening Schools: Nan McCabe
Garden Tours: Mary Officer
Grow Native! Karen Arnold
Habitat for Humanity: Marty Toll
Honor Book: Alice Havard
Hospitality: Shirlee Roberts; Co-Chair Sue Buttschau
Invasive Plants: Karen Arnold
Judges Council: Marie Pasley
Landscape Design Council: Alice Havard
Landscape Design Schools and Credentials: Josephine Goodenow
Life Membership: Nan McCabe
Membership/Sister Clubs: Nan McCabe
Missouri Botanical Garden: Linda Bolhofner
Mizzou Botanic Garden: Karen Blackmore
Organizational Study: Ellen Eddleman
Personnel: Sherry Wilson
Photographer: Kathy Roach
Poetry Contest: Mary Bullock
Powell Gardens: Rose Bailey-Hammock
President’s Project: “Restoring and Reconstructing Natural Habitat," Beverly Wattenbarger
Protocol: Karen Davis, Co-Chair Dorothy Kaiser
Resolution: Marinea Mehrhoff
Roadsides and Wildflowers: Maureen Wamsley
Scholarships: Ellen Eddleman
Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl: Rochelle Murdock
Social Media: Sandra Spear
Springfield Greene County Botanical Gardens: Carol Stephenson
State Activities Coordinator: Karen Blackmore
State Board Meetings: Linda Storck, Co-Chair Marilyn Ward
State Fair Federation Day & Flower Show Schedule: Joan Eads
State Fair Gazebo – The Betty Jones Memorial Gazebo: Wanda Rasa
"Teaching Missouri's Children to Plant America" Grant: Co-Chair Karen Blackmore, Co-Chair Mary Officer
Ways & Means and “Vision of Beauty” Calendar: Co-Chairs Linda and Joe Pidgeon
World Gardening & Disasters: Josephine Goodenow
THE garden forum:
Staff Editor, Jennifer Morrison; Assistant Editor, Sue Reed; Assistant Editor, Ann McNamara; Advertising Manager, vacant;
Circulation Manager, Charley Blackmore