State Board of Directors Roster
updated 10/22/2023
State Chairmen - See Garden Forum for contact information
Auditor: Cindy McAvity
Arbor Day: Mary Kathryn Young
Awards – Flower Show (F-1 - F-31) Sheri Menscher
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: Bev Myers
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: Judy Duncan
Brightest Blooms: Betty Connelly
Budget: Josephine Goodenow
Butterflies & Hummingbirds: Carol Ann Smith
Chaplain: Barbara Wehmeyer
Citations: Cindy Kessler
Club Programs: Mary Officer
Club Ratings: Sherry Wilson
Convention Coordinator: Tanya Stanley
Conservation/Forestry: Gayle Fry
Educational Exhibits: Barbara Harrison
Environment and Endangered Species: Marjorie Motley
Environmental Council: Carolyn Flynn
Environmental Schools: Jan Conant
Essay Contest: Kathy Roach
Flower Show Schools and Symposiums: Kim Peterson
Flower Shows & Judges Credentials: Carolyn Oates
Garden Study Schools: Nan McCabe
Garden Tours: Mary Officer
Grants: Kathy Roach
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: Alice Havard
Landscape Design Schools & Credentials: 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: Ellen Eddleman
Penny Pines:
Personnel: Sherry Wilson
Photographer: Sheila Neff
Poetry Contest: Mary Bullock
Powell Gardens: Rose Bailey-Hammock
President’s Project: “Let's Talk About Water” Linda Houston
Protocol: Chair, Karen Davis; Co-Chair, Dorothy Kaiser; Co-Chair, Sharon Beck
Resolutions: Marinea Mehrhoff
Roadsides and Wildflowers: Maureen Wamsley
Scholarships: Diane Neterer
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: Linda Storck
State Fair Federation Day & Flower Show Schedule: Joan Eads
State Fair Gazebo – The Betty Jones Memorial Gazebo: Linda Nau
Ways & Means and “Vision of Beauty” Calendar: Linda and Joe Pidgeon
World Gardening & Disasters: Josephine Goodenow
THE garden forum:
Staff Editor, Frances Busby; Assistant Editor, Susan Glassmoyer; Advertising Manager, Elaine Fix;
Circulation Manager, Jackie Reynolds