Board of Directors

Maria DeWald, President
Dorothy Denny, Vice President
Linda Patzner, Treasurer
Kathleen Crowley, Secretary
Debby Glynn
Katherine H. Kerin
Mary Lulu Lamping
Bob Ouimette
Sarah Peacock
Gail Rau
Diana Salsberg

Advisors
Susan Adams
Catherine E. Baer
Nancy Berner
Susan Devereux
Michael Dupree
Linda Freisitzer
Gail Griffin
Angela G. Henry
Susan Lowry
Diane Hoe Mucci
Frederic C. Rich
Karen Strain Smythe
Anne Cleves Symmes
Judith B. Tankard
Heather Whitefield

Pamela Brown
Executive Director
Pamela brings a varied background in landscape architecture, public education, and non profit management. She holds a BA in Design, MA in Landscape Architecture, and MS in Education / Curriculum Development, thus has insights into the unique mission of a public garden. Having visited dozens of public gardens, she recognizes the opportunity that this garden has to showcase the garden as art, as part of a cultural story, while also leading the way in environmental education. A fine public garden, particularly a historic garden, has the challenge of cherishing the past while also looking toward the future. Finally a well managed public garden can remind the visitors and stewards alike, how essential the connection is between people and the natural world, by providing educational and cultural arts opportunities for the community to relax, learn, enjoy, observe and nurture both nature and human accomplishments.

Ashley Gamell
Director of Horticulture and Interpretation

Ashley Gamell is a landscape designer, horticulturist, educator, and author, with a passion for public gardens and connecting people with the world of plants and nature. Ashley has her own ecological landscape design company and works as a consultant for local environmental organizations around pollinator conservation gardening. Before moving upstate, Ashley worked at Brooklyn Botanic Garden for a decade, where she led the redesign of BBG's Discovery Garden and worked at the intersection of horticulture, education, and interpretation. Ashley holds a BA in Environmental Studies and Writing, a Certificate in Horticulture, and is completing a Diploma in Garden Design at the Oxford College of Garden Design. She's at her happiest deep in a perennial border, where she enjoys discovering the insects and other little wonders of biodiversity that visit her gardens, and sharing her discoveries with others.