STANDING COMMITTEES 2025-2026
AWARDS
Chairperson | Bonnie Shapiro
BYLAWS AND POLICIES
Chairperson | Sara Brenner
Committee Members | Jan Stein, Lisa Miceli, Melanie Hauck
CIVIC Improvement
Chairperson | Sarah McHolland
Committee Members | Jan Stein, Lisa Miceli, Melanie Hauck, Julia Ferguson
COMMON GROUND
Chairperson | Trish Barr
Committee Members | Merle Cherney, Kim Perutz, Liz Morris, Anne Berkeley
CONSERVATION
Chairperson | Mary Martin
Committee Members | Pam Elesh, Leslie Cousineau, Julia Ryan
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY & WEBSITE MAINTENANCE
Julia Ferguson
DEVELOPMENT
Chairperson | Susan Fitzgerald
FLORAL DESIGN
Chairperson | Lisa Hershenson & Maureen Conway
Committee Members | Julia Jackson, Pam Elish, Fern Alison, Loraine Mershimer, Elizabeth Messersmith, Ann Bartling, Leslie Sevick, Ann McIntosh, Erica Granchleck, Mary Lu O’Malley
GARDEN HISTORY & DESIGN and VISITING GARDENS
Chairperson | Julia Sagraves
HISTOrian/archivist
Chairperson | Amy Ward
HORTICULTURE
Chairs | Donna Frett & Ann Horn
Committee Members| Joan Oh, Robin Rumsey, Fern Alison, Laurel Lovestrom, Mila Dwyer, Jodi Sieck, Marti Lannert, Leslie Sevcik, Sarah Wagner, Bridget Schroeder
HOSPITALITY
Chairperson | Elizabeth Messersmith
Committee Member |
MEMBERSHIP engagement & Applications
Chairperson | Anne Berkeley
Committee Members | Kim Cohen, Su Breymaier, Sara Brenner, Donna Frett
NEWSLETTER/PaperLESS POST
Chairperson | Nina Donnelley
NOMINATING
PHOTOGRAPHY
Chairperson | Judi Iacuzzi
Committee Members | Bonnie Shapiro, Laurel Lovestrom, Jodi Sieck, Robin Rumsey, Erica Granchleck
PROGRAMS
Chairperson | Bryn Wagner Hanson
PUBLIC RELATIONS, SCHOLARSHIP AND FOUNDERS FUND
Chairperson |
Recording Secretary
Co-Chairperson | Pam Swales
Co-Chairperson | Julia Jackson
SHAKESPEARE GARDEN
Co-Chairs | Sue Carlso, Barb Rosborough , Mary O’Brien Laurel Lovestrom
treasurer
Chairperson | Laura Harvey
Assistant treasurer
Chairperson | Liz Morris
SHAKESPEARE GARDEN EVENT COORDINATOR
Chairperson | Erica Granchalek
WILDFLOWER TRAIL GARDEN
Co-Chairs | Cie Bond, Leslie Cousineau, Kim Moloney
GCA COMMITTEES
Board of Associates
Claudia Lane
Common Ground
Anne Berkeley
Awards- Zone XI
Fern Allison
GCA Flower Show Judges from our Club
Floral Design Prospectives
Andrea Knohl, Bryn Wagner Hanson
Floral Design Judge
Ginny Noyes