STANDING COMMITTEES 2025-2026
AWARDS
Chairperson | Bonnie Shapiro
BYLAWS AND POLICIES
Chairperson | Sara Brenner
Committee Members | Jan Stein, Melanie Hauck, Marti Lannert, Marge Gambow
CIVIC Improvement
Chairperson | Sarah McHolland
Committee Members | Jan Stein, Melanie Hauk, Kristy Brown, Sharon Sullivan, Lisa Miceli, Niki Moe, Amy Ward, Julia Ferguson, Kate Spector, Katie Kelly
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 Nash Ryan, Judy Iacuzzi, Linda Eggers, Sandy Campbell
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY & WEBSITE MAINTENANCE
Julia Ferguson
DEVELOPMENT
Chairperson | Susan Fitzgerald
Committee Members | Andrea Knohl, Fern Allison
FLORAL DESIGN
Chairperson | Lisa Hershenson & Maureen Conway
Committee Members | Julia Jackson, Fern Allison, Elizabeth Messersmith, Ann Bartling, Leslie Sevcik, Anne McIntosh, Erica Granchalek, Mary Lu O’Malley, Pam Swales, Laurel Lovestrom, Judy Iacuzzi, Joan Oh, Anne Horn, Ginny Noyes, Julia Vaughan, Tina Vaughn, Pam Elesh, Melanie Hauck
GARDEN HISTORY & DESIGN and VISITING GARDENS
Chairperson | Julia Sagraves
GARDEN HISTORY- Ad hoc Documentation Project of Loreen Mershimer’s Garden
Chairperson | Julia Sagraves
Leslie Cousineau, Anne Horn, Barbara Rosborough, Julia Nash Ryan, Bridget Schroeder, Julia Vaughan, Loreen Mershimer
HISTOrian/archivist
Chairperson | Amy Ward
HORTICULTURE
Chairs | Donna Frett & Anne Horn
Committee Members| Joan Oh, Robin Rumsey, Fern Allison, Laurel Lovestrom, Mila Dwyer, Jodi Sieck, Marti Lannert, Leslie Sevcik, Sarah Wagner, Bridget Schroeder, Loreen Mershimer, Laura Bartolo, Carolyn Kuechler, Fran Kipnis, Liz Rorke and Sue Carlson
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 Granchalek, Nina Donnelly, Sarah Wagner, Margie Falter, Jancy Jerome
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 Carlson, Barb Rosborough , Mary O’Brien Laurel Lovestrom, Robin Rumsey
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, Joan Oh
GCA COMMITTEES
Board of Associates
Claudia Lane
Awards- Zone XI
Fern Allison
Common Ground
Anne Berkeley
GCA Flower Show Judges from our Club
Floral Design Prospectives
Andrea Knohl, Bryn Wagner Hanson
Floral Design Judge
Ginny Noyes