Gardens Buffalo Niagara Leadership
STAFF
Executive Director: Audrey Clark
OFFICERS
President: Laurie Ousley, Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust
Vice President: Elizabeth Foy, MJ Peterson Real Estate
Secretary: Lauren Newkirk Maynard, Freelance writer and editor
Treasurer: Beth Kreutzer, Lackawanna Products Corporation
DIRECTORS
Ryan Bradley, Good Neighbors Credit Union
Barbara Cavanagh, M&T Bank, retired
Yolanda Fields, Key Bank
Ellen Goldstein, The Jewish Journal of WNY, retired
Deana Guarino, Abercrombie Kent
Mara Montante, People’s Park
Tyler Pendleton, Pendleton Capital, CEO
Nikki Ronan, City of Light Consulting, Founder & Consultant
Dorothy Weitz, Buffalo Public Schools, retired
Samantha I. V. White, Esq., WNY Law Center, Supervising Attorney
EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS
Jeffrey Tooke, President Emeritus, Bay Harbor Advisors LLC
Jo Ann Belliotti, Key Bank, Retired
Catherine Carr Lincoln, Development and Special Events Consultant
Jim Charlier, JCharlier Communication
Phil Collins, M&T Bank
Garden Walk Buffalo Committee
Barbara Cavanagh Co-Chair & Beth Kreutzer Co-Chair
Meredith Bartek, Cheryl Bell, Beth Carpenter, Jim Charlier, Yolanda Fields, Elizabeth Foy, Kevin Lickers, Sylvia Nealon, Laurie Ousley, Pam Rose, Gerriann Ronsen, Sarah Sutcliff, Kathryn Vergo, Dorothy Weitz
East Side Garden Walk Committee
Samantha White, Chair & Verona L. Moody, Co-Chairs
Daysi Ball, Catherine Carr Lincoln, Reggie Garner, Virginia Golden, Ellen Goldstein, Melissa Golpl, Mavis Goss, Margaret Lamonds-Moss, Linda Leach, Carolyn Lee, Bethany McHenry, Cathy Mitchell, Mara Montante, Ryan Rucinski, Caesandra Seawell, Stan Simpson, Sarah Sutcliff, Renata Toney, Elizabeth Triggs, Zoe Tuppen, Melissa Weiksnar
Garden Art Sale Committee
Jim Charlier, Chair; Barbara Maze, Assistant Chair
Meredith Bartek, Ryan Bradley, Sally Cunningham, Kathy Guest
Open Gardens Committee
Michael Shadrack, Co-Chair & Dorothy Weitz, Co-Chair
Sharon Adler, Vicki Bruning, Jim Charlier, Lisa Coppola, Cheryl Hall, Jay Jinge Hu, Beth Kreutzer
Marketing & Development Committee
Jim Charlier, Marketing Chair & Deana Guarino, Development Chair
Ryan Bradley, Barbara Cavanagh, Jim Charlier, Elizabeth Foy, Ellen Goldstein, Lauren Newkirk Maynard, Laurie Ousley
Volunteer Coordination
Elizabeth Foy, Chair
Cheryl Bell, Barbara Cavanagh, Christine Denny, Ellen Goldstein, Beth Kauffman, Beth Kreutzer, Laurie Ousley, Susan Shermer, Sarah Sutcliff
Marvin Lunenfeld Beautification Grants
Mara Montante, Co-Chair & Laurie Ousley, Co-Chair
Sharon Adler, Daysi Ball, Barbara Cavanagh, Tim Chen (Grassroots Gardens), Darren Cotton (Tool Library), Linda Garwol, Margaret Lamonds-Moss, Lauren Maynard, Geriann Ronsen, Sarah Sutcliff, Melissa Weiksnar
Urban Farm Day
Mary Van Vorst, Chair
Mallory Hohl, Joe Kurtz, Katie Pfohl, Jay Jinge Hu