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The State Botanical Garden will close daily at 4 p.m. through Jan. 5, 2025, for Winter WonderLights.

The State Botanical Garden of Georgia’s Board of Advisors promote and represent the garden’s mission to create and nurture an environment for learning, inspiration and engagement through horticulture, conservation, science-based programs and lasting partnerships.

Board of Advisors Members 2024 – 2025

Mrs. Louise Terrell Adams
Athens
Ms. Cyndae Arrendale
Atlanta
Mrs. Elisabeth B. Bell
Savannah
Mrs. Malinda B. Bergen
Savannah
Mrs. Betsy Barge Birkholz
Marietta
Mrs. Mary R. Bishop
Sea Island
Mrs. Sherri Callaway
Hamilton
Mrs. Natalie Schweers Coghill
Augusta
Dr. Geoffrey P. Cole
Athens
Mrs. Geri A. Coleman
Atlanta
Mrs. Amy A. Cowsert
Athens
Mr. Andrew T. Crawford
Atlanta
Mrs. Martha T. Deméré
Sea Island
Mrs. Elizabeth K. DeVore
Athens
Mrs. Evelyn C. Dukes
Athens
Mrs. Cindy Edwards
Savannah
Mrs. Betsy Ellison
Athens
Mrs. Susan Braselton Fant
Sea Island
Mr. James T. Farmer III
Perry
Mrs. Melissa C. Fontaine
Athens
Mrs. Ann F. Frierson
Athens
Dr. Kelly C. Grow
Athens
Mr. Robert B. Hallock II
Savannah
Mrs. Catherine Hardman
Athens
Mrs. Lamartine Hardman III
Athens
Mrs. Frances P. Hargrove
Cashiers
Mrs. Paula B. Hennessy
Atlanta
Mrs. Melba Wynn Hill
Atlanta
The Honorable Kenneth B. Hodges III
Albany
Mrs. Maudie M. Huff
Columbus
Mrs. Karen N. Hull
Augusta
Dr. G. Truett Jarrard Jr.
Atlanta
Mr. James M. Jeter
Moultrie
Mrs. Sally C. Jobe
Atlanta
Mrs. Dori S. Jones
Columbus
Mrs. Sarah D. Jones
Sea Island
Mrs. Gena N. Knox
Athens
Mrs. Merry Jo Kurrie
Valdosta
Mrs. Betsy T. Leebern
Columbus
Mrs. Carrie W. Lovein
Atlanta
Mrs. Brenda B. Magill
Athens
Mrs. Alden M. Maier
Rome
Mrs. Polly M. Mattox
Lagrange
Mrs. Marianne R. McConnel
Atlanta
Mrs. Octavia C. McCuean
Atlanta
Mr. James B. Miller Jr.
Atlanta
Mrs. Farolyn G. Mobley
Moultrie
Mrs. Caroline S. Morris
Augusta
Mrs. Alannah S. O'Quinn
St. Simons Island
Mrs. Sandra T. Paris
Atlanta
Mr. Alexander W. Patterson
Athens
Mrs. Hart W. Payne
Gainesville
Mrs. Doreen S. Poitevint
Bainbridge
Mrs. Kathy K. Rainer
Atlanta
Mrs. Georgia Schley Ritchie
Atlanta
Mrs. Hart P. Roberts
Athens
Mrs. Riley S. Sams
Sea Island
Mrs. Victoria Simms
Sea Island
Mrs. Henrietta M. Singletary
Albany
Mrs. Lacy Chambliss Sinkwich
Athens
Mrs. Jane Fickling Skinner
Atlanta
Mrs. Eileen H. Small
Atlanta
Mrs. Haynes Maier Studstill
Lakeland
Mrs. Colleen C. Sullivan
Albany
Mrs. Nancy Thomas
Screven
Mrs. Elizabeth Townley
Bogart
Mrs. Sarah W. Tyndall
Atlanta
Mrs. Ruth M. Wellborn
Greensboro
Mr. Joel Wernick
Greensboro
Mr. Tom B. Wight
Macon
Ms. Cynthia Willett
Bluffton
Mrs. Katherine Young
Marietta

Board of Advisors Emeritus Members

Mrs. Elizabeth Balentine
Atlanta
Mrs. Diana D. Barrow
Savannah
Mrs. Dorothy Blitch
Atlanta
Mr. Mark C. Callaway
Atlanta
Mrs. Patricia Bowden Carlock
Atlanta
Mrs. Linda F. Cravey
Atlanta
Ms. Susan R. Duncan
Highlands
Mr. James C. Gatewood
Americus
Mrs. Sylvia Mathis Gibson
Athens
Mr. Lynwood L. Hall
Moultrie
Mrs. Georgia W. Hatcher
Macon
Mrs. Mims Lanier
Sea Island
Mrs. Emily L. Lawson
Gainesville
Mrs. Peggy H. Lientz
Atlanta
Mrs. Cindy Moore
Savannah
Dr. W. Felton Norwood Jr.
Atlanta
Mrs. Colleen O. Nunn
Atlanta
Ms. Frances P. Nunnally
Atlanta
Mr. Stephen A. Reichert
Macon
Mrs. Margaret M. Robinson
Sea Island
Mrs. Deen Day Sanders
Norcross
Mrs. Betty B. Sponcler
Dalton
Mrs. Nancy A. Tarbutton
Sandersville
Mr. Robert Winthrop
Athens

Board of Advisors Lifetime Members

Mrs. Kathleen J. Lanigan
Thomasville
Mrs. Marilyn Delong McNeely
Clarkesville
Mr. Mark E. Preisinger
Sea Island

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Johnathon Barrett
Johnathon Barrett
Director of Development

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