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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 2022 – 2023
| Mrs. Louise Terrell Adams Athens | Ms. Cyndae Arrendale Atlanta |
| Mrs. Elizabeth Balentine Atlanta | Mrs. Diana D. Barrow Savannah |
| Mrs. Betsy Barge Birkholz Marietta | Mrs. Mary R. Bishop Sea Island |
| Mrs. Sherri Callaway Hamilton | Mrs. Patricia Bowden Carlock Atlanta |
| Mrs. Natalie Schweers Coghill Augusta | Dr. Geoffrey P. Cole Athens |
| Mrs. Geri A. Coleman Atlanta | Mrs. Amy A. Cowsert Athens |
| Mrs. Linda F. Cravey Atlanta | Mr. Andrew T. Crawford Atlanta |
| Ms. Jenny Crisp Desoto | Mrs. Martha T. Deméré Sea Island |
| Mrs. Elizabeth K. DeVore Athens | Mrs. Evelyn C. Dukes Athens |
| Ms. Susan R. Duncan Highlands | Mrs. Cindy Edwards Savannah |
| Mrs. Betsy Ellison Athens | Mrs. Susan Braselton Fant Sea Island |
| Mr. James T. Farmer III Perry | Mrs. Ann F. Frierson Athens |
| Mrs. Cynthia B. Glover Atlanta | 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. Margaret C. Hefner Macon | 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 |
| Mrs. Holley D. Jaakkola Savannah | 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. Kathleen J. Lanigan Thomasville | Mrs. Betsy T. Leebern Columbus |
| Mrs. Peggy H. Lientz Atlanta | Mrs. Brenda B. Magill Athens |
| Mrs. Alden M. Maier Rome | Mrs. Polly M. Mattox Lagrange |
| Mrs. Marianne R. McConnel Atlanta | Mrs. Marilyn Delong McNeely Clarkesville |
| 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 |
| Mr. Mark E. Preisinger Sea Island | Mrs. Kathy K. Rainer Atlanta |
| Mrs. Georgia Schley Ritchie Atlanta | Mrs. Adrian Robinson Wilson |
| 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. Betty B. Sponcler Dalton | Mrs. Colleen C. Sullivan Albany |
| Mrs. Nancy Thomas Screven | Mrs. Elizabeth Townley Bogart |
| Mrs. Sandra Turbidy Sea Island | 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. Dorothy Blitch Atlanta | Mr. Mark C. Callaway Atlanta |
| Mrs. Sylvia Mathis Gibson Athens | Mr. Lynwood L. Hall Moultrie |
| Mrs. Mims Lanier Sea Island | Mrs. Emily L. Lawson Gainesville |
| Mrs. Cindy Moore Savannah | Dr. W. Felton Norwood Jr. Atlanta |
| Mrs. Colleen O. Nunn Atlanta | Ms. Frances P. Nunnally Atlanta |
| Mrs. Margaret M. Robinson Sea Island | Mrs. Nancy A. Tarbutton Sandersville |
| Mr. Robert Winthrop Athens |