Gardens Buffalo Niagara Board
President & Acting Treasurer: Laurie Ousley, Nichols School, Retired
Vice President: Phil Collins, M&T Bank
Secretary: Lauren Newkirk Maynard, Freelance writer and editor
Assistant Treasurer: Jo Ann Belliotti, Key Bank, Retired
Assistant Secretary: Elizabeth Foy, MJ Peterson Real Estate
DIRECTORS
Catherine Carr Lincoln, Development and Special Events Consultant
Barbara Cavanagh, M&T Bank, retired
Yolanda Fields, Key Bank
Ellen Goldstein, Managing Editor, The Jewish Journal of WNY, retired
Beth Kreutzer, Lackawanna Products Corporation
Mara Montante, People’s Park, Director
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
STAFF
Administrative Coordinator: Audrey Clark
Garden Walk Buffalo Committee
Barbara Cavanagh Co-Chair & Beth Kreutzer Co-Chair
Josephine Alfano, Cheryl Bell, Jo Ann Belliotti, Beth Carpenter, Jim Charlier, Yolanda Fields, Liz Foy, Jay Jinge Hu, Kevin Lickers, Molly Maloney, Sylvia Nealon, Laurie Ousley, Pam Rose, Gerriann Rosen, Jo Ann Rozwood, Sue Shermer, Nancy Somit, Sarah Sutcliff, Dorothy Weitz
East Side Garden Walk Committee
Samantha White, Chair, Renata Toney, & Verona L. Moody, Co-Chairs
Daysi Ball, Catherine Carr Lincoln, Liz Dann, Reggie Garner, Virginia Golden, Ellen Goldstein, Melissa Golpl, Mavis Goss, Margaret Lamonds-Moss, Linda Leach, Carolyn Lee, Bethany McHenry, Cathy Mitchell, Mara Montante, Kimberly Peay, Ryan Rucinski, Caesandra Seawell, Stan Simpson, Constance Strother, Sarah Sutcliff, Elizabeth Triggs, Zoe Tuppen, Melissa Weiksnar
Garden Art Sale Committee
Jim Charlier, Chair; Barbara Maze, Assistant Chair
Jo Ann Belliotti, Ryan Bradley, Sally Cunningham, Laura Genco, Jay Jinge Hu, Kathy Guest, Dorothy Weitz
Open Gardens Committee
Michael Shadrack, Co-Chair & Jo Ann Belliotti, Co-Chair
Sharon Adler, Jim Charlier, Jay Jinge Hu, Beth Kreutzer, Lori Schonrank, Dorothy Weitz
Marketing Committee
Jim Charlier, Co-Chair & Ellen Goldstein Co-Chair
Audrey Clark, Elizabeth Foy, Jay Jinge Hu
development committee
Catherine Carr Lincoln, Chair & Deana Guarino, Co-Chair
Jo Ann Belliotti, Riley Blasiak, Barbara Cavanagh, Jim Charlier, Phil Collins, Elizabeth Foy, Ellen Goldstein, Lauren Newkirk Maynard, Laurie Ousley
Volunteer Coordination
Dorothy Weitz, Co-Chair & Jo Ann Rozwood, Co-Chair
Cheryl Bell, JoAnn Belliotti, Barbara Cavanagh, Christine Denny, Elizabeth Foy, 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, Elias Martinez