Senior Staff

Jennifer Bernstein, CEO & The William C. Steere Sr. President | Biography

Michael J. Balick, Ph.D., Vice President for Botanical Science, Director and Philecology Curator of the Institute of Economic Botany

Sophia Black, Vice President for Benefits Administration

Aaron Bouska, Vice President for Government and Community Relations

James S. Boyer, Ph.D., Stavros Niarchos Foundation Vice President for Children’s Education

Kay Chubbuck, Vice President for Education

Michael Crowley, Chief Marketing Officer

Todd A. Forrest, Arthur Ross Vice President for Horticulture and Living Collections

Joanna Groarke, Vice President for Exhibitions and Programming

Ursula Dean Hoskins, R.L.A., Vice President for Capital Planning, Construction and Operations & Chief Sustainability Officer

Justin Jamail, General Counsel

Lawrence M. Kelly, Ph.D., Vice President for Science Administration

Melinda E. Manning, Vice President for Communications

Raquel Nazario, Vice President for Human Resources and Chief Diversity Officer

Richard M. Pickett, Vice President for Retail and Business Development

Marci Silverman, Vice President for Membership and the Visitor Experience

Brian P. Sullivan, Vivian and Edward Merrin Vice President for Glasshouses and Landscape

Isaac W. K. Thweatt, Chief Advancement Officer

Lauren Turchio, Chief Operating Officer