2021-2023 Officers and Chairs

Officers

Julie Wilson - TFGC President 2021-2023

President

Julie Wilson
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First Vice President

Suzy Askew

Second Vice President

Janice Oliver

President-Elect

Denise Thorne

Corresponding Secretary

Carol Symeon

Recording Secretary

GaNelle Roberts Ballard

Treasurer

Susan Quinn

Assistant Treasurer

Molly Hampton

District Directors

District I

Phyllis Allen

District II

Bobbie Wolcott

District III

Diane Ryder

District IV

Wanda Taylor

Appointed Officers

Chaplain

Anne Krekelberg

Parliamentarians

Ann McCormick
Janan Jones

Historian

Bonnie Borne Stockel

Committee Chairs

Arboreta/Botanical Gardens

Fay Weaver

Archivist

Cathy Donaldson

Awards

Debbie Shaver

Bees/Butterflies

Ann Brown

Birds/Wildlife

Kay Flynn

Blue Star

Pam Dowd

Bluebirds

Kathy Russo

Bylaws/Standing Rules

Maggi Burns

Calendar-NGC

Marilyn Smith

Club Programs

Starr Alexander

Community Gardens

Conservation
Camp 2022

Suzy Askew

Conservation
Education

Jeanie Jackson

Convention 2023

Denise Thorne

Convention Co-chair

Fay True

Energy & Water Conservation

Betty Tusa

Endowment Trust

Trustees
Julie Wilson, TFGC President
Denise Thorne, TFGC President–elect
Susan Quinn, TFGC Treasurer
Molly Hampton, District I Trustee
June Gilmore, District II Trustee
Candace Wells, District III Trustee
Janie Bitner, District IV Trustee

Finance/Budget Committee

Members
June Gilmore, District II
Susan Quinn, District I, TFGC Treasurer
Janice Meissner, District III
Molly Hampton, District I
Cathy Donaldson, District IV

Floral Design Programs

Trustees
Caroline Nave, District I
Virginia Pennington, District II
Ginger Cloud, District II
Kathleen Wright, District IV

Flower Show Judges

Members
Debbie Shaver, TN Council of FS Judges
Paula Fortson, FS Judges Credentials
Carole Whited, FS Evaluations
Kathleen Wright, FS Schedule Review
Pam Braun, FS Schools & Symposiums

Garden Therapy

Bette Ann Fields

Gardening/Indoor
Herbs/Organic

Sherry Arnold

Horticulture,
Improved Cultivars
& Invasive Species

Cathy Waitinas

National & TN Natural Disasters

Denise Thorne

Land Trust/Nature Conservancy

Linda Ford
Carole Whited

Cumberland Trail Park Manager

Bobby Fulcher

State Scenic Trail Newsletter Editor

Debbie Shaver

Legislation/Govt Action Liaison

GaNelle Roberts Ballard

Life
Membership

Amelia Wilkes

Litter/Recycling
& Waste Management

Janan Jones

Membership
Database

Barbara Williams

Membership Development

Debbie Boyett

NGC Member Services and Permanent Home

Fredericka Lawson

National Garden Week

Lelia Johnson

Native Plants Book

Suzy Askew

Native Plants, Trees & Wildflowers

Janie Bitner

Memorial Gardens/Historic Gardens & Preservation

Blossom Merryman

Penny Pines

Kathleen Boryla-Payne

Scholarships

Valerie Tipps

The National Gardener

Wanda Taylor

TN Executive Residence

Jerri Davis-Dress, Chair
Bonnie Stockel, District I
District III
Marilyn Johnson, District IV

Trees

Kim Rucker

Trillium Council

Virginia Pennington
President

The Volunteer Gardener

Editor

Anne Krekelberg

Associate Editor

Janice Oliver

Trillium Consultants Council
Education

Environmental Schools

Jeri Melton

Gardening

Maggi Burns

Landscape Design Schools

Carole Whited

Ways & Means

Amazon Smile

Jennifer Hinson

Kroger Community Awards

Wandy Copley

TFGC Items

Caroline Nave

Website Management

Administrator

Janeene Larkin Horn

Administrator

Shannon Thurman

Events

Nancy Goodrich

Forms

Susan Quinn

Social Media

Facebook
Kim Halyak

Social Media

Instagram
Monty West

TFGC Youth Projects & Activities

Youth Projects

Kay Cox
Youth Garden Clubs/ Youth Contests, Youth Poetry, Youth Sculpture, High School Service Project, High School Essays

Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl

Phyllis Allen

TFGC Headquarters—Ivan Racheff House and Gardens

Chair

Hal E. Watts

Vice Chair

Cathy Waitinas

Recording Secretary

LaQuita Misner

Corresponding Secretary

Janie Bitner

Treasurer

Rebecca Schular

Assistant Treasurer

Teresa Schehr

Parliamentarian

Charlotte Miller

Friends of Racheff

Linda Ford

Recognition and Remembrance Book

Illy Wood
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