Board of Governors

  • Dr. Rebecca Hutchins, Board Chair, term ends 2026 

  • Dr. Sharon Stafford, Board Secretary, Fairy Day Planning Committee Chair, appointed 2020; term ends 2028

  • Martha Ross, Board Treasurer, Fairy Day Planning Committee, appointed 2022; term ends 2026 

  • Angela King, Roots Concert Committee, appointed 2022; term ends 2026 

  • Barbara Linnville, Roots Concert Committee, appointed 2025; term ends 2029

  • Fuschia Moss, appointed 2026

  • Dr. Zack Murrell, Landscape Design Committee, re-appointed 2020; term ends 2028

  • Meredith Perry, appointed 2022; term ends 2026; term ends 2030

  • Patricia Rusch, Fairy Day Planning Committee, appointed 2022; term ends 2026 

  • Mollie Shanly, Marketing Chair and Fairy Day Planning Committee, appointed 2020; term ends 2028 

  • Dr. Julia Showalter, Garden Work Coordinator and Fairy Day Planning Committee, appointed 2024; term ends 2028

  • Dr. Lynn Stallworth, Roots Concert Committee, appointed 2023; term ends 2027 

  • Dr. Lauren Waterworth, appointed 2025; term ends 2029

  • Betty Womack, Community Member, appointed 2022; term ends 2026 

Advisory Board Members

  • Brian Antczak, Landscape Design Committee

  • Cathy Franklin-Griffin, Garden Club of NC

  • Paige Patterson, Extension Agent at Watauga County Agricultural Extension  

  • Bob Oelberg, Landscape Design Committee

  • Brenda Pollard, member 

  • Dr. Annkatrin Rose, ASU biology department faculty member 

  • Katherine Shoffner, NC Native Plant Society

  • Emily Stallings, member