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Board of Directors

Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens
2023 Board of Directors

Emily Bowron, Chair
Wally Evans, Immediate Past Chair
D.C. Coston, Treasurer
Kirk Forrester, Secretary
Derick Belden, Chair of Communications & Marketing
Evelyn Jones, Chair of Development
Caroline Little, Chair of Education & Community Engagement
John Smith T, Chair of Governance
Libba Vaughan, Chair of Government Relations
Lee McLemore, Chair of Operations


Members at Large

Uday R. Bhate
Maggie Brooke
Sharon L. Brown
Eleanor Estes
Wendy Evesque
David Germany
Helen Harmon
Leigh Haver
Janet Kavinoky
Blevins Naff

Sharon Deep Nelson
Tiffany Osborne
Ruffner Page, Jr.
Jim Pickle, Junior Board President
Sharon Sherrod
Martha Emmett Sims
Larry Thornton, Sr.
Jesse Vogtle, Jr.
Ginny Willings