Board of Directors
Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens
2026 Board of Directors
Emily Bowron, Chair
D.C. Coston, Chair Elect
Evelyn Jones, Secretary
Anne Rand, Treasurer
Sid Evans, Chair of Communications & Marketing
Sarah Slaughter, Chair of Development
Kirk Forrester, Chair of Education & Community Engagement
John Smith T, Chair of Governance
Janet Kavinoky, Chair of Government Relations
Derick Belden, Chair of Operations
Members at Large
Melanie Bridgeforth
Maggie Brooke
Margaret Spencer Cobbs
Sharon Deep-Nelson
Joseph Echols, Junior Board President
Eleanor Estes
Joseph French
David Germany
Leigh Haver
Brandon Kelly
Bolaji Kukoyi
Desmond R. Layne
Bart McCorquodale
Debra Nelson
G. Ruffner Page, Jr.
Jim Pickle
Robert Pless
Norman Ross
Martha Emmet Sims
Joanice Thompson
Larry D. Thorton, Sr.
Libba Vaughn
Jesse Vogtle. Jr.
Ginny Willings