Staff and Board

Dr. Lewis Feldman
Garden Director and Professor of Plant Biology
On leave but in residence: July 1–Dec. 2025
Returning January 1, 2026
ljfeldman@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-8999

Andrew Doran
Interim Garden Director/Director of Collections
andrewdoran@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-9856

Clare Loughran
Curator and Conservation Officer
loughran@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-8040

Sophia Warsh
Assistant Curator
sophiawarsh@berkeley.edu

Mary Canales
Director of Development
marycanales@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-2937

Melissa Chan
Development Associate
melissatchan@berkeley.edu
(510) 664-4527

Audrey Pizza
Membership Manager
audreypizza@berkeley.edu
(510) 664-4509

Susan Sharman
Marketing Manager
susansharman@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-1703

Christine Manoux
Director of Education & Visitor Engagement
manoux@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-4832

Anna Luberoff
Outreach Coordinator
anna.luberoff@berkeley.edu

Marykaren Mrowka
Program Specialist
gardenprograms@berkeley.edu
(510) 664-7606

Anthony Garza
Supervisor of Horticulture & Grounds | Entry Garden
garzajr@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-2401

Logan Babkes
Horticulturist | South America 
lbabkes@berkeley.edu

Catherine Callaway
Horticulturist | Garden of Old Roses, Ethnobotanical collections
callawaycallaway@berkeley.edu

Jared Crawford
Horticulturist | Mediterranean, Eastern North America
jaredcrawford@berkeley.edu

Ethan Fenner
Horticulturist | Southern Africa, Cycad & Palm Garden
ethan.fenner@berkeley.edu

James Fong
Horticulturist | Asia, Australasia
jamfong@berkeley.edu (opens in a new tab)

Rosi Green
Groundskeeper
rosi.green@berkeley.edu

Eric Hupperts
Horticulturist | Asia
ehupperts@berkeley.edu (opens in a new tab)

Jon Kanagy
Horticulturist | California
jonnordkanagy@berkeley.edu (opens in a new tab)

Susan Malisch
Horticulturist | Propagator
smalisch@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-7755

Mathew McMillan
Landscape Horticulturist
mmcmillan@berkeley.edu

Sean Peck
Building & Grounds Maintenance
speck@berkeley.edu

Corina Rieder
Horticulturist | Green House Collections
c.rieder@berkeley.edu

Eric Schulz
Horticulturist | Mexico & Central America
schulz@berkeley.edu

Cory Welch
Facilities Manager

Justin Waskowiak
Horticulturist | California
justinmw@berkeley.edu

Megan Peterson
Visitor Experience Coordinator
meganpeterson@berkeley.edu
(510) 664-9807

Mary Mortimer
Assistant Visitor Experience Coordinator
mmortimer@berkeley.edu

Asia Saechaeo
Assistant Visitor Experience Coordinator
asisaechao@berkeley.edu

Kelly Kappmeyer
Rental & Events Manager
kel.kappmeyer@berkeley.edu
(510) 664-4215

Jacqueline LaForge
Rental Coordinator
jlaforge@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-3352

Nancy Rosenlund
Retail Coordinator
nrosenlund@berkeley.edu
(510) 664-9808

Charley Vallejo-Anderson
Public Plant Program Coordinator
cva@berkeley.edu

Justin Brashares
Environmental Science, Policy & Management

Vernard Lewis
Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

Thomas McKeag
Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry

Klara Scharnagl
University and Jepson Herbaria

David Singh-Grewal
Berkeley Law School

John Taylor
Plant and Microbial Biology

Cynthia Plambeck
Chair

Linda Landau
Vice Chair

David Anderson

Micheline Beam

Michael Boland

Marion Brenner

Chris Carmichael

John Cummins

Casper Curto

Ann Jeffrey

Fred Dortort

Beth Goldman

Sue Hickman

Jon Kaplan

Ken Kuchman

Paul Licht
Director Emeritus

Nadean Lindberg

Ron Lutsko

Gary Martin
International Honorary Board Member

Enrique Marroquín

Alexis Muñoz

Rita Nordby

Amy Roth

Virginia Saifer

Jeannie Simpson 

James Symons

Jane Zuercher