Advisory Council
Our Advisory Council is a group of dedicated individuals—Cornell alumni, faculty, students, and community members—who advise and support our vision.
Several of our natural areas are closed during firearm season, which runs November 16 - December 17, 2024
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Meet our Advisory Council
Elaine Mead Alexander
President, Ithaca Garden Club
Valerie Aymer
Associate Professor of Practice, Landscape Architecture, Cornell University
Eric Blair-Joannou
Managing Principal, Blue Resource & Asset Management
David Brittenham
Of Counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton
Diana Buckley
Manager, Capital One Commercial Real Estate
Anna Chen
Learning by Leading Youth Education Team Co-Lead
Roderick Chu
Chancellor Emeritus, Ohio Board of Regents
Coco Dawkins
Freelance Landscape Design
Carol T. des Cognets
Retired
Andrea E. Glanz
Retired Marketing Executive, MasterCard
Howard Greenberg
Medical Safety Officer, Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Matt Hintsa
Senior Communications & External Relations Officer, University of Toronto
James H. Irish
Partner, Law Office of James H. Irish
Karim-Aly Kassam
International Professor of Environmental and Indigenous Studies, Cornell University
Justine Z. Kwok
Founder & Managing Director, Flow Farm and Sanctuary
Maggie Lin
Communications Manager, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Michelle Packer
Chief Advancement Officer/VP, Ron Brown Scholar Program
Greg Page
Associate Professor of Print Media and Drawing, Department of Art, Cornell University
Matt Palumbo
Past President, Cornell Asian Alumni Association
James Prout
Partner, Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP
Bob Ramin
Senior Vice President, Grenzebach Glier & Associates
Todd Robinson
Senior Campus Planner, MIT
Carolyn Roche
Research Assistant, Dartmouth College
Kristen Rupert
Executive Director, AIM International Business Council
Christina Stark
Senior Extension Associate Emerita, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Carolyn Summers
Adjunct Professor and manager of the Flying Trillium Gardens & Preserve
Charlie Trautmann
Director Emeritus, Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY and Adj. Associate Professor of Psychology, Cornell
Nancy Trautmann
Senior Extension Associate Emerita and former Director of Education, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Pauline Wamsler
Founder - Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast
Jessica Zheng
General Manager, Jiahong Group
Scott Zuchorski
Managing Director & Global Head of Infrastructure and Project Finance, Fitch Rating
Join our team
Cornell Botanic Gardens employs a wide range of positions, from land stewards and gardeners to educators and communicators and more. Available positions are posted through Cornell University’s Career website.