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Board of Directors

ELA Board Officers

RIE MACCHIAROLO
President
Parterre Ecological
Somerville, MA
MARK RICHARDSON
Vice-President
Tower Hill Botanic Garden
Boylston, MA
DAN JAFFE WILDER
Secretary
Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary
Wales, MA
PENNINGTON MARCHAEL
Pennington Grey
New York, NY

ELA Board Trustees

GEOVANI AGUILAR
A Yard and a Half
Waltham, MA
KRISTIN ANDRES
Association to Preserve Cape Cod
Chatham, MA
IRENE BRADY BARBER
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Boothbay, Maine
SANDRA NAM CIOFFI*
Ink Landscape Architects
Scarsdale, NY
LESLIE DUTHIE*

Monson, MA

MARK HIGHLAND
Organic Mechanics Soil
Modena, PA
MOLLY KERKER
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn, NY
ULI LORIMER
Native Plant Trust
Framingham, MA
MAE LIN PLUMMER*
American Public Garden Association
Arlington, MA
JULIE SNELL
TEND Landscape Design
Red Bud Native Plant Nursery
Philadelphia, PA
ANGELA TANNER
Landscape Architect
Jenick Studio
Falmouth, MA

 *Click here to read more about our new board members.

Staff

Peggy McElgunn, Esq.
Senior Staff Executive
Business & Strategy
Richmond, VA
P: 804.639.9213; F: 804.639.9212
peggy@ecolandscaping.org
Aviva Clayman
Membership & Meetings Manager
Richmond, VA
aviva@ecolandscaping.org
Taylor Gray
Membership & Meetings Support
Richmond, VA
taylor@ecolandscaping.org
Dot Heffron
Publications & Communications Director
Richmond, VA
dot@ecolandscaping.org
Mads McElgunn
Membership & Administrative Director
Richmond, VA
mads@ecolandscaping.org
Zachary McElgunn
Education & Meetings Director
Richmond, VA
zack@ecolandscaping.org
Rebecca Preddie
Advocacy Director
Greenbelt, MD
rebecca@ecolandscaping.org
Susan Zielinski
Operations Director
Richmond, VA
susan@ecolandscaping.org
Speakers were very good, but meeting landscapers at the talks & in the lobby was best.

Cathy B.