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Please complete and return your ballot by July 20, 2020 to be tallied for the ELA Annual Meeting. You may fill out and submit the ballot on this page.
If you do not want to use the following online ballot, then you can print the page and
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Mail the ballot to: ELA, PO Box 3, Sandown, NH 03873
Thank you for taking this opportunity to vote and for your continuing support of ELA.
Incumbent Board Members (Midterm):
Kristin Andres
Irene Brady Barber
Heather Heimarck
Mark Highland
Dan Jaffe Wilder
Laurie Johnson
Scott Kleekamp
Rie Macchiarolo
Pennington Marchael
Kerry O’Kelly
Amanda Sloan
Julie Snell
Angela Tanner
Bios for New Nominees
Molly Kerker is Manager of Continuing Education at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Educated at SUNY Geneseo (BA, English and Sociology) and Brown University (MA, Public Humanities), Molly’s mission is to connect people to the natural world and to one another through shared experiences of wonder, resonance, and civic engagement. Before assuming her current role at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Molly’s passion for education and plants took her across the Northeast, as she filled roles such as coordinator of the Institute for Comparative Modernities at Cornell University, educator at the Haffenraffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University, and food outreach/community garden coordinator at Catholic Charities of Livingston County. Molly is a birder, musician, and caretaker to a growing collection of native plants outside her apartment in Brooklyn, NY.
Uli Lorimer is the Director of Horticulture for Native Plant Trust. Prior to moving to NE, Uli was the Curator of Native Flora at Brooklyn Botanic Garden for 15 years and an active member on the Council of the Torrey Botanical Society. He served on the Council for 8 years with 3 years as Program Chair and 3 years as Field Committee Chair. One of his professional goals is to strengthen the connections between field botany with public horticulture and seeks to do so through his work in public gardens and through advocacy via public speaking. Uli firmly believes that ecological gardening can help heal our planet and bolster biodiversity in all its forms.
