Board & Staff

Board

Betsy Smith, President
Casey King, Vice President
Amanda Swope Joos, Secretary
Laura A. Mullen, Treasurer/Finance
Linda Franzo, Southeast District Delegate
Catherine O'Brien - South Central District Delegate
Cynthia Sable - West District Delegate
Rosemary Lorefice-Dippert - Mid Atlantic District Delegate
Krystal Maxwell, Botany and Horticulture Chair
William “Bill” Varney, Development Chair
Peggy Riccio, Education Chair
Jessica Dickerson, Marketing/Communications Chair
Sharon Hosch, Membership Chair
Karen O'Brien, Publications Chair
Lisa-Marie Maryott, Technology Chair
Jason Powell, Honorary President
Lin Lange, Past President

Staff

HSA is headquartered in Kirtland, Ohio. The offices occupy The Vineyard House, which is considered the oldest stone house in the area, a structure built in 1841 by Henry Early using local sandstone.

Laura Lee Martin, Executive Director director@herbsociety.org
Karen Kennedy, Educator educator@herbsociety.org
Lisa Murphy, Development and Membership Coordinator membership@herbsociety.org
Melissa Bloom, Librarian and Archivist library@herbsociety.org
Janice Kovalcheck, Staff Accountant/Bookkeeper accountant@herbsociety.org

Other departments:

Digital Media and Marketing media@herbsociety.org