Maryland Native Plant Society

• develop, implement, monitor, and strengthen the Society's programs and services;
• identify and promote appropriate policies and evaluate our ability to meet objectives;
• serve on at least one committee;
• attend at least four of the six Board meetings.

Lou Aronica, Tower City, PA
Board Member Emeritus; past Treasurer and past Vice President; former Conservation Committee Chair; physicist; native woody plant grower; long-time natural design landscaper; MNPS field trip leader.

Matthew Bazar, Cecil County
Board Member; biologist; environmental scientist, U. S. Army; volunteer land steward for Lancaster Co. Conservancy (PA); interested in development issues, habitat preservation, open space preservation; MNPS Conservation ADvocate for Cecil County.

Carole Bergmann, Montgomery County
Board member; past President; Forest Ecologist for M-NCPPC; founded Montgomery County Weed Warriors in 1999; instructor for the Natural History Field Studies Program, USDA/ANS; field trip leader for MNPS, Audubon Naturalist Society, and Worthley Botany Group; founding board member of and still active in the Maryland Invasive Species Council and the Mid-Atlantic Exotic Plant Pest Council.

Marney Bruce, Montgomery County
Board member; co-founder, Simplicity Matters Earth Institute; weed warrior volunteer for Montgomery County, The Nature Conservancy, Audubon Naturalist Society; Master Gardener; Wildlife Habitat Steward, National Wildlife Federation; speaker on native plants and global warming.

Melanie Choukas-Bradley, Montgomery County
Board member; writer; author of An Illustrated Guide to Eastern Woodland Wildflowers and Trees, 350 Plants Observed at Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland, and City of Trees; contributor to the Washington Post; field trip leader for MNPS; instructor for the Natural History Field Studies Program, USDA/ANS.

Amy Doll, Montgomery County
Board member; environmental consultant; member C&O Canal Association; completed several classes in the Natural History Field Studies Program, USDA/ANS.

Cris Fleming, Montgomery County
President, MNPS; field trip leader for MNPS, Virginia Native Plant Society, Audubon Naturalist Society, and The Nature Conservancy; instructor in the Natural History Field Studies Program, USDA/ANS; former Natural Heritage botanist/ecologist; principal author of Finding Wildflowers in the Washington/Baltimore Area; as President, member of all committes, and especially active on the Botany Committee.

Carolyn Fulton, Baltimore City
Secretary; Chair of Publicity Committee.

Jim Gallion, Frederick County
Board member; landscape and garden designer; Principal, Wildlife Gardening Adventures, Walkersville, MD; educator, advocate for use of native plants; Master Gardener; Wildlife Habitat Steward, National Wildlife Federation; nature photographer; monarch butterfly way-station site.

Albert Hartley, Montgomery County
Board member; coordinator of MNPS Photo Contest; computer programmer; accomplished nature photographer who frequently exhibits; avid birder; pursuing Certificate in Natural History Field Studies, USDA/ANS.

Brady Hartley, Montgomery County
Board member; Naturalist for Brookside Nature Center and Audubon Naturalist Society GreenKids Program; pursuing Certificate in Natural History Field Studies, USDA/ANS.

Marc Imlay, Charles County
Vice President; consultant, Anacostia Watershed Society; active in the Maryland Invasive Species Council; member of the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club Maryland Chapter; MNPS Conservation Advocate for Charles County; Chair of the Habitat Stewardship Committee.

Beth Johnson, Montgomery County
Board member; past Treasurer; Chair of Finance Committee; tax preparer and enrolled agent with IRS; has completed most coursework for Certificate in Natural History Field Studies, USDA/ANS.

Kirsten Johnson, Baltimore City
Board member; retired attorney; Baltimore Chapter liaison; Chair of Governance Committee.

Linda Keenan, Prince George's County
Vice President; Certified Backyard Habitat Steward, National Wildlife Federation; Master Gardener; Certificate in Natural History Field Studies, USDA/ANS; professional background in nonprofit organization management; started native plant garden at Hyattsville Library; MNPS Conservation Advocate for Prince George's County; Chair of Nursery Committee.

Joseph Metzger, Jr., Frederick County
Board Member Emeritus; past Treasurer; field botanist; author of the Maryland Plant Checklist; field trip leader.

Karyn Molines, Calvert County
Board member; past President, Vice President, and Secretary; MNPS Conservation Advocate for Calvert County; Chair of Membership, Volunteer, and Conference Committees.

John Parrish, Montgomery County
Vice President; 2006 Fall Conference Presenter; consulting botanist/ecologist Montgomery County; instructor in the Natural History Field Studies Program, USDA/ANS; MNPS Conservation Advocate for Montgomery County; Chair of Conservation Committee.

Mary Pat Rowan, Washington, DC
Board member; landscape architect; MNPS field trip leader; Washington, DC Chapter liaison; MNPS Conservation Advocate for Washington, DC.

Roderick Simmons, Northern Virginia
Board member; past President, past Vice President; MNPS Monthly Meeting Coordinator; Marilandica editor; Plant Ecologist and contract botanist; Virginia Native Plant Society board member; past president of the Botanical Society of Washington; Chair of Education, Botany, and Publications Committees.

Gary Steele, Montgomery County
Treasurer; computer configurations analyst; experienced hiker, trail volunteer, Appalachian Trail corridor monitor; completed several classes in the Natural History Field Studies Program, USDA/ANS.