Volunteers in the Spotlight

At the end of each year, we celebrate the contributions of thousands of volunteers who help the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society fulfill its mission of creating a sense of community through horticulture. These dedicated volunteers donate their time to serve on committees, direct visitors at the Flower Show, carry out the work of Philadelphia Green, provide activities at Kids Grow Expo, and fill many other roles.

Following is a list of those who served on PHS committees during the past year. From all of us at PHS, our heartfelt thanks to you and to all the volunteers whose names are not included here!

2009 PHS COMMITTEES

PHS COUNCIL
John K. Ball, Chair
Howard L. Meyers, Vice-chair
Melinda C. Moritz, Vice-chair
J. William Mills III, Treasurer
Morris Cheston, Jr., Secretary
Sandra M. Alton
Heather Ascher
June Barry
Thomas L. Bennett
Steven D. Bessellieu
Iris Brown
W. Thacher Brown
Leomar T. Cooper
Stacy Maria Dutton
Julia B. Fisher
Henry L. Good
Sally N. Graham
Penny Hansen
Harry E. Hill
David P. Hollander
Robert B. Jefferson
Jennifer K. Lendler
Frederick Lewis
Gerry Lopez
Russell Meddin
Richard F. Meischeid
Leslie Anne Miller
Steve Mostardi
Charles A. O’Brien
John F. O’Rourke
Jane Pollock
Joseph Pyle
Paul A. Reid
Robert Q. Reilly
Margaret Sadler
Alan P. Slack
Patricia L. Smith
Jason Vermillion
Stephan White
Kenneth G. Wood

ASK A GARDENER
Estelle Alexander
Kathryn S. Andersen
Susan D. Armstrong
Jim Cope
Linda Corson
Alice M. Doering
Beverly Fitts
Tam Hartell
Carol McConomy
Elise J. Payne
Alan P. Slack
Russell Strover
John P. Swan
Mary Ann Thomas
Lorraine J. Wallace
Phyllis B. Weisman

AUDIT
Charles A. O’Brien, Chair
Aaron Belitsky
Cindy L. Burns
Robert C. Fell
Henry F. Reichner
Sandy Sloyer

AWARDS SELECTION  
Sally N. Graham, Chair
Anna Marie Amey
Martha B. Barron
Richard A. Colbert
Midge Ingersoll
Richard W. Lighty
Jane A. Pollock
Claire Sawyers
R. William Thomas

AZALEA GARDEN PARTY 
Margo P. & Joseph L. Eremus, Chairs
Liz & Mark Ward, Vice-chairs
Stephanie & Daniel W. Ingersoll, Chairs, Young Friends
Connie & Desmond McDonnell, Auction Chairs
Jennifer & Hugh Anderson
Julie Appolloni & Andrew March
D-J & J. Howard Brosius
Kit & Peter R. Burgum
Robert J. Butera & Marilyn O. Sifford
Jenny Rose Carey & H. Augustus Carey
Elisabeth Carillo
Cynthia M. & Morris Cheston, Jr.
Julie & Blake Christoph
Catharine W. & Gary A. Cox
Shannon & Charles H. C. Davis
Maude de Schauensee
Tavis Dockwiller
Mark A. Focht
Janice A. Gault & James Vander
Sally N. & George R. Graham, Jr.
Dorrance H. Hamilton
Michelle B. & Conrad T. Heckmann
Erin & F. Frederick Herz 4th
William Higgins
Louise L. & Harry E. Hill
Suzanne D. Hill
Ann D. Hozack
Sarah & Jason Ingle
Angela E. Jones
Sallie G. & Berton E. Korman
Jennifer K. & Robert Lendler
Pippa S. Liebert
Sylvia & Paul Lin
Kristine & Jason P. Lisi
Peter J. Maruca
Jennifer J. & Burton P. McHugh, Jr.
Rebecca & William E. Mifflin
Karen F. & Handsel B. Minyard
Gregory P. Montanaro
Tracy & Rob L. Parker
Alicia & Jeffrey S. Payne
Joan & David E. Prewitt
Mary Katherine & Andrew Schenkel
Christa & Calvin W. Schmidt
Georgia & Hass Shafia
Allen J. Simpson
Jood & Tim Thompson
Jules E. Vassalluzzo
Barbara & Thomas Newton Ward 3rd
Christine & P. Reed Wilmerding
Lisa Witomski & James A. Scott
Lorann & Buzz Wood
Marc M. Zaharchuk

COMMUNITY GREENING AWARDS
Sandy Manthorpe, Chair
Howard A. Aaronson, Jr.
Leo Cooper, Ex-officio
Jill Evans
Walter Fisher, Jr.
Sally N. Graham
Elaine Heist
Sylvia Lin
Julia Marano
Chris McCarron
Anne Pullis
Lee Morris Raden
Mary Ann Thomas

DEVELOPMENT 
Sally N. Graham, Chair
Sandra M. Alton
Dorothea H. Behr
Morris Cheston, Jr.
Penny Hansen
Harry E. Hill
Anne B. Kellett
Elizabeth P. McLean
Karen F. Minyard
Ann L. Reed
Alan P. Slack
Mary Ann Thomas
Regina O’Brien Thomas
Margaret B. Wallis
Mark C. Ward

EDUCATION & PUBLICATIONS
Melinda C. Moritz, Chair
Rob Cardillo
Jenny Rose Carey
Nancy Greenwood
Rosalie Guzofsky
Liza Hawley
Adam Levine
Patricia McLaughlin
Eva Monheim
Terry J. Mushovic
Betsy Orsburn
Ann L. Reed
Hal Rosner
Ilene Sternberg
Regina O’Brien Thomas
Jood Thompson
Sharon Turner

EXECUTIVE 
John K. Ball, Chair
Thomas L. Bennett
W. Thacher Brown
Morris Cheston, Jr.
Julia B. Fisher
Sally N. Graham
Harry E. Hill
David P. Hollander
Howard L. Meyers
Leslie Anne Miller
J. William Mills, III
Melinda Moritz
Charles O’Brien
John F. O’Rourke
Margaret Sadler

FINANCE 
Julia B. Fisher, Chair
Thomas L. Bennett
W. Thacher Brown
Henry L. Good
Robert B.  Jefferson
Scott M. Jenkins
Mark Kerschner
Nicholas J. Kovich
Margaret McCarvill
Henry F. Reichner
Robert Q. Reilly
Kenneth G. Wood

FLOWER SHOW COMPETITIVE CLASSES 
Francesca C. Northrup, Chair
Sandy Greenwood, Vice-chair
Carolyn Adams
Laura Aiken
Lydia Allen-Berry
Maudelin Alston
Anna Marie Amey
Martha B. Barron
Beth Bartle
Wilfreta G. Baugh
Susanna Baum
Ana Bessellieu
Joan Biddle
Amy Borer
Jill Braid
Wistie Brown
Barbara Bruenner
Alice Bucher
Susan Bunkin
Andrew G. Bunting
Mary Campbell
Lynn Carbonell
David Carlson
Patricia A. Carson
Sue Chapin
Dixie Chapman
Hope Fox Coates
Jean M. Cooke
Anne H. Coste
Carol Critchlow
Gale Critchlow
Pamela J. Danner
Kathleen Davison
Sandy de Holl
Rita Marie Dennis
Christine Drake Donahower
Middy Dorrance
Donna Edwards
Beverly Fitts
Alice Flint
Sarah Foley
E. Lynne Freeland
Glenn D. Friedman
Lisa M. Gemmill
Debbie Gibbons-Neff
Sandra Gibson
Tala Graham
Nancy Greenwood
Laura P. Gregg
Robert Grenfell
Nancy Grube
Joan K. Harvey
Thomas Hawkins
James B. Hayden
Anne F. Hayes
Bonnie Hays
Libby Hill
Colin G. Hingley
Maria Hingley
Kathy Holmes
Sandy Hullett
Michelle Hunter
Peggie Hynes
Christine Jackson
Christine M. Jacoby
Jo Ann B. Jones
Jo Kane*
Anne B. Kellett
Yvette Kinsale
Heather Klein
Emilie Lapham
Sylvia Lin
Robin Lincoln
Carol Lipson
Lisa Lloyd
Nancy Long
Joseph G. Marano
Ann Mastrangelo
Diane Mateson
Fred Matz
Rhoda Maurer
Lani McCall
Patricia McGonigle
Elaine McGrew
Karen Milbourne-Messer*
Ivetta Moore
Diane Newbury
Audrey C. Nichols
Rosemary Nichols
Valerie Oldham
George Petropolous
Leslie Purple
Jacqueline Purvis
Kristine Qualls
Lois Renthal
Carol Revak
Pinkie Roe
Beverley W. Rowland
Dyana Sagges
John Salventi
Patricia Sanders
Bayard Saraduke
Barbara Sartorius
Linda Saulino-Lowe
Barbara Schmidt
Beverly Schmitt
Presley Schwinn
Sue Shubert
Don Slater
Susan Slim
Kathleen Spagnola
Sidney Spahr
Stewart Spahr
Joyce Stemple
Mary Jo Strawbridge
Amy Sutryn
Mary Ann Thomas
Jules Vassalluzzo
Carmen Herrera Von Wrangell
Micki Wach
Renee Waite
Janine Weller
Dianne C. Willis
Robert L. Willis
Sandra G. Young

FLOWER SHOW EARLY MORNING TOURS
Barbara Allen
Midge Ingersoll
Sham Knight
Josselyn McAdam

FLOWER SHOW EXECUTIVE 
Melinda C. Moritz, Chair
Steven Bessellieu, Vice-chair
Sandra M. Alton
Charlotte Betancourt
Jack Blandy
Joseph Bones
Kevin P. Burke
Morris Cheston, Jr.
Joseph Cugliotta
Edward M. D’Alba
Judith H. Davis
Walter Fisher, Jr.
Sandy Greenwood
Harry E. Hill
Anne B. Kellett
Jennifer K. Lendler
Gerald Lopez
Elizabeth P. McLean
William Mellix
Barbara E. Meyers
J. William Mills III
Randall Naftal
Francesca C. Northrup
Marilyn Phister
Jane A. Pollock
Lee Morris Raden
Paul A. Reid
Ira L. Rosen
Lisa Roth
Alan P. Slack
Frank J. Soucek
Paul Tickle
Mark C. Ward
Caroline F. Welch
Sandra G. Young

FLOWER SHOW INFONET 
Charlotte Betancourt, Co-Chair
Judith Davis, Co-Chair
Joanne Markey, Vice-Chair
Suzanne G. Ries, Vice-Chair
Robert Allen
Dorothy Bedell
Margo Bennett
Suellen K. Blackwood
Barbara Brackin
Jenny Rose Carey
Joyce Cole
Jim Cope
Paul Csigi
Linda Fisher
Jill Frankel
Joyce Gaines
Elizabeth Higgins
Tim Higgins
Barbara Y. Juda
Kathy Kristol
Aram Kumkumian
Barbara Kumkumian
Ed MacFarland
Lani McCall
Phyllis McGusty
Jack McNamara
Russell Meddin
Margaret Norton
Anne S. Papa
Robert Pollock
Ann L. Reed
Eileen Riddell
Barbara Rittenhouse
Anna E. Seymour
Patrice Sutton
Carol Tyler
Diana K. Woodward
Daria Zaharchuk

FLOWER SHOW PREVIEW RECEPTION AND DINNER 
Barbara E. Meyers, Chair
Roberta F. Dranoff, Vice-Chair
Sandra M. Alton & Gary R. Jablonski
Carole D. & John R. Bartholdson 
Deborah N. & Robert Blum
D-J & J. Howard Brosius
Cynthia V. & John E. Burrows, Jr.
Elizabeth F. & Andrew J. Camerota
Cynthia M. & Morris Cheston, Jr.
Patricia A. Coulter
Martha L. & H. William Cyphers 3rd
Karen M. & Edward M. D’Alba
Carl E. Dranoff
Margo P. & Joseph L. Eremus
Linda A. Galante & John J. Colussi
Anna Sophocles Hadgis & Nicholas J. Hadgis
Penelope S. & Richard A. Hansen
Michelle B. & Conrad T. Heckmann
Alexis C. & David P. Hollander
L. Kim & Griffith W. Hughes
Stephanie & Daniel W. Ingersoll
Amy & John Korman
Sallie G. & Berton E. Korman
Jennifer K. & Robert Lendler
Sandra G. & David G. Marshall
Tamara S. & Mark D. Mattson
Jennifer A. & John J. McAleese 3rd
Howard L. Meyers
Karen F. & Handsel B. Minyard
Diane Newbury & Steven Berman
Leigh B. & Steven M. Oblack
Daria & R. Anderson Pew
Kathleen G. & Alfred W. Putnam, Jr. 
Patti & Stephen D. Steinour
Molly Rouse-Terlevich & Fabio Terlevich
Jood & Paul Thompson 3rd
Melissa A. & Jason E. Vermillion
Elliott S. & S. Sloan Walker 
Dasha Yermakova
Elizabeth B. & V. Scott Zelov

FLOWER SHOW SHOPPE   
Jane Pollock, Co-chair
Fred Weinstein, Co-chair
Nora Grimes, Co-chair
Winnie Anderson
Compton Chase
Celine Cousins
Alda Giangiulio
Leroy Henderson
Sandra Henderson
Joan Lapayowker
Marianne Miller
Kitty Scherler
Joyce Vecchiolli

GARDEN VISITS   
Jill Evans, Chair
Denise Cowie
Alice Doering
Kate Farrell
Sally Graham
Susan Hudson
Joanne Markey
Alan Slack

GOLD MEDAL PLANT AWARD
Steve Mostardi, Chair
Richard L. Bitner
Jack Blandy
Tom Dilatush
Sheila Gmeiner
Joseph Gray
Richard Hesselein
Steven B. Hutton
Rhoda Maurer
Paul W. Meyer
Philip Normandy
Larry Shehan
R. William Thomas
Barry Yinger
Charles Zafonte

HUMAN RESOURCES 
John F. O’Rourke, Chair
June B. Barry
Nila G. Betof
Walter N. Gavula
Catherine A. LaPenta
Richard F. Meischeid
Steve Mostardi
Margaret Sadler

INVESTMENT
Thomas L. Bennett, Chair
Jim Averill
Morris Cheston, Jr.
Stacy Maria Dutton
Scott M. Jenkins
Nicholas J. Kovich
Stephen S. Lee
Charles N. Marshall

KIDS GROW EXPO
Pamela Snyder, Chair
Liza Hawley
Peter Hickman
Louise Kilderry
Chuck Lafferty
Philip McCabe
Sylvia Myers
Brendan Petersen
Keelin Purcell
Anita Schumer
Doris Stahl
Iris Brown, Ex-officio

MEADOWBROOK
Kenneth G. Wood, Chair
Harry E. Hill
Anne B. Kellett
Jennifer K. Lendler

MEADOWBROOK FARM STORE AT THE FLOWER SHOW
Margo P. Eremus, Co-Chair
Sherrill F. Rowland, Co-Chair

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Mary Ann Thomas, Chair
Martha B. Barron
Ingrid Bogen
Mary T. Bradley
Mary Ann Bursich-Raden
Linda Fisher
Nina Galante
Barbara Y. Juda
Anne B. Kellett
Margaret A. Krengel
Sylvia Lin
Carol McConomy
Melinda C. Moritz
Lee Morris Raden
Patricia Sanders
Alan P. Slack
Nanci K. Walsh
Phyllis B. Weisman

NOMINATING 
Harry E. Hill, Chair
Sandra M. Alton
John K. Ball
Sally N. Graham
Jennifer K. Lendler
Leslie Anne Miller
Jane A. Pollock
Robert Q. Reilly
Kenneth G. Wood

PENSION
Richard F. Meischeid, Chair
Thomas L. Bennett
Gary Biscoll
John F. O’Rourke
Margaret Sadler

PHILADELPHIA GREEN ADVISORY BOARD  
Leomar T. Cooper, Chair
Heather Ascher
Melba Axelrod
Robert C. Beaty
Janet Bernstein
Sylvia Bey
Andrew Brazington
Iris Brown
Ellen Bugary
Charlie Bugg
Patricia M. Bullard
Gregorio P. Cojulun Jr.
Hayward T. Ford*
Derek Freres
Miriam Galster
Allison Gardner
Danny Gerber
Ernestine Gibson
Doris Gwaltney
Winnie Harris
Kate Houstoun
Lenora Jackson-Evans
Haile Johnston
David Knapton
Chuck Lafferty
Fred Lewis
Michael LoFurno
Paul F. Malvey
Delores Magnum
Darlene Marcus
Michael McClary
Jamie McKnight
Warren McMichael
Kelly McShain Tyree
Russell Meddin
Josh Meyer
Jonathan Musselman
Johnnie Mae Parker
Nykia Perez
Brendan Petersen
Charlie Philips
Christina Pirello
Joe Revlock
Viery Ricketts-Thomas
Tomasita Romero
Johanna Rosen
Ernie Sesskin
Donna Sims
Pam Snyder
Shirley Solomon
Karen Stabenow
John A. Steptoe, Jr.
Marjorie Steptoe
Laurel Sweeney
Sharon Turner
Aneesah Uqdah
Alia Walker
Harold Wells
Stephan J. White
Janet Williams
Roger Wing
Mary Yee

PLANT DIVIDEND
Robin Potter, Chair
Laura Aiken
Barbara Bricks
Ed MacFarland
Joe Marano

TREE TENDERS ADVISORY
Cat Chapman
Andrew Emma
Barbara Epstein
Leslianna Federici
Suku John
Doris Kessler
Cynthia Kishinchand
Lisa Maiello
Hasan Malik  
Kim Massare
Peg Muldowney
Ivy Pete
Charles Philips
Sue Pringle
Carla Puppin
Dina Richman
Joe Shapiro
Dave Tukey     
Janet Williams

* deceased

Note: PHS Council Chair John K. Ball served as an ex-officio member of all committees.