Elected Officers for 2023-2025
PRESIDENT:
Lydia Paradiso, New York Botanical Garden
lparadiso <@> nybg.org
IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT:
Dennis Stevenson, New York Botanical Garden
dws <@> nybg.org
TREASURER:
Eric E. Lamont
elamont <@> optonline.net
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY:
Jordan Hoffman
hoffmaj <@> newschool.edu
RECORDING SECRETARY:
Jenna Dorey
jedorey <@> umich.edu
DIRECTORS:
2021-2025: Sandra Hoffberg
Natalia Quinteros Casaverde, CUNY/New York Botanical Garden
John Gillen, Hostos Community College
2023-2027: Molly Rouzie
Natalie Howe, USDA
Priyantha Wijesinghe, LaGuardia Community College
The Torrey Council consists of the following:
All Elected Officers, Editor-in-Chief, Field Committee Chair, Local Flora Committee Chair, Historian
Officers Appointed by the Council
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society:
Carolyn A. Copenheaver, Virginia Tech
ccopenhe <@> vt.edu
MANAGING EDITOR, Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society:
Kathryn C. Hollandsworth, Virginia Tech
jtbsmanaging <@> gmail.com
EDITOR, Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Society:
Eric E. Lamont
elamont <@> optonline.net
MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS:
Lydia Paradiso, New York Botanical Garden
lparadiso <@> nybg.org
EDITOR, Website
Lydia Paradiso
lparadiso <@> nybg.org
HISTORIAN:
Stephen Sinon, LuEsther T. Merz Library, New York Botanical Garden
ssinon <@> nybg.org
Standing Committees
FIELD COMMITTEE
Chair: Simon Verlynde, New York Botanical Garden
sverlynde <@> nybg.org
GRANTS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE
Chair: James Lendemer, NYBG (jlendemer <@> nybg.org)
Kobinah Abdul-Salim
Juan Angulo, NYBG
Brian Boom
Jenna Dorey
Jordan Hoffman, the New School
Dianella Howarth, St. John’s University
Holly Porter-Morgan, La Guardia Community College
Ella Vardeman, Lehman College
LOCAL FLORA COMMITTEE:
Chair: Eric E. Lamont
elamont <@> optonline.net
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Chair: Katie Mercier
mercier.kate <@> gmail.com
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMITTEE
Chair: Jordan Hoffman, hoffmaj <@> newschool.edu
Carolyn Copenheaver, Virginia Tech
Sandra Hoffberg
Lydia Paradiso, NYBG
Simon Verlynde, NYBG
Katie Mercier
Molly Rouzie