The Garden Curator is an ex-officio member of the the board. Susan Wilkins is the the current Garden Curator and is only the fifth in that position in the history of the garden.

The following Friends are not members of the board of directors but have committee responsibilities.

Area	Position	Name
Invasive Plant Group:	Co-chair	Kari Christianson
Media Communications:	Coordinator	Lauren Husting
Membership:	Coordinator	Christi Bystedt
Volunteers:	Coordinator	Melissa Hansen

The annual membership meeting of the Friends, at which directors are elected, is held at a time and location announced in The Fringed Gentian™ and on the "About the Friends" web page. The directors listed above, elected at the 70th annual meeting of The Friends began their term on September 18, 2022.

The Friends Board usually meets four times per year at various locations. The very first meeting of Friends Board was held on June 26, 1952 at the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden. The first annual meeting was held on Jan. 6th, 1953 at the Burma-Vita Plant Offices, 2318 Chestnut Ave, Minneapolis MN. This was the office of Friends' founder Clinton Odell.

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Historical Officers List

This FILE lists the names of officers from 1952 to the present. Sectioned by President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer.

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Historical Newsletter Editor List

This FILE lists the names of editors of The Fringed Gentian™ from 1953 to the present.

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Historical Directors List

This list in in chronological order. Directors are first listed in the year of their initial term. Terms began at the Annual Meeting which was in January to March until 1966, and May thereafter until 2020 when it became October. The "last year" is the final year of election, with the term ending the following year at the next annual meeting. [i.e. a last year of 1968 means the director was in office until the annual meeting in 1969.] Those with no data in the "last year" field remain directors.

Some individuals had several periods of directorship, each period is listed separately on the beginning date. Some individuals also had an "honorary director" term, but those are not listed. Beginning in 1971 the Gardener/Garden Curator became an ex-officio director. Those are listed. Links under a name go to a background file on that director.

For a list in Alphabetical order with multiple director terms listed consecutively see this PDF FILE

Name	1st year	last year
Bennett, Russell H.	1952	1968
Binder, Dorothy Walton	1952	1964
Crone, Martha E	1952	1972
Dayton, Donald C.	1952	1958
Odell, Clinton M	1952	1958
Ramberg, Leonard F.	1952	1972
Brown, Earle	1953	1962
Tolg, Ebba (Mrs. Clarence Tolg)	1953	1968
Carpenter, Elizabeth	1954	1968
Rawson, Carl W.	1954	1968
Lehnert, Walter E. - 1st term	1960	1968
Nye, Russell	1960	1961
Odell, Leonard	1960	1974
Avery, Kenneth - 1st term	1961	1970
Bowron, Mrs. Bernard	1961	1962
Bridgman, Betty - 1st term	1961	1963
Cross, Marion	1961	1968
Eastman, Whitney	1961	1968
Hale, Lloyd	1961	1962
Martin, Alice	1961	1968
Strange, Mrs. Robert	1961	1965
Witt, Alvin R.	1963	1972
Reed, Elizabeth	1964	1969
Ludcke, Mrs. George Sr. (Jessie)	1964	1968
Simmons, Mary	1966	1969
Solhaug, Hazel	1966	1968
Faragher, Catherine - 1st term	1968	1970
Dassett, Robert Jr.	1969	1982
Thorn, Harry	1969	1973
Tusler, Wilber	1969	1974
DeLaittre, C. L.	1970	1973
Olson, Mildred	1970	1979
Avery, Kenneth - 2nd term - Ex-officio	1971	1986
Grimes, Dr. Marian	1971	1979
Menzel, Mrs. Walter	1972	1972
Chadborn, Evie	1973	1977
Chamberlain, Jean	1973	1980
Dean, Alexander	1973	1979
Faragher, Catherine - 2nd term	1974	1975
Hooper, Bruce	1974	1978
Beim, Moana	1975	1980
Davidson, Marie	1974	1975
Lehnert, Walter E. - 2nd term	1975	1980
Deweese, Lynn	1976	1983
Murtfeldt, John	1977	1981
Holman, Lynne	1978	1981
Faragher, Catherine - 3rd term	1979	1979
Price, Caroline	1979	1984
Warde, Susan	1980*	1981
Berg, Cindy	1981	1986
Bryan, Betty	1981	1993
Demler, Marie	1981	1984
Larson, Doris - 1st term	1981	1984
O'Leary, Janet	1981	1982
Weiss, George	1981	1981
Bridgman, Betty - 2nd term	1982	1989
Elftmann, Emil	1982	1985
Thomesen, Patricia	1982	1990
Adler, Natalie	1983	1986
Ordner, Catherine	1983	1987
Pomeroy, Liz	1983	1985
Miller, Gloria - 1st term	1985	2002
Schultz, Shirley	1985	2004
Smeby, Joyce	1985	1993
Busse, Norman	1986	1989
Cole, Sallie	1986	1993
Duoos, Melvin	1986	2000
Jensen, Elizabeth	1986	1987
Larson, Doris - 2nd term	1986	1986
Allison, Ione	1987	1988
Bartz-Lavoie, Connie	1987	1993
George, Cary - 1st term - ex-offico	1987	2003
Kessen, Ann	1987	1992
Christenson, Elaine	1988	1992
Sandstrom, Donna	1988	1989
Wolke, Jane	1988	1989
Benavides, Geri	1989	1993
Stennes, Kathryn	1989	1994
Betzold, Harriet	1990	2008
Avery, Kenneth - 3rd term	1991	1993
Bartholomew, Rick	1993	1994
Wolgamott, Kathleen	1993	1995
Carr, Elizabeth	1994	1995
Harbison, Marguerite	1994	2004
LaBelle, Vi	1994	1994
Lynch, Jack	1994	1998
Ogren, Lynn	1994	1994
Pundt, Sally	1994	2021
Pundt, Steve	1994	2021
Schultz, Jack	1994	2004
Wheeler, Lola	1994	1997
Benson, Steve	1995
Rudberg, Kaye	1995	1997
Davis, Joy	1996	2009
Lussenhop, Juanita	1996	2004
Miller, Lon	1996	1998
Johnson, Lyle	1998*	2008
Locken, Lisa	1998*	2006
Milligan, Barbara	1998	1998
Jaquith, George	1999	2000
Godfrey, Ann	1999	2008
Bebeau, Gary	2001
Ellison, Launa	2001	2005
Weiner, Pam	2001
Pepin, Constance	2002	2005
Gravitz, Larry	2004	2008
Wilkins, Susan ex-officio	2004
Connolly, Kathleen -1st term	2005	2005
Dean, Susan	2005	2011
Proctor, Jim	2005
Schmidt, Joe	2005	2006
Waugh, Phoebe	2005	2016
Anderson, Emily	2006	2011
George, Cary, 2nd term	2006	2007
Lee, Jeff	2006	2013
Mason, Vivian	2006	2015
Schade, Barry	2007	2018#
Hansen, Melissa	2008	2019
Miller, Gloria - 2nd term	2008	2017
Remington, Judy	2008	2012
Ahrens, Donna	2009	2012
Budd, Sue	2009	2015
Lipschultz, Ellen	2009	2011
Waldera, Anthony	2009	2016
McCall, Karen	2010	2011
Funk, Jayne	2010	2018
Krause, David	2011	2012
Maynard, Meleah	2012	2016
Bartol, Candy	2013*
Bartol, Colin	2013
Olson, Jennifer	2013
Husting, Lauren	2014	2021
McNerney, Betsy	2015	2018
Connolly, Kathleen - 2nd term	2016	2021
Dunne, Jennifer	2016	2018
Anderson, Janet	2019	2019#
Lawton, George	2022*
Bruce Jarvis	2022

* = midyear appointment
# = midyear resignation.