Diane Williamson
Purpose: Introduce and share native plants that meet environmental needs for natural habitats. Retired Teacher/Technology Coordinator/District Presenter, Memphis City SchoolsAvid GardenerSpecial Needs Mother and Community AdvocateMoved from TN to TX
Eric Johnson
My work background is in electronics manufacturing, and my education is focused on electrical engineering. My interest in native plants has been lifelong, and I began to actively seek out
George Diggs
George Diggs is an evolutionary biologist and botanist who has taught for more than 40 years at Austin College in Sherman, and a Research Associate at the Botanical Research Institute
Glenn Olsen
Glenn leads natural history and birding tours with GOBirding Ecotours to the hottest birding locations in the U.S. He organizes, manages, and co-guides tours to exotic locales such as the
Greg Pearson
Retired PhD chemist. Interested in monarchs and native milkweed. No formal training, self-taught.
Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov is a Texas Certified Master Gardener with Advanced Entomology certification. When he’s not researching, he’s out gardening; his yard is his laboratory. Through research, Howard has built a
Jake Mowrer
Dr. Jake Mowrer is a soil chemist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. He works with all aspects of soil management where growing plants is the goal. His research focus is
Jane Tillman
Jane Tillman is a retired University of Texas lecturer in Nutritional Sciences whose twin passions are birds and native plants. She is an active member of the Travis Audubon Society
Jim & Lynne Weber
Both Lynne and Jim Weber are retired from 30+ year, accomplished careers at IBM. They are certified Texas Master Naturalists and Lynne is a past president of the Capital Area
Julienne VanDerZiel
Julienne has lived in Dripping Springs since 2005. Having lived in the Midwest, and then the West, she quickly learned that she knew nothing about gardening in Texas. She bought
Kim Conrow
Kim joined the Society in 1997 to learn how to garden with drought tolerant plants when moving into a new home in Crowley. Becoming active in the North Central Chapter
Lauren Simpson
Since early 2015, Lauren Simpson has spent her spare time transforming her Houston home gardens into a pollinator-friendly habitat, currently a Certified Wildlife Habitat (National Wildlife Federation), a Monarch Waystation
Lennard Nadalo
Lennard A. Nadalo, MD has a long-standing interest in Ecology, as seen in the survival of millions of plants, animals, and insects during the ongoing climate change. He holds a
Lonnie Childs
Lonnie Childs enjoyed a 30-year career as a manufacturing and supply chain executive capped by a stint leading his own management consulting firm. In 2001, he semi-retired to the Fredericksburg
