The Garden’s Campus Advisory Group and Board of Visitors are invaluable resources that assist the Botanical Garden in serving the diverse needs and perspectives across UCLA and the wider Los Angeles community. Composed of staff and faculty from many different departments as well as major community stakeholders, these committees provide input and feedback on our collections, programs, and plans for the future.
2020-2021 Campus Advisory Group
Marvin Browne
Graduate Student (Sack Lab) – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Jules Cooch [ex oficio]
Manager of Public Outreach & Education – Botanical Garden
Thomas Gillespie
Professor – Geography / Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Terry Huang [ex oficio]
Assistant Director – Botanical Garden
Nurit Katz
Executive Officer – Facilities Management
Chief Officer – Sustainability
Nathan Kraft
Associate Professor – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Stephanie Landregan
Program Director – UCLA Extension Landscape Architecture and Horticulture programs
Luke Nikolav
Assistant Professor – Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Cully Nordby
Associate Director – Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Maura Palacios Mejia
Postdoctoral Scholar in the Wayne Lab – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Deb Pires
Instructional Consultant and Academic Administrator – Center for Education Innovation in Life Sciences
Phil Rundel
Professor Emeritus – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Past Director – Botanical Garden & Herbarium
David Shorter
Professor – World Arts and Cultures
Janice Shintaku [ex oficio]
Assistant Director of Development – UCLA College Life Sciences
Victoria Sork [Chair]
Director, UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden
Distinguished Professor – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Shannon Speed
Associate Professor – American Indian Studies / Gender Studies
Wendy Teeter
Curator – Fowler Museum at UCLA
Lecturer – UCLA American Indian Studies
Andrew Tran
Web Developer / Designer – UCLA Life Sciences Computing
May/Yuerong Xiao
UCLA Undergraduate Student – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Volunteer Gardener and Educator
Felipe Zapata
Assistant Professor – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2022-2023 Board of Visitors
Martin H. Blank
Linda Duttenhaver
Kathryn Welch Howe
Morton La Kretz
Melvin D. Lindsey
Kaili Peng
Nancy R. Riordan
Irene Romero
Maurice M. Salter
Victoria Sork [ex oficio]
Maureen E. Stockton
Drew J. Zager [Chair]
Elena B. Zager