Below is a list of frequently contacted Arboretum staff members as well as a list of our current trustees. To contact a specific staff member, please call 740.323.2355, or email information@dawesarb.org and your message will be directed to the intended recipient.
Staff
Luke Messinger, Executive Director
David Brandenburg, Ph.D., Taxonomic Botanist
Shana Byrd, Director of Land Conservation
Shirley Drake, Human Resource Manager
Jill Holton Arrasmith, Marketing Manager
Richard Larson, Nursery Manager
Peter Lowe, Director of Landscape Operations
Leigh Ann Miller, Director of Development
Gregory Payton, Director of Living Collections
Brent Pickering, Director of Projects and Facilities
Beverly Telepchak, Business Director
Leslie Wagner, Historian
Abbie Wilson, Director of Education
Trustees
Our Trustees offer a wide range of skills that promote effective organizational management. Some are even descendants of our founders, Beman & Bertie Dawes!
Henry Hauser, Chair
Ted Prasse, Secretary
David Trautman, Treasurer
Melissa Arch
Grant Douglass
Erich Hunker
Pablo Jourdan Ph.D.
Peter Mann
Gary Martz
Lee Smith
Colley Stowell
For more information on organizational leadership, priorities or finances, please contact development@dawesarb.org.
