Hands down, the main reason the Garden is such a great place to be and visit is because of the hard work of our dedicated staff, volunteers and trustees. Whenever you are at the Garden make sure to say hello!

Trustees

Matt Larkin, Chair
Madeline  Hooper, Vice-Chair
Ellen Greendale, Treasurer
Janet Laudenslager, Secretary
Jeannene Booher
David Carls
Mary Copeland
Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo
Adaline Frelinghuysen
Lauretta Harris
Ian Hooper
Tom Ingersoll
Daniel Kasper
Wendy Philbrick
Martha Piper
Ramelle Pulitzer
John Spellman
Kip Towl
Mark Walker
Rob Williams
KK Zutter

Staff

Executive Director
Michael Beck  
mbeck@berkshirebotanical.org
413 320-4772

Director of Horticulture
Dorthe Hviid  
dhviid@berkshirebotanical.org
413 298-4505

Director of Education
Chris Wellens  
cwellens@berkshirebotanical.org
413 357-4657

Volunteer Manager
Cynthia Grippaldi  
cgrippaldi@berkshirebotanical.org
413 354-8408

Director of Marketing Communications
Robin Parow  
rparow@berkshirebotanical.org
413 320-4795

Director of Development and Membership
Julie Schwartz  
jschwartz@berkshirebotanical.org
413 354-8410

Office Manager
Elizabeth Veraldi  
everaldi@berkshirebotanical.org
413 320-4794

Senior Gardener
Christine Caccamo  
ccaccamo@berkshirebotanical.org
413 298-4532

Senior Gardener
Duke Douillet  
ddouillet@berkshirebotanical.org
413 298-4532

Gardener
Deborah Helmke  
dhelmke@berkshirebotanical.org
413 298-4532

Buildings and Grounds Manager
Chris Kupernik  
ckupernick@berkshirebotanical.org
413 931-3207

Youth Education Coordinator
Jamie Samowitz  
jsamowitz@berkshirebotanical.org
413 320-4800

Camp Director
Alex Fylypovych  
afylypovych@berkshirebotanical.org
413 931-3194

Education Coordinator
Bridgette Stone
bstone@berkshirebotanical.org