Board of Directors

Karl Ackermann

Treasurer
IN, thru 2024, MBA, International Business; BS, Engineering Technology; Certificate in Horticulture with High Honors; Recipient of Shirley Heinze Bringing Nature Home Award

Marti Agler

Director, Internal Audit
TN, thru 2022, Finance, MBA, biology degree

Loris Damerow

Director, Vice President
MI, thru 2024, Former landscape designer, Registered Art Therapist (ATR), retired Director of the Center for Grieving Children/Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley

Ellen Folts

Director
NY, thru 2022, Native perennial nursery owner; speaker

Janice Hand

Past President
MT-PAL, thru 2020, NFP, leadership

Laura Klemm

Director (on leave)
WI-PAL, thru 2024, BBA; BS, Biology, MS, Sustainable Management with courses in Nonprofit Management, Web design and Readers Advisory