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BGCI U.S. Collaborators

Volunteers
David Crossman, Boston, MA – Garden Mapping and GardenSearch Volunteer since 2011
Martin Smit, Newark, DE – GardenSearch Volunteer (South Africa) 2012
Wonsoon Park, Newark, DE – GardenSearch Volunteer (Korea) 2012
Francis Heller, Chicago, IL – GardenSearch Volunteer 2009-2010
Katie Everson, Chicago, IL – GardenSearch Volunteer 2008-2009

Collaborating Organizations
American Public Gardens Association
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW), Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Plant Conservation Alliance
Royal Botanical Gardens, Ontario
United States Botanic Garden
United States Forest Service

Funders
USDA Farm Bill
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Wallace Genetic Foundation
JRS Biodiversity Foundation

Graduate Students
Kirsty Shaw, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London (Class of 2010)
  -Thesis Title: Conserving Mexico’s Threatened Plants: Progress towards Target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
 
Martin Smit, Longwood Graduate Fellow (Class of 2013), University of Delaware
  -Thesis Focus: Conservation of threatened magnolias

Raakel Toppila, Longwood Graduate Fellow (Class of 2012), University of Delaware
  -Thesis Title: Conserving Threatened Oak Species in Living Collections: are we Doing Enough?