Board

Directors of the BRIT Boards

The Mission of Fort Worth Botanic Garden is to:

Explore, Discover, and Engage.

We explore the critically important world of plants, collaborate to discover the role they play in our cultural and natural environments, and engage people to conserve nature and improve the human experience.

Operating Board of Directors

Kristy Odom
Board Chair
Fort Worth Community Volunteer

William A. Brentlinger
Immediate Past Chair
Owner, Advanced Grower Solutions, Fort Worth, Texas

Edward P. Bass
Co-Founder BRIT, Vice Chair of the Board
President, Fine Line, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas

Craig Hamilton
Board Treasurer
Owner, Craig Hamilton & Company, Fort Worth, Texas

William Welder
Secretary of the Board
Acquisitions, Skywalker Property Partners, Fort Worth, Texas

Amy Allen
Director
Partner, Whitley Penn, Fort Worth, TX

Andrew Allsup
Director
Associate, 2112 Capital, Fort Worth, TX

John Avila Jr.
Chair, Advancement Committee
Chairman, Thos S. Byrne LTD, Fort Worth, TX

Bradford Barnes
Director
President & General Manager, Southwest Exposition & Livestock Show, Fort Worth, Texas

Gregory A. Bird
Director
President, Jetta Operating Company, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas

Steven Brauer, Jr
Director
Executive Vice President, Hunter Engineering Co., Fort Worth, Texas

Kacey Cornelius
Director
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Frost Bank, Fort Worth, Texas

Elizabeth Northern Cornelsen
Director
Fort Worth Community Volunteer

Jonathan Cranz
Director
Partner, Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP

R. Nowell Donovan, Ph.D.
Director Emeritus
Faculty, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

Robert “Gregory” Fitzgerald
Chair, Education Committee Community Volunteer, Fort Worth, Texas

Bourke Harvey
Director
President, Harvey Holdings, Fort Worth, Texas

Marie “Doc” Holliday
Director
Owner/Doctor of Dental Medicine, Private Practice, Fort Worth, Texas

Carole Jordan
Director
Retired Vice President/Co-Founder, Mozzarella Company, Dallas, TX

G. Clark Kemble
Director
Managing Partner, Mediserv, Ltd., Fort Worth, Texas

Gail Widmer Landreth
Director
Community Volunteer, Fort Worth Garden Club, Fort Worth, Texas

Michael L. Malone
Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, Dallas, Texas

M. Estela Martinez de Stuart
Chair, Marketing Committee Director of Leisure Sales & Hispanic Partnerships, Visit Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas

Elizabeth McCarthy
Director
Community Volunteer, Fort Worth, Texas

Jesica McEachern
Advisory Director
Assistant City Manager, Fort Worth, Texas

Frederick Mesch
Director
Managing Partner, Mesch, PLLC, Fort Worth, TX

Debbie Morrison
Director
Community Volunteer, Southlake, Texas

Robert J. O’Kennon
Director Emeritus
Co-Founder BRIT, Fort Worth, Texas

Patrick Reddell
Director
Senior Portfolio Manager, Financial Advisor
The Money Sense Team at Morgan Stanley, Fort Worth, Texas

Debbie Reynolds
Chair, Horticulture Committee
Community Volunteer, Fort Worth, Texas

H. Terry Siegel
Chair, Facilities & Operations Committee
President & CEO, Ventamatic Ltd., Fort Worth, Texas

Elizabeth Conn Waddill
Director
Fort Worth Community Volunteer

Foundation Board

Charles Denison
President of the Board
Sr. Portfolio Manager, Argent Financial Group, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas

James Day
Secretary of the Board
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Manager, Amegy Bank of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas

Edward P. Bass
President, Fine Line, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas

Aaron Lee Bigbee
Chief Investment Officer, Rainwater Charitable Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas

Rebecca Grimmer
Chief Financial Officer of All Saints’ Episcopal School of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

Robert Bond Malone
Chief Financial Officer, Folsom Point Companies, Fort Worth, TX

Landowner Board

Colleen Blair
President of the Board

Mary Keller
Vice President of the Board

Craig Elam
Secretary of the Board

Richard Zavala
Advisory Director
Director, Park and Recreation Department, City of Fort Worth, Texas

FORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN

3220 Botanic Garden Blvd
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
(817) 463-4160
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BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS

1700 University Drive
Fort Worth, Texas 76107-3400
(817) 332-4441
(817) 332-4112 Fax

We respectfully acknowledge that the Fort Worth Botanic Garden is located on traditional lands of Indigenous Peoples. We honor the ancestry, heritage, and gifts of all Indigenous Peoples who were sustained by these lands and give thanks to them. We are grateful that these lands continue to provide enrichment for many people today. [More…]