Governance

2024-2026 Board

VMGA is governed by a Board of Directors which consists of the five elected officers, the Chairs of the Standing Committees and the VCE Representative.
Click the links below to email the board members.

Executive Committee

President: Stacey Morgan Smith 

Vice-President: Jeanne Lamczyk 

Secretary: Deb Straw 

Treasurer: Betsy Brown 

Past President: Georgianna Hall

The elected officers are the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Past President. Between the bi-monthly Board meetings, the Executive Committee (the five elected officers) is responsible for the association’s daily affairs.

Committee Chairs

Education: Tom Baughn
Communications: Frank Reilly
Finance: Pat Reilly
Membership: Tonya Harper
Newsletter: Jennifer Graham
Unit Support: MaryAnn Kincaid
MG Gear: Ashley Johnson
Fund Raising: Joe Kelly
Diane Relf Master Gardener College Scholarships: Jill Lewis
State Fair: Laurie Clarkston
Financial Review:
VCE Representative: Ed Olsen

VMGA’s committees accomplish the work of the association, achieving our education and charitable purposes and conducting necessary business. The Standing Committees are Education, Communication, Finance, Membership, Newsletter and Unit Support. More information about the committees is found in the Bylaws and VMGA Standing Rules.

Unit Representatives

About Unit Representatives
Each VCE unit with a Master Gardener program is entitled to have a representative to VMGA’s Board. According to Article VI of the Bylaws, a Unit Rep and an alternate are selected by the MGs in the unit or the local Extension Agent to serve as a liaison between the local MG program and VMGA. The Unit Rep must be a member of the association.

Duties of the Unit Representative

Current contact information, maintained by the Secretary, is essential for the Unit Rep and Alternate to stay in communication with VMGA. It is expected that the Unit Rep will attend bi-monthly Board meetings, or send the Alternate, and email a report to the Secretary sharing recent activities of the local unit or the unit’s handling of a special discussion topic. The information may be used in the association’s newsletter, The VMGA Report. The Unit Rep reports back to the local unit the business and activities of VMGA. Additional information about the Unit Rep duties is found in the Standing Rules of the Association.

Resources for Unit Representatives

VMGA appreciates the assistance delivered by Unit Reps, the main conduit of information between VMGA and the local unit! To make the job of the Unit Rep easier, VMGA provides materials as reference or for downloading. Visit the Resources page to see what’s available.

VMGA Meeting Minutes

VMGA’s Secretary is responsible for taking and distributing draft minutes, making corrections and distributing the minutes for approval at the next regularly scheduled meeting. Meeting minutes are used by the Unit Reps to report the business and activities of VMGA to their local unit. Meeting minutes frequently contain discussion topics, policies and other issues that may be of interest to local units. The Minutes are also reviewed by members in advance of the meeting to advise of any corrections that must be made by the Secretary.

The minutes taken by VMGA’s secretary, after approval by the Board, are the official record of the association. Here we store minutes from all but the annual meetings. The documents are PDFs. For any questions, please write the Secretary.