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.
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Executive Committee
President: Frank Reilly
Vice-President: Vickie Rockwell
Secretary: Christie Nix
Treasurer: Liz Pittleman
Past President: Stacey Morgan Smith
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
Communication: VACANT
Education: VACANT
Finance:Pat Reilly
Membership:Tonya Harper
Unit Support:MaryAnn Kincaid
MG Gear:Ashley Johnson
Newsletter: Betsy Brown
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.
Bimonthly Meeting Minutes
December 2026 - Draft
October 2022
August 2022
VMGA special board meeting
February 2022
December 2021
October 2021
August 2021
July 2021
April 2021
February 2021
December 2020
October 2020
August 2020
April 2020
December 2017
October 2017
August 2017
June 2017
April 2017
February 2017
December 2016
October 2016
August 2016
April 2016
February 2016
October 2015
August 2015
June 2015
April 2015
February 2015
December 2014
October 2014
September 2014
June 2014
April 2014
February 2014
December 2013
October 2013
August 2013
These archived minutes are arranged by officers’ terms of office and summary information for the previous fiscal year that is reported at the Annual Meeting in June.