About
Olmsted 200’s Honorary Committee is comprised of nationally recognized leaders, thinkers, practitioners and philanthropists. They are dedicated to exploring and celebrating Olmsted and his legacy. The committee offers support to the campaign on our advocacy, fundraising, communications, events and programs.
*Deceased
Austin Allen
Associate Professor of Practice, University of Texas-Arlington, School of Architecture
Adrian Benepe
President, Brooklyn Botanic Garden; Commissioner, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, 2002-2012
Charles Beveridge
Series Editor, The Frederick Law Olmsted Papers
Eugenie L. Birch
Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research & Education,
Department of City and Regional Planning, at the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
Sissela and Derek Bok
Ethicist and author;
25th President of Harvard University
Geraldine Brooks
Novelist & Journalist
Alexander Garvin*
President, AGA Public Realm Strategists, Inc.;
Adjunct Professor, Yale School of Architecture
Stephen Gill
Retired Mathematician and Physicist; Chairman, Stephen & Margaret Gill Family Foundation;
Great-grandson of Frederick Law Olmsted
Betsy Shure Gross
Founding Board Member and Former Co-Chair, National Association for Olmsted Parks
Herbert V. Kohler Jr.
Executive Chairman
Kohler Co.
Kohler, Wisconsin
Philip Loughlin
Professor Emeritus, Maryville University; Trustee Emeritus, Phillips Exeter Academy; Advisory Council, National Association for Olmsted Parks
Jenny and Mike Messner
Co-Founders, The Speedwell Foundation; Professor of Practice, Georgia Tech University (M. Messner)
Lynden Miller
Landscape and Garden Designer; Director, Conservatory Garden Restoration, Central Park, 1983
Laurie D. Olin
Senior Partner, Olin Partnership; Landscape & Garden Designer; Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania
Diana Cecil Pickering
Chairman, Board of Directors, Biltmore Co., Asheville, NC
Betsy Barlow Rogers
President, Foundation for Landscape Studies; President, Central Park Conservancy, 1980-1996
Alec Webb & Megan Camp
President and Executive Vice President, Shelburne Farms
Allison and George Wood
Sara Zewde
Founding Principal, Studio Zewde; Assistant Professor in Practice, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
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