Staff
Ever have a desire to discover? Ever have a desire to teach others what you've learned? We do - every day. By nature, that’s who we are. We’re the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, an international scientific research and learning center focused on conservation and knowledge sharing.
Patricia Harrison
Senior Vice President, Director of Education
Elizabeth Edwards
Vice President of Finance & Operations
Cleve Lancaster
Vice President of Development
Peter Fritsch, Ph.D.
Vice President of Research / Director of the Herbarium
Connie Johnson
Executive Assistant
Julie Donovan
Director of Volunteers & Public Engagement
Montana Williams
Associate Director of Volunteers
Peter Fritsch, Ph.D.
Vice President of Research / Director of the Herbarium
Tiana Franklin Rehman
Herbarium Collections Manager
Barney L. Lipscomb
Dorothea Leonhardt Chair of Texas Botany, Head of BRIT Press
Brooke Byerley Best, Ph.D.
Editor, Botanist, Living Roof Coordinator, Research-Education Liaison
Heather Bass
Research Assistant
Alyssa B. Young
Research Manager and Special Collections Librarian
Alejandra Vasco, Ph.D.
Research Botanist
Jason Best
Director of Biodiversity Informatics
Taylor Sultan Quedensley, Ph.D.
Research Botanist
Kim Norton Taylor
Conservation Research Botanist
Cameron Barlow
Garden Program Specialist
Cheryl Potemkin
Early Childhood Program Manager
Peter Fritsch, Ph.D.
Vice President of Research / Director of the Herbarium
Tiana Franklin Rehman
Herbarium Collections Manager
Joe Lippert
Digitization Coordinator
Ashley Bordelon
NLU Collections Assistant
Miranda Madrid
NLU Collections Assistant
Barney L. Lipscomb
Dorothea Leonhardt Chair of Texas Botany, Head of BRIT Press
Brooke Byerley Best, Ph.D.
Editor, Botanist, Living Roof Coordinator, Research-Education Liaison
Layla Luna
BRIT Press Coordinator
Laura Northern Venhaus
Director of the Libraries and Research Public Engagement
Alyssa B. Young
Research Manager and Special Collections Librarian
Patricia Harrison
Senior Vice President, Director of Education
Laura Northern Venhaus
Director of the Libraries and Research Public Engagement
Tracy Friday
Director of the SEED School
Jared Williams
Green Revolution Fellow
Cheryl Potemkin
Early Childhood Program Manager
Cameron Barlow
Garden Program Specialist
Kimberly Whitlock
Education Operations Manager
Kat Goldin
School Program Manager & Special Collection Librarian
Jared Williams
Green Revolution Fellow
Julie Donovan
Director of Volunteers & Public Engagement
Sarah Brown
Public Engagement Assistant
Cleve Lancaster
Vice President of Development
Chris Chilton
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Tammie L. Crole
Director of Membership and Grants Coordinator
Sara Richardson
Director of Corporate Relations
Elizabeth Edwards
Vice President of Finance & Operations
Angie Peeples
Accounting & HR Coordinator
Keri McNew Barfield, M.S.
Accounting Coordinator & Programs Manager
Robert Reyes
Maintenance Assistant
Katherine Campbell
Event and Rental Manager
Courtney Adams
Event and Rental Assistant
