Reposted from CALS Notes [2015-02-04]:
Rhoda Maurer from Geneva, NY has been named Director of Horticulture at Cornell Plantations beginning February 1, 2015. Prior to joining Plantations, she managed the grounds and greenhouses of Cornell University’s NY State Agriculture Experiment Station in Geneva, NY.
Before her tenure at Cornell, Maurer was the assistant curator at the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, and has held other positions at The Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden in Seattle, Washington, and the Royal Horticulture Society’s Wisley Garden in the United Kingdom.