Staff, Volunteers, and Boards: Vision

The Garden’s most valued and important asset is the people who manage and support it and serve its customers. 

The Garden aspires to be a model for excellence and leadership in nurturing, managing, and growing this human resource. 

The Garden will focus on recruiting and retaining the best and the brightest by emphasizing strategic and progressive personnel practices, thoughtful Board stewardship, and a meaningful engagement of volunteers.

The Garden will build policies, procedures, and a strong sense of community to ensure the Garden meets its strategic goals.

Boards of Directors, Woman’s Board, Guild, and President’s Circle Steering Committee: Goals

The Garden will continue to attract strong Board members and be a priority—on par with other high-profile institutions—for Board members’ time and philanthropy;

The Garden will continue the current annual succession planning and Board leadership process, ensuring the long-standing vitality of the Boards;

The Garden will help build a sense of community and identity within each board and among all the Boards;

The Garden will continue to ensure that all members of the Boards serve without conflicts of interest and serve as strong ambassadors for the Garden;

The Garden will strive to ensure that the composition of the boards reflects the diversity of the communities we serve;

Staff: Goals

The Garden will strive to ensure that the composition of the staff reflects the diversity of the communities we serve;

The Garden will continue and strengthen the annual evaluation and promotion process;

The Garden will put an emphasis on mentoring internal candidates for leadership roles and building strong professional development plans;

The Garden’s compensation and employee benefits package will continue to be competitive and consistent with the market.

All of the Garden’s staff will understand their role in providing service to visitors and donors; We will build an employee-training program based on the model of a high-end hotel or resort.

The Garden will better understand the needs of its important Spanish-speaking full-time, part-time, and seasonal staff.

Volunteers: Goals

The Garden will strive to ensure that the composition of the volunteer corps reflects the diversity of the communities we serve;

The Garden will be known as a meaningful and rewarding place to volunteer, where the volunteer corps is respected, honored, and has a strong sense of community and support.