The 2020 Board of Directors

Bonnie Martin

President 2020
Bonnie Martin became a SFEMG Master Gardener in 2017. Since jumping in she has served on both the SFMGA and SFEMG Boards.  For the past two years she co-chaired the Annual Garden Fair and has agreed to do so again. Her fund raising skills have been a tremendous boost to the success of this event. As a SNaPP member, she spearheaded the Eldorado Farmer’s Market this year creating a busy AAMG program. She is an active volunteer at Audubon, the Cactus Garden, AAMG in several of its venues, and is part of the Tree Identification and Seed Stewardship projects. Originally from Oregon, but has lived in Santa Fe for 30 years and retired from the office management of a large medical oncology practice.  In her “spare time” she  enjoys gardening (of course), traveling, and fly fishing among other things. She is looking forward to bringing her skills into this other organizational aspect of Santa Fe’s Master Gardener work for the community.

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Kathy Brechner

Secretary 2020

​A registered horticultural therapist, Kathy moved to Santa Fe a few years ago. She became an MG in 2016 and joined the board to help with website redesign and as communications director this past year. Kathy has an MBA and has been a trustee on two New York boards of education, along with previous board service for various organizations. Besides her work with SFMGA, she volunteers for the Santa Fe Botanical Garden and for the Santa Fe Alliance for Science.

Holly Henry

Vice-President 2020
​Holly became a Master Gardener 2017 and became active right away in the organization. She has served on the SF Extension Master Gardener (SFEMG) Board this past year and was Co-chair of the very successful Garden Fair.  She has previously contributed her SFEMG volunteer work at El Zaguan, the herb garden and Randall Davey Audubon Center.  Holly and her husband live in Tesuque and enjoy spending time in their apple and apricot orchard. Holly looks forward to helping support the legacy SFMGA as it moves forward.

Cullen Hallmark

Treasurer 2020

Cullen moved to Santa Fe from El Paso in 1976 to attend St. John’s College. A practicing attorney for 34 years, he is currently with Sommer, Udall, Hardwick & Jones. His involvement in SFMGA since 2014 includes having served on the board as treasurer, as vice president, and in 2018 as co-president. He’s a member of both SCAT and SNaPP and a project leader for the Cactus Garden and the municipal Tree Inventory. In addition to his life-long love of gardening, Cullen enjoys teaching classes on range conditions and native-plant identification.​​

Pam Cullwell (photo coming soon)

Board Liaison and Director at Large

Pam Culwell sees SFMGA as a funding resource for SFEMG and a potential partner with mission complementary non-profits. She received her Master Gardener certification in 2017 and later obtained her SNaPP certification. She has also worked in the Herb Garden and spent several happy sessions surveying Santa Fe’s trees. Pam moved to Santa Fe in 2014 from Arizona, after retiring from a career practicing law.

Jamie Painter - Immediate past Co-president SFMGA
Helena van Heiningen - past president SFMGA

The above board members were elected  October, 2019 via online balloting and will serve a one-year term.