Kathryn joined the Center for Plant Conservation as its President and Executive Director in Sept of 2000. The Center coordinates and assists development of hands-on plant conservation programs in a national network of 33 participating institutions. Kathryn coordinates the Center's work from the national office in St. Louis, ensuring scientific excellence and program development for the organization and its institutions.

Kathryn has her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin working in systematics and evolution, and her M.S. from New Mexico State University working in plant ecology. Prior to coming to CPC Kathryn spent 20 years working in plant conservation in Texas. She was the recovery botanist for the Fish and Wildlife Service in Austin for nearly 10 years, worked for the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife in recovery planning and rare plant monitoring, and was one of the first employees at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. In 2004 she received the Nancy Benedict Memorial Award from the Native Plant Society of Texas, and the Plant Conservation Alliance Achievement Award. Dr. Kennedy is currently serving as the Chairman of the Non-governmental Organization Committee for the Plant Conservation Alliance, the chairman of the Conservation Committee for the Botanical Society of America, and is a member of the IUCN Plant Conservation Committee.

Kathryn has field experience in Arizona, Mexico, Kansas, Costa Rica, Nebraska, Ecuador, New Mexico, Venezuela, Texas, and Bolivia.

Center for Plant Conservation - Twenty Years of Recovering America's Vanishing Flora    28:57 min.

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