REBECCA SENIOR

• Desert Landscaper School Coordinator
• Assistant to Director of Horticulture 1996-1999
• Horticulturist responsible for PPSD and then Center for Desert Living Trail 1996-1999
• Implemented Horticulture Experiments; Grey water, cacti, and wildflower 1996-1999
• Horticulture & Library volunteer at Desert Botanical Garden 1992-1996
• Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems, Arizona State University 1992
• Training Supervisor, Manager Baylss/AJ’s markets 1986-1988
  

JAIME TOLEDANO

• Desert Landscaper School Assistant Coordinator since 2000
• Engineering degree in Agronomy, 1985, University of Ciego de Avila, Cuba
• Technician, Meteorology, 1990, Academy of Sciences Camaguey, Cuba
• Ministry of the Agriculture, Camaguey, Cuba, in Vegetable production from 1985-1987
• Instructor, Agronomy, Technical Institute of Cuba, from 1987-1990
• Instructor for Spanish version of Desert Landscaper School classes
  

CATHERINE BABCOCK

• Director of Horticulture
• Assistant Director of Horticulture from 1998 – 2003
• Propagation and Greenhouse Manager from 1990 – 2003
• Horticulturist responsible for the Garden's succulent plant collection from 1990 – 2003
• Assistant to the Plant Registrar at the Garden from 1989-1990
• Bachelor of Science, Urban Horticulture, Arizona State University, 1989
• Member Cactus and Succulent Society of America
  

KIRTI MATHURA

• Curator of the Garden's shrub collection since 1994
• Bachelor of Arts, Botany, University of Montana
• Master Gardener
• Member Herb Society of America and Arizona Herb Association
  
• Member Arizona Native Plant Society
  
• Member Central Arizona Cactus and Succulent Society
  

SCOTT McMAHON

• Curator responsible for Garden's tree collection since 2001
• Curator of the Garden's Succulent collect since 2003
• Bachelor of Science, Plant Protection, University of Arizona, 1974
• Master of Science, Plant Protection, University of Arizona, 1977
• Teacher, Sunnyslope Elementary School, 1993-94
• Member Cactus and Succulent Society of America
• VP, Central Arizona Cactus and Succulent Society
  

ANGELICA ELLIOTT

• Curator of the Wildflowers for DBG since 1999
• Complied data and research for gray water experiment
• Consultant to news media on growing desert wildflowers
• B. S. in Plant Sciences/Botany, Arizona State University
  

CHAD DAVIS

• Curator of Agavaceae, Aloeaceae, and Nolinaceae since March 2003
• Desert Botanical Garden Ranger, 2002
• A.A.S. in Urban Horticulture, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
  

CARRIE NIMMER

• Award winning Valley Landscape Designer and design company owner since 1989
• Graphic Design studies, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 1980
• Landscape Design studies, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, 1987-1989
• Western Garden Design Award, Sunset Magazine, 2001
• Master of the Southwest Award, Phoenix Home and Garden Magazine, 1999
• Other Publications: This old House, Fine Gardening, Horticulture, Country Living Gardener
• Instructor for Valley cities and local colleges, 1996-Present
• Consultant to ASU School of Planning and Landscape Architecture, Tempe, 2002-2004