the client seeks a strategic, visionary, and operational leader to serve as its president and chief executive officer. This senior role provides overall leadership for a large urban botanical and cultural institution with extensive specialty gardens, a conservation-oriented collections program, and educational and cultural offerings. The president will refine and execute a recently developed strategic plan while helping finalize a long-term master site plan, advancing the institution’s ability to welcome and serve its communities.
the president will provide skilled organizational management and lead staff through strategies and tasks tied to the institutional plans, fostering broad understanding of the process and desired outcomes. The role also requires strong leadership visibility and the ability to represent the institution as a civically oriented, community-serving botanical haven. As a key external-facing leader, the president will connect with municipal and private donors and maintain relationships with peer organizations to support the institution’s mission and long-term sustainability.
financial leadership is a core responsibility of the position, including driving earned revenue, growing the endowment, and, eventually, carrying out a capital campaign. The successful candidate will embody the institution’s ethos and values and will be expected to balance day-to-day operational effectiveness with long-range planning and resource development. Through these efforts, the president will help strengthen the institution’s impact and continued growth in attendance and community participation.