Longwood GardensThursday, November 12
Longwood Gardens adds three new trustees as three longtime members step down
The West Chester Morning News team
If you love Longwood, here's who is helping steer it next. The gardens appointed Carol Chan, Avery Stabler and Michael Vaughan to its Board of Trustees. They join as Michael Bontrager, Robert McCracken Peck and Margaretta K. Stabler conclude their service.
The three new trustees bring finance, marketing and education experience
| Trustee | Current role | Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Chan | Inter-American Development Bank Group | Finance |
| Avery Stabler | Walmart Connect | Marketing |
| Michael Vaughan | University of Delaware | Education |
Sources: MyChesCo, vista.today
- Chan oversees more than $9 billion in retirement trust assets
- Chan served on Longwood's Endowment Investment Committee
- Vaughan has more than 34 years of administrative experience at UD
- Margaretta Stabler is a grandniece of founder Pierre S. du Pont
Longwood President and CEO Paul B. Redman said the outgoing trustees helped guide the gardens through the Main Fountain Garden Revitalization, Longwood Reimagined and the Longwood at Granogue acquisition. That last one made Longwood a multisite organization.
The outgoing trustees leave after long service
- 66 years
- of combined board service from the three trustees leaving
- 38 years
- of that served by Margaretta Stabler
- 1,700 acres
- (nearly) that Longwood now stewards in the Brandywine Valley
Sources: MyChesCo, vista.today
Sources: MyChesCo, vista.today