Clem Hamilton Email & Phone Number

Consulting for botanical gardens, arboretums, nature/environmental centers, zoos, and aquariums on aspects of strategy, leadership, organization, and management.

St Louis, Missouri

Conducting systematic research on New World Psychotria (Rubiaceae)

Kirtland, Ohio

Highlights included (1) crafting and executing new strategic and site master plans, dubbed "New Leaf!", which raised $9M in a campaign, almost tripled attendance to over 200k annually, and increased mission engagement of visitors; (2) launching community forestry program to serve the Cleveland area; (3) improving overall organizational efficiency, asset management, and mission focus; and (4) analyzing and executing the acquisition of Cleveland Botanic Garden, to create Holden Forests & Gardens, the nation's 12th largest public garden organization and unprecedented urban/exurban combination.

Lisle, Illinois

Claremont, California

I also served as chair and professor in the Botany program of Claremont Graduate University

Seattle, Washington

Director of the Center for Urban Horticulture, which included undergraduate and graduate programs in urban forestry and urban horticulture, plus overseeing the Washington Park Arboretum

Seattle, Washington

Taught and advised undergraduate students in plant taxonomy, conservation biology, public horticulture, plant collections curation; was principal advisor for 13 graduate degrees.

B.A., Geology/Earth Science, General

Activities and Societies: Musically active in Harvard Jazz Bands, Assistant Music Tutor of Adams House, and various pit orchestras.

Certificate In Leadership, Nonprofit Leadership And Management

Became a disciple of Peter Drucker, taking his final offering of Managing Nonprofit Organizations.

Ph.D., Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

Collaborative program with Missouri Botanical Garden; dissertation on systematics and population ecology of Psychotria subgenus Psychotria.