PhotoThe New York Botanical Garden has named its first female president, Carrie Rebora Barratt, 58, who has spent most of her career as a curator and administrator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She said in an interview that she is looking forward to applying her scholarship and management expertise to the realm of plants and landscapes. Exiting the Met after three decades “feels weird,” and she was not job hunting when she was asked to apply for the garden job last fall, she said. Describing her enthusiasm about the Botanical Garden, Dr. Barratt said it “is like a magnet” and hard to resist. Dr. Barratt, a Chicago native who lives in Manhattan and has two grown daughters, Norma and Anna, volunteers at a Brooklyn community garden and participates in triathlons in her spare time.

Source: New York Times February 15, 2018 21:45 UTC