Staff

Kate Dzikiewicz, Executive Director

Kate assumed the role of Executive Director at the Greenwich Tree Conservancy in January 2024, following an eight-year tenure at the Bruce Museum. During five of those years she served as the Seaside Center Manager, where she fostered collaborations with local government and nonprofit entities to deliver environmental and conservation education to tens of thousands of Greenwich families and adults. She also curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions at the Bruce Museum, covering a diverse range of subjects ranging from the space race to the Amazon Rainforest. She has been the co-author of several scientific papers, and has found great joy in stepping out of the lab and into the community.

Kate holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Virginia in Biology, and a Masters in Zoology (Molecular Paleontology) from North Carolina State University.

Contact Information:

Kate Dzikiewicz, Executive Director

Phone: 203 622-7380

kate@greenwichtreeconservancy.com

Contact Information:

Kate Dzikiewicz, Executive Director
Phone: 203 622-7380
Email: kate@greenwichtreeconservancy.com

 

Lisa Beebe, Arboretum Curator

Lisa Beebe has been the Arboretum Curator of the Greenwich Townwide Arboretum for the Greenwich Tree Conservancy since 2017. She has a passion for trees and can often be found identifying and labeling trees in our parks, libraries and schools all overtown. In the past year, she has been instrumental in updating the Connecticut Notable Tree Database for Greenwich for the GTC. Over the past 2 years she has been working with the St. Mary’s – Putnam Cemetery group helping establish an Arboretum on that property as well.

 

Lisa was also the Director of Horticulture at the Greenwich Botanical Center from 1998 through 2023.

 

In 2015 Lisa received a Horticulture Commendation from the Garden Club of America
for her commitment to educate, train and share her horticulture expertise to local garden
clubs and enthusiast, and in 2005 a Horticulture Commendation from the GCA for
horticultural contributions to the community. Lisa graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science in Resource development, with a concentration in Landscape Design. Lisa and her husband Ed Schmidt live in Greenwich and are active in a variety of
community events.