| Administration The FNA Association The Flora of North America Association is a binational collaboration of over 30 U.S. and Canadian institutions and organizations. |
| Board of Directors Board of Directors serves as and was formerly named the Editorial Committee. It is the governing body of the project. It consists of (1) Taxon Editors, each of whom is responsible for soliciting and editing treatments of blocks of families; (2) Regional Coordinators, each of whom acts as a liaison between the project and the botanical community in his or her region; (3) a Bibliographic Editor; (4) a Nomenclatural Editor; (5) liaisons to governmental agencies in the U.S. and Canada; and (6) a Managing Editor. The officers are President, Vice President and Editorial Director, Vice President for Business and Development, Secretary, and Treasurer. Special advisors with expertise in specific areas, such as economic uses or conservation, have been asked to join or assist the editorial committee, and others may be added before the project is completed.
Editorial Centers Processing of manuscripts for FNA is being carried out at several editorial centers, each focusing on particular volumes or aspects of the Flora. Harvard University Herbaria (A/GH) Staff: Dr. David E. Boufford, Taxon Editor, Northeast Regional Coordinator The Harvard University Herbaria host the taxonomic treatments for FNA and maintain the FNA website. The Harvard University Herbaria also serve as the FNA Nomenclatural Center. Herbier Marie-Victorin (MT) Institut de recherche en biologie vegetale Université de Montréal 4101 est, rue Sherbrooke Montréal, Quebec H1X 2B2 CANADA (514) 872-8490; Fax: (514) 872-9406 Web site: http://www.irbv.umontreal.ca/english/herbarium.htm Staff: Dr. Luc Brouillet, President, Taxon Editor, Eastern Canada Regional Coordinator The Canada Center is the editorial center for FNA volume 9, currently under production, and for FNA volume 13. Coordination of regional reviews for eastern Canada and base operations for the President are also carried out at this site. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation (HIBD) Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 (412) 268-2434; fax (412) 268-5677 Web site: http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu Staff: Dr. Robert W. Kiger, Lead Editor, Bibliographic Editor The Hunt Institute is the Bibliographic Center for FNA and is the editorial center for FNA volume 6. R. L. McGregor Herbarium (KANU) The University of Kansas 2045 Constant Avenue Lawrence, KS 66047-3729 (785) 864-3453; fax (785) 864-1534 Web site: http://nhm.ku.edu/herbarium/ Staff: Dr. Craig C. Freeman, Co-Lead Editor, Taxon Editor,The R. L. McGregor Herbarium is the editorial center for FNA volume 17. Coordination of regional reviews for the North Central U.S. also is carried out at KANU. Missouri Botanical Garden (MO) P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 (314) 577-9550; fax (314) 577-0830 Web site: http://www.mobot.org Dr. James Zarucchi, Vice President and Editorial Director Ms. Heidi H. Schmidt, Managing Editor Missouri Botanical Garden is the Composition and Illustration Center for FNA. It is the editorial center for Volumes 10-11, 15 and 16. In addition, Missouri Botanical Garden is home to the Editorial Director and Managing Editor. Dr. A. Michele Funston, Technical Editor Ms. Pat Harris, Compositor & Manuscript Specialist Ms. Martha J. Hill, Technical Editor Ms. Cassandra L. Howard, Compositor & Manuscript Specialist Ms. Ruth T. King, Compositor & Manuscript Specialist Ms. Kristin Pierce, Compositor & Manuscript Specialist Mr. Hong Song, Senior Web Programmer FNA illustrators are professional artists who provide botanical illustrations for the flora by encouraging thoughtful collaboration between author and illustrator. They work with herbarium specimens, live plants and slides in order to create scientific art that enhances and clarifies the treatments. Ms. Barbara Alongi, Illustrator Ms. Linny Heagy, Illustrator Ms. Marjorie Leggitt, Illustrator Mr. John Myers, Illustrator Ms. Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey, Illustrator The bryophyte center will expedite the production and provisional electronic publication (through the BFNA Web site, http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/BFNA/) of BFNA authors' research, and will coordinate the activities of BFNA taxonomic editors and reviewers. It will focus of providing all BFNA participants with the management means for effective and rapid production of manuscripts. The bryophyte treatments are being received, illustrated, and edited at the BFNA Editorial Center for final publication in volumes 28 and 29. Dr. Richard H. Zander, Lead Editor - Bryophytes OFFICE OF BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT The FNA Business and Development Office is located in Point Arena, California, under direction of Dr. Nancy R. Morin, Vice President for Business and Development. Bookkeeping services are carried out by Jane Kelley Bookkeeping Services, Gualala, California. Dr. Nancy R. Morin, Vice President for Business and Development, Taxon Editor, Southwest Regional Coordinator
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