Petri holds a degree in American History and Literature from Harvard University and a JD from Harvard Law School. During a varied and brilliant career, she served as First Vice President and then President of the Garden Club of America and is now President and CEO of the Olmsted Network, the only national organization dedicated to protecting, preserving, and restoring Olmsted parks and landscapes across the country. In April, Petri received the National Garden Club of America’s 2024 Distinguished Service Medal for her “tireless service on behalf of plants and the spaces created to showcase them”. Petri will discuss advancing democracy through landscape design by looking at Olmsted in New Jersey. Light refreshments will be served.