Antonia Adezio is a non-profit leader with a specialty in the development and stewardship of small cultural organizations and public gardens. She served as Executive Director of the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross, California from 2015-2023, creating new public programs in the

arts and gardens and developing a master plan for the renovation of this beloved 11-acre site, which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Antonia was the founding President and Executive Director of the Garden Conservancy, a national organization formed in 1989 to identify and preserve America’s exceptional gardens.

Antonia served as chair of the Peckerwood Garden Conservation Foundation in 2013 and taking on the role of Acting Executive Director in 2014-15, completing the process of the property’s ownership transfer to the Foundation and helping lay the groundwork for asuccessful new public garden.