Ed Moydell of Cleveland, Ohio, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in public horticulture from OSU in 2003, followed by a master’s degree in public horticulture from the University of Delaware in 2006. He has since had an influential career in public horticulture across the country.

 

Moydell served as associate director of the Center of Public Horticulture at the University of Delaware, where he established the center as an official university-recognized institute.

 

In 2007, he began working as the associate director at the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Within a year of taking the position, he was promoted to the Richard A. Brown president and CEO at the Bloedel Reserve. During his tenure, Moydell transformed the organization from a cloistered, underfunded, richly historic institution to a vibrant, financially healthy, relevant, community-owned, non-profit organization.

 

In 2023, Moydell began a new position as the president and CEO of Holden Forests and Garden in Ohio, overseeing the Holden Arboretum and Cleveland Botanical Garden.