Ruth Clark, Vice President (First Term)

Ruth Clark recently retired from 30 plus years in the utility/natural gas industry.  A longtime member of HPSO, she has volunteered at Hortlandia, Plant Nerd Night, and Portland Study Weekend and joined the Board in 2022. She is Chair of the After Hours committee and a member of the Open Gardens committee and has opened her garden to visitors for many years. She is an active member of the Clark County Interest Group. A fan of the HPSO travel program, she has been on five overseas tours.  She also earned her fifteen-year pin with the Clark County Master Gardener program and volunteered at the Healing Garden at Legacy Salmon Creek.  Ruth gardens on three acres in North Vancouver, Washington.