Carmia S. Feldman, Ph.D., has been selected as director of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, after more than two decades of transformative leadership that helped the organization earn national recognition for innovation in public engagement, student leadership, and sustainable land management.

After more than a quarter century of visionary leadership at UC Davis, Kathleen Socolofsky, assistant vice chancellor and director of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, is retiring—leaving behind not only a transformed campus landscape, but a reimagined way of thinking about the role gardens and landscapes can play in academic life, student development, and community connection.