Months after the November announcement that Daniel P. Jordan, the 24-year veteran and chief executive of Monticello‘s governing body, would retire, a press release from the Thomas Jefferson Foundation has announced that Leslie Greene Bowman will take over on November 1 of this year. Bowman’s appointment is timed to coincide with the opening of the 42,000 square foot, $55 million Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center.
Bowman’s previous gig was director for the Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, the 19th century Delaware home of horticulturist Henry Francis du Pont. And while this is certainly a step up in profile for Bowman (on the grounds that the Constitution of the United States of America trumps plants), what does this mean for the TJ Foundation, which owns and oversees Jefferson’s former home? We’ll find out come November, but history nuts can start speculating now!
From du Pont to the Mont: The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has appointed Leslie Green Bowman as its next president.