About Us
Rose Marquez
President
Rose Marquez is proud to be a San Francisco native. She resides in Daly City and is also a member of the SF Dahlia Society. She volunteers with upkeep and maintenance at the Stanford's Arizona Cactus Garden. She loves roses and all kinds of different flowers. Rose never misses an opportunity at attempting to propagate roses, hydrangeas and geraniums. She enjoys walking and treasure hunting at flea markets and possesses a no-nonsense personality.
Yvonne Liu
Vice President
Yvonne Liu has been a San Mateo County resident for the past 40 years. When Yvonne is not in her garden tending to her plants, she is either teaching piano students in her studio, or walking Orpheus the Bernedoodle. Yvonne is also a student of the Ikenobo school of Ikebana.
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Jerry Georgette
Newsletter Editor
Jerry Georgette is our Newsletter Editor. He is a Consulting Rosarian through the American Rose Society and is available for virtual and in-person consultations. His passions include gardening, photography and travel. He has won numerous rose exhibit and photography awards at the local, district and national levels. Jerry oversees the management of the Memorial Rose Garden at the San Mateo Garden Center and is also on its Board of Directors.
Stu Dalton
Board Member
Stu Dalton is a Peninsula Rose Society Past President, A UCCE Master Gardener in San Mateo and San Francisco Counties, and an American Rose Society Master Rosarian. He grows over 250 roses in his Menlo Park Garden and has given talks on roses throughout the Bay Area
Margaret Warren
Secretary
A native San Franciscan, Margaret has been a resident of San Mateo County for over 50 years and San Carlos since 2005. She is a UCCE Master Gardener for San Mateo and San Francisco Counties, with a love of roses, particularly old garden roses, and their companion plants (clematis, pelargoniums, geraniums, lavender, and other herbs) as well as salvias, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, and Japanese maples. She has been an active member of the San Mateo County Rose Society since 2010, and is a member of the American Rose Society, the Heritage Rose Foundation, and the Friends of Vintage Roses in Sebastopol. When not involved in garden-related activities, she serves as a Board Member and Treasurer of the UCSF Retirees Association, and in the past was actively involved in search and rescue and disaster planning.
Susan Heiss
Treasurer
Barbara Margolis
Board Member
Neal Rosen
Memorial Rose Garden Project Lead
Neal Rosen has had a relationship with roses his entire life, beginning at birth. His mother’s name was Rose. He grew up in the Portland, Oregon, area, otherwise known as the Rose City, and tended roses in his parents’ back yard. He also covered the Portland Rose Festival parade as a newspaper reporter. He has been a resident of San Mateo for 25 years and has been involved with the Rose Society for several years, which has provided him the opportunity to become more knowledgeable about the care and feeding of this beautiful flower.
Lana Tran
Membership Chair
Lana Tran has been a Bay Area resident for 25 years. She enjoys attending events of the SMRS, and has volunteered at the annual San Jose memorial garden rose pruning and with the Friends of Vintage Roses.