CNGA Staff

Glenda Mostek | Executive Director  
Glenda joined CNGA in January, 2020, and prior to that served as a grant manager and marketing specialist for the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA). Glenda has spent the last five and a half years helping people with innovative visions to improve their communities, industries and lives. She managed the Specialty Crop Block Grant, which CNGA has previously received, and was involved with numerous other CDA programs including a new Ag Workforce Development internship program, CDA’s strategic planning process, human resource issues and strategic planning. Part of her responsibility was oversight of eight non-profit boards that manage the state’s check-off programs. Before joining CDA, Glenda worked for six years at Colorado Wheat, encompassing a check-off organization, a member association, and a research foundation. Prior to that, she was with the National Honey Board. Email Glenda.

Debi Borden-Miller | Administrative Coordinator
Debi worked at Welby Gardens for 28 years in sales and marketing. Prior to that she worked at Little Valley Wholesale, Wilmore Nursery and Fruehauf’s Garden Center. She has a degree in Plant and Soil Science from the Univ. of Vermont. Debi has taught many classes and workshops for Welby Gardens, Denver Botanic Gardens, Hudson Gardens, various garden clubs and other groups. She has also written many gardening articles for the Denver Post, other magazines and newspapers. She appears periodically on TV as a gardening expert.  Debi is a board member of the CO Garden Foundation and a committee chair for Tour de Cure (for the American Diabetes Assn). Debi has 5 grandchildren and loves to ski, bike and hike, as well as garden (including the grandkids as much as possible). Email Debi.

We are pleased to introduce Meg Amendola as the newest member of the CNGA team (as of April, 2024). As our Membership and Marketing Manager, Meg brings to CNGA more than 15 years of experience in project and account management, communications and event coordination experience. With a background rooted in the advertising, PR and design industry, Meg has enthusiastically embarked on a journey into horticulture, and she is very excited to meet all of you at upcoming events and member visits. Email Meg.