AT THE GARDEN — Senior staff

Civic and Educational Affiliations

Western Golf Association/ Evans Scholars Foundation

Capital Campaign Committee, Northwestern University Chapter House

As vice president of marketing and development for the Chicago Botanic Garden, Jim Boudreau directs all fundraising and integrated marketing efforts. These include membership, the Annual Fund, endowment, corporate relations, board and donor relations, and foundations and public sector agencies, as well as advertising, public relations, and online marketing. Mr. Boudreau helped shape the marketing plan for the opening of the Plant Science Center in 2009 and is now focused on communicating the Garden’s new ten-year strategic plan, “Keep Growing,” and raising funds for the plan’s capital projects and endowment goals.

Mr. Boudreau joined the Garden in 2009 from the National Restaurant Association and the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, where for six years he served as senior vice president of marketing, responsible for brand management, integrated marketing, and fundraising. Prior to his role at the National Restaurant Association, he worked in the advertising agency industry in Chicago for Leo Burnett, Ogilvy & Mather, and Foote, Cone & Belding.

Mr. Boudreau received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in advertising from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He is also a director of the Evans Scholars Foundation.