Pamela Buckman is the general manager of the Sidney and Walda Betstoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park.  It is rated as one of the five top sculpture gardens in the world. Ms. Buckman comes to this position with a variety of professional experiences, including being the Special Projects Supervisor in Horticulture for the Audubon Nature Institute and being the Lifeline Coordinator for Jewish Family Services of New Orleans. She holds the B.A. from the University of Texas and the M.S.W. from Tulane. In addition to this she is a Master Gardener Graduate Of the Louisiana State University Agriculture Center Cooperative Extension Service of Orleans Parish and is certified by Denver Botanical Garden Center for Horticultural Therapy studies, thereby combining her interest in horticulture with her professional training in social work.