Arboretum San Antonio, a planned 188-acre arboretum, is launching a nationwide search for a Chief Executive Officer to succeed current and founding CEO Thomas Corser. Corser has served as the founding CEO for three years. He has initiated and overseen all major activities, including the initial board formation, site selection and purchase, fundraising, communications, master planning process, and operations. Arboretum San Antonio, located on the former Republic Golf Course, will be a leading recreational, ecological, economic, and educational resource for residents and visitors of all ages. The site will feature pedestrian and bicycle trails, a nursery to propagate native and climate-resilient trees, nature-based programming, event spaces, and public art displays.

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​“Arboretum San Antonio will be a world-class arboretum and destination for visitors and residents of all ages. A project of this magnitude will take a significant investment of resources, and our Board of Directors is forever grateful to our founding CEO, Tom Corser. His dedication and passion have brought us to where we are today. As Tom is ready to enjoy his next phase of retirement, we have chosen Kittleman & Associates as our expert partner to bring our next leader to the arboretum,” said Evangelina Flores, Chairman of the Board.

 

As part of our planned succession planning process, the Arboretum has hired Kittleman & Associates, a national search firm that specializes in recruiting CEOs, to find the organization’s next leader. Cory King, Kittleman’s President & CEO, will lead the search in partnership with Arboretum San Antonio’s Board of Directors. Kittleman & Associates focuses on CEO searches across the nonprofit sector, with a particular emphasis on public parks, gardens and arboreta, conservation organizations, and foundations.