The Missouri Botanical Garden announced Monday that they have name Dr. Lucia G. Lohmann as the garden’s next president. Lohmann becomes the first woman ever to hold the position and the eighth president in the history of the Garden.

The Missouri Botanical Garden announced on Monday their first female president in the garden’s history. International botanist and conservationist, Dr. Lúcia G. Lohmann, was announced as the garden’s eighth president and will take on her new role Jan.

The new executive will be Missouri Botanical Garden's eighth president and the first woman to hold that post in the nonprofit's history.

The Missouri Botanical Garden has announced its next president. On Monday, world-renowned botanist Dr. Lucia Lohmann was named the next garden president. She was chosen after an extensive international search.