PRO Notes: June 2007 - GMPro

New positions

Nicole Fielding to sales representative, T&R Co., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

Jesse Hensen to internal sales/customer service representative, Eason Horticultural Resources, Fort Wright, Ky.

Warren Quinn to vice president for operations; Craig Regelbrugge to vice president for government relations and research; Stephanie Stockton to director of business education; and Amanda Flynn to director of member services, American Nursery & Landscape Association, Washington, D.C.

Roger Beaulieu to territory manager, ForemostCo Inc., Miami.

David Fuchs to president, Sherman Nursery Co., Charles City. Iowa.

Bill Hoffpauir to regional sales manager, Summitt Chemical Co., Baltimore.

Robert Sklenarik to branch manager, Initial Tropical Plants, Costa Mesa, Calif.

Brian Cantin to senior grower specialist, Berger Peat Moss Ltd., Saint-Modeste, Quebec, Canada.

Brett Rieck to strategic account manager; and Russ Mitchell to product director, Quali-Pro, Seattle.

Steve Newton to executive vice president, Southern Nursery Association, Atlanta.

Judy McWhorter to vice president of horticulture, Dosatron International Inc., Clearwater, Fla.

Andy Andrews to sales manager, Pennsylvania Green Expo, Mohnton, Pa.

Steve Spain to head of lawn and garden commercial operations; Scott Reasons to head of lawn and garden strategy; and Jose Milan to head of marketing, Syngenta Professional Products, Greensboro, N.C.

Scott Cornwell to national sales manager, Toro Co., Bloomington, Minn.

Julie Koch to vice president of member relations, Produce Marketing Association, Newark, Del.

Robert E. “Buddy” Lee to director of plant innovations, Plant Development Services Inc., Loxley, Ala.

Sally Briese to North American president, Initial Tropical Plants, Riverwoods, Ill.

Scott Zinda to director of business development, Garick, Cleveland.

Honors

Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni Association named its annual lecture series the Fred Hicks ’62 Memorial Lecture Series in memory of Fred Hicks, late president of Hicks Nurseries, Westbury, N.Y.

Charles (Chuck) Tosovsky, Home Nursery Inc., Edwardsville, Ill., received the Albert Cassen Award from Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce for his efforts to establish a horticulture facility at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

Long Island Nursery and Landscape Association Design/Build Environmental Enhancement Awards gold medal winners: Schlick Design Group, Greenlawn; Dodds & Eder, Oyster Bay; Kean Landscaping, Cold Spring Harbor; and Ireland-Gannon Associates, East Norwich.

Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association award recipients: Rep. Chris Redfern, Erie County, Legislator of the Year; Richard K. Ansley, Columbus State Community College, Teacher/Public Service Award; Charles Krause, USDA, Delaware, Award of Merit; Bob Couch, Dayton Bag and Burlap, Dayton, Grassroots Volunteer of the Year Award; and Richard F. Gooding, Gooding’s Nursery and Landscaping, Sherrodsville, Ohio, Distinguished Contribution Award.

Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS), Baltimore, received the Baltimore Tourism Ambassador Award.

Kurt S. Adler Inc., New York City, received the Award of Excellence from AmericasMart and ECGC Distributors Ltd.

Peter Ganshert, Ganshert Nursery and Landscapes, Madison, Wis., was inducted into the Wisconsin Green Industry Federation Hall of Fame.

Frank Fernicola Jr., Fairfield Garden Center, Fairfield, N.J., was named Retail Rising Star by American Nursery & Landscape Association.

Associations

New officers of Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association: Keith Manbeck, Decker’s Nursery Inc., Groveport, president; Jay Daley, Sunleaf Nursery LLP, Madison, and Tom Wood, Wood Landscape Services Ltd., Hilliard, board members.

Juan St. Amant, Plug Connection, Vista, Calif., was elected to the FloraStar board of directors.

New officers of Wholesale Florists and Florist Suppliers Association: David Garcia, Pete Garcia Co., Atlanta, president; William (Bill) LaFever, Bill Doran Co., Rockford, Ill., first vice president; Gary Doran, Kennicott Brothers Co., Chicago, second vice president; Paul Fowle, Delaware Valley Floral Group, Sewell, N.J., treasurer; David Armellini, Armellini Industries, Palm City, Fla., at-large regional director; Hans Brand, B&H Flowers Inc., Carpinteria, Calif., Pacific regional director; and Charles E. (Chuck) Macuga III, Cleveland Plant and Flower Co., Parma, Ohio, North Central regional director.

New officers of Idaho Nursery and Landscape Association: Dave Anderson, Sandpoint Ranch Tree Farm, Sandpoint, president; Dennis Fix, FarWest Landscape and Garden Center, Boise, president-elect; and Nicki Leatham, Pipeco, Twin Falls, first vice president.

Business changes

FPM Peat Moss Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Conrad Fafard Inc., Greensboro, N.C., purchased peat quarry leases in Manitoba, Canada.

Wilbur-Ellis, San Francisco, received marketing rights to Absorbent Technologies Inc.’s Zeba starch-based hydropolymer in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Utah.

Tanglefoot Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., was named exclusive distributor for Aeroxon products in the United States. {sidebar id=1}

Ewing Irrigation, Golf and Industrial broke ground on a corporate headquarters in Phoenix.

Encore Azalea added McCorkle Nurseries, Dearing, Ga., to its nine-member wholesale grower network.