AmericanHort announces the election of three new members to the table of director , along with the election of a new slate of officers . The official welcome and installing will take place at Cultivate’21 hold July 10 - 13 , in Columbus , Ohio . “ These person are drawing card from across the gardening diligence and comprehend various experiences , skill , and backgrounds . We are excited to welcome this group of new directors , ” said Ken Fisher , Chief Executive & CEO of AmericanHort . “ We appreciate the dedication and commitment of our officers and the leadership they provide our organization and industry . ”
The Modern slating of ship’s officer will include Cole Mangum of Bell Nursery USA LLC as the newfangled chairman of the board and Jon Reelhorn of Belmont Nursery as vice chair of the board . In accession , J. Harvey Cotton Jr. recently joined the circuit card to service as financial officer , a non - voting position . Tom Hughes of Hughes Nursery & Landscaping LLC will become the immediate retiring chairman . Cole Mangum is vice president of operations for Bell Nursery in Elkridge , MD , one of the commonwealth ’s turgid cultivator of annuals and perennials . Cole manage operations across 8 facilities as well as organise a team of family coach who deal shipping of ruined merchandise . Jon Reelhorn is possessor and president of Belmont Nursery located in Fresno , Calif. Like many successful businesses , Jon ’s company economic value come from the top down . Belmont Nursery is a third - generation business that loves being part of their local residential district and include nursery growing , nursery maturation , and a retail garden substance . Jon is a alumna of Fresno State University with a degree in Plant Science , a graduate of the California Ag Leadership Program and a alumna of the Executive Academy for Growth and Leadership . Harvey Cotten is a garden writer , couturier , and consultant . After 22 years with the Huntsville Botanical Garden , most recently as vice president and chief plantsman , he kip down in 2014 . He uphold to present workshop for the Botanical Garden , Master Gardener Associations , Garden Clubs and other botanical gardens and arboretum while call down across the southeastward on various garden subject . Rob Lando is CEO of Oberlin , Ohio - based AgriNomix , North America ’s largest provider of automation to nurseries and greenhouses and is being elected to a 2d music director full term . He and three agriculturist cooperator form AgriNomix ( formerly Flier USA ) in 1994 to provide local sales and service for eminent - tech Dutch - made automation . While continuing to do so , the company has become a goodly domesticated interior designer and manufacturer as well . Steve Mostardi is the owner and worldwide director of Mostardi Nursery , a retail garden center located in Newtown Square , PA . He is a third - generation nurseryman and a Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist with a lifelong interest in the world of plants . Steve look the Arboretum School of the Barnes Foundation , as well as the Ambler Campus of Temple University . Lyndsi Oestmann develop up in the greenhouse occupation started by father , Mark Clear . A graduate of Kansas State University , Lyndsi now serves as president of Loma Vista Nursery overseeing all strategic and functional obligation for 300 - acre of container production , 500 acres of field production with sales predominately focused on the Midwest and mountain states .
These new directors will conjoin current directors Gerry Docksteader , Advanced Horticultural Solutions , MD ; Mike Gooder , Plantpeddler Inc , IA ; Joe Hobson , Midwest Trading Horticultural Supplies Inc , IL ; Amy Morris , N. G. Heimos Greenhouses , IL ; Ed Overdevest , Overdevest Nurseries LP , NJ ; and Jonathan Saperstein , Everde Growers , TX .
AmericanHort and its members also require to thank forthcoming display board members , Susie Raker - Zimmerman of Raker Roberta ’s Young Plants who served six years on the board including immediate retiring chairwoman ; and Chris McCorkle of McCorkle Nurseries Inc. who complete a three - year term in July .
