People and Events

People

• The Everris sales team added Nicole Hastings as a sales agronomist. Hastings will now be a part of the Everris Agriculture Team serving the Western Region. As a sales agronomist, Hastings will focus on growing the company’s business in California’s Central Valley and other areas in the Western Region.

Territory manager Jocelyn Deneen is leaving her post in the Northeastern U.S. to accept a new position with Everris’ parent company, ICL, as a member of its Marketing and Sales Team. As a result of Deneen’s departure, the company is restructuring two existing sales territories. Current territory manager Sharon Warschauer will take over Deneen’s previous territory in New England while maintaining her current territory, which includes the states of Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York and Eastern Pennsylvania. Territory manager Don Furterer will now represent Everris in Western Pennsylvania which was previously part of Warschauer’s territory.
 

• David Kirby, vice president of sales for Monrovia, was honored by Texas Tech University’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources as a Distinguished Alumni. The award is bestowed on those who’ve made significant contributions to society, and whose accomplishments and careers have brought distinction to the college and to the professions associated with agriculture and natural resources. Kirby joined Monrovia as a college intern in the early 90s while studying horticulture at Texas Tech. He was hired in 1992 as an in-house sales rep for three years, and for the next 17 years, handled Monrovia’s central coastal California sales territory, consistently achieving top sales accolades. He was promoted to vice president of sales in 2012.

For more: www.monrovia.com
 

• Bob Rimol, owner and founder of Rimol Greenhouse Systems was named 2013 Citizen of the Year for Londonderry, N.H. Rimol’s active role in opening Londonderry’s Rail Trail led to unanimous honors as the town’s 2013 Citizen of the Year. Rimol first joined Londonderry Trailways in 2010 and is responsible for placing the $227,000 warrant article onto the March 2013 town ballot, which voters later passed. The Rail Trail is designed to start in Salem and finish in Lebanon with about 30 miles of the trail being paved. Londonderry’s 6.2 mile leg is the largest of any New Hampshire town that the trail runs through.

The first mile of Londonderry’s trail was completed this past year and within budget. It fills the missing link between Derry and Manchester.

For more: www.rimolgreenhouses.com
 

• Syngenta announced that Robert Berendes, head of business development, will leave the company at the end of the first quarter to become co-owner and partner of a-connect, the global consulting firm specializing in strategy implementation, growth projects, and change management. Berendes joined Syngenta in 2002 from McKinsey & Company where he was a partner, and became a member of the Syngenta Executive Committee in 2007.

For more: www.syngenta.com
 

• The Soil and Plant laboratory (SPL) a division of Laboratory Management Partners (LMP), a California-based horticultural laboratory and consulting service, announces that Al Toops, former Pacific Northwest territory sales manager with Syngenta Flowers Home and Garden, has joined their team as the director of business development. Toops joined the company on Jan. 1, and is an experienced project administrator and manager with more than 25 years of experience in horticulture sales and management.
 

• Emerald Coast Growers founders and longtime industry members Dave and Wyona Babikow have officially retired from the business. With their retirement, Dave and Wyona leave the company fully in the hands of its current owners: son Paul and daughter-in-law Maureen Babikow, son Mark Babikow, daughter Cheri Markowitz, daughter Bonnie Mietling and brother-in-law Albert Mueller.

For more: www.ecgrowers.com
 

• FMC Corporation recently named Allan Dufoe as Turf & Ornamental Key account manager with primary responsibility for the nursery and greenhouse market.

In his new role, Dufoe will focus on providing support for selected key accounts, as well as serving and growing FMC’s presence in the nursery/greenhouse industry. Most recently, Dufoe was a market specialist for FMC, covering the Turf & Ornamental market for the Mid-Atlantic region.

In addition to writing multiple articles on insect control, Dufoe has presented technical papers at many scientific and industry meetings, both in the Structural Pest Control and Turf & Ornamental industries.

• Danziger - ‘Dan’ Flower Farm announced the sudden passing of Reese Kiikka, the company’s North American sales representative. The company’s association with Reese began about 20 years ago. During that period he served, among other things, as the breeder’s delegate at various trial stations in North America and a loyal ambassador who promoted sales of the products at every opportunity.

“I first met Reese when he came to our stand in Ohio,” said Chanochi Zaks, vice president of marketing. “I do not know many people who have such great passion for plants and knowledge of nature—he knew each flower and plant that grew in America and many in other parts of the world; his knowledge of the plant world was huge. His unflagging loyalty, pleasant manner and attention to detail will be missed by all of us at Danziger, and we are all grieving the loss of our true and dear friend, Reese.”

Reese is survived by his wife, Carol, and daughter, Caresse.

For more: www.danziger.co.il

Events

April

California Spring Trials
California
April 5-10
www.SpringTrials.com

AMERICANHORT & PLANET Interior Plantscape Symposium
April 10
Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pa.
www.americanhort.org

The Native Plant Show
April 10-11
Osceola Heritage Park Exhibition Building, Kissimmee, Fla.
www.nativeplantshow.com


May

Floriculture Field Days & Performance Trials
May 14-15
Epcot Theme Park, Orlando, Fla.
www.fnga.org

RHS Chelsea Flower Show
May 20-24
London
www.rhs.org.uk


June

GreenTech
June 10-12
Amsterdam
www.greentech.nl

AAS Summer Summit
June 16-19
Charlotte and Asheville, N.C.

Darwin Perennial Days
June 18
West Chicago, Ill.
www.ballperennialday.com