People and Events

People
Justin Dautoff to chief operating officer, Nurserymen’s Exchange Inc.

Todd Hunter to sales manager, Hunter Industries.

Chad Forcey to state affairs director, The Irrigation Association.

Peter van Noort to trans-Atlantic product manager for cut flowers, Bob Leek to European pot plant product manager, and John Hewett to retail category manager (ornamentals) for the U.S. market, Sakata Ornamentals.

Bob Radick to product business manager, Aris Horticulture’s Keepsake Plants division.

Michael Kennedy to national sales & marketing manager, Pleasant View Gardens.

Awards
The Horticultural Research Institute, the research affiliate of the ANLA, has awarded the 2010 Muggets Scholarship of $1,000 to Daniel Buelow, Colorado State University sophomore. HRI also awarded the 2010 Spring Meadow Nursery Scholarship of $1,500 to Emily Silverman, North Carolina State University senior.