Employee-owned Harrell’s, LLC has announced the appointment of Kevin Branch to horticulture sales director. Kevin has been with Harrell’s for 16 years, initially as a territory manager of the Central Florida region, and for the past six years as a key account manager. He has more than 20 years in the industry in direct to customer sales-related positions, but Kevin’s initial experience began in agriculture having been raised on his family’s peanut, cotton and tobacco farm. From there he earned his associates of science degree in forest technology from the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Ga., before attending the University of Georgia where he earned his bachelor's degree in agriculture and his master's degree in plant protection and pest management.
“Kevin has been integral in managing the needs of some of the largest nurseries in the country, most with multiple locations in geographic and agronomically distributed areas,” says Rick Helpingstine, vice president of Horticulture. “We are looking forward to his assistance in our Western region as we continue to expand west of the Rockies."
Branch joins Norman Lafaille, Hort North and Scott Martiniere, Hort South on the Horticulture Leadership Team headed up by Helpingstine. Kevin and his wife Rebecca together with their four daughters reside in Georgia.
Employee-owned Harrell’s is one of the nation’s largest distributors of branded fungicides, herbicides and insecticides. It also produces custom blended fertilizers, wetting agents, specialty liquids and foliar nutritionals. The company is also the formulator and a leading world distributor of POLYON, a controlled-release fertilizer technology.
No more results found. “Kevin has been integral in managing the needs of some of the largest nurseries in the country, most with multiple locations in geographic and agronomically distributed areas,” says Rick Helpingstine, vice president of Horticulture. “We are looking forward to his assistance in our Western region as we continue to expand west of the Rockies."
Branch joins Norman Lafaille, Hort North and Scott Martiniere, Hort South on the Horticulture Leadership Team headed up by Helpingstine. Kevin and his wife Rebecca together with their four daughters reside in Georgia.
Employee-owned Harrell’s is one of the nation’s largest distributors of branded fungicides, herbicides and insecticides. It also produces custom blended fertilizers, wetting agents, specialty liquids and foliar nutritionals. The company is also the formulator and a leading world distributor of POLYON, a controlled-release fertilizer technology.