Mark A. Willmore, golf course superintendent at Shawnee Country Club in Topeka, Kan., completed the renewal process for maintaining his status as a certified golf course superintendent with the GCSAA.
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Dan Schlegel, who has designed, or co-designed several award-winning golf courses while working with Ault-Clark & Associates, has opened his own firm south of Annapolis, Md.
Cindy Davis and Leigh Bader were named to the executive board of Golf 20/20. Davis is U.S. general manager for Nike Golf and Bader is a golf retailer.
Members newly elected to a three-year term on the RISE governing board were BASF Corp., Dow AgroScience, and the Scotts Co. Stephen Briggs will represent BASF and Stanton Howell will represent Dow. Briggs was elected vice-chair and Wayne Winner, of Valent, was elected treasurer by the governing board. Dan Untiedt of McLaughlin Gormley King Co., chairman, and Laurie Treu of Crompton Corp., a past chairman, will serve another year in their respective positions. Other board members continuing their terms are William Culpepper of SePro Corp; Terry Higgins of Olympic Horticultural Products; Andy Symons of Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Labs; and Amy Yoder of Nufarm Americas. Allen James, RISE president, serves as secretary on the board. At the board’s December meeting, Rich Martinez, of the Scotts Co. and Kevin Holloway, of Monsanto, were appointed to fill the board seat for their respective companies.
John Easton of Easton Sod Farms, Chris Lepanto of Lepanto Golf Construction and Greg Bergwin of Liquigistics are new associate members of the Golf Course Builders Association of America
The Golf Course Builders Association of America elected Rick Boylan of Mid-America Golf and Landscape and Bob Pinson of Course Crafters to the board of directors. Dale Seimens was re-elected to the board.
Project EverGreen elected officers and board of directors for 2005. Some of those include: Cynthia Amos, The Irrigation Association; Chris Schmenk, The Scotts Co.; Jeff Bollig, GCSAA; Ron Johnson, Syngenta; Rich Kalik, BASF; Anita Matlock, The Toro Co.; Kristin Van Veen, Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment; Tim Maniscalo, Dow AgroSciences LLC; and Kirk Hunter, Turfgrass Producers International.
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Aquatrols appointed Tom Malehorn as international accounts manager. He will be responsible for maintaining, developing and expanding sales in professional turf markets worldwide.
Marcia Luigs was elected to serve a one-year term as chairman of the 17-member USGA Women’s Committee. Roberta Bolduc was elected to a one-year term as first vice chairman of the Women’s Committee, and Barbara Douglas was elected to a one-year term as second vice chairman. Brigid Shanley Lamb and Kathy Oven were elected to the Women’s Committee for a one-year term.
Agrotain International hired John Wilson as a regional manager. He will be based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, to cover the Western United States and the Western provinces of Canada.
Michael Daly is the new director of marketing for the Chipco Professional Products division of Bayer Environmental Science. Jim Fetter is manager of the lawn and landscape sales region. Ben Cicora was named business manager, Herbicides/PGRs for the Chipco Professional Products division.
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Brad Herman recently joined Bell Laboratories, a manufacturer of pest control products, as an account manager for the turf and ornamental industry.
John Renwick is the new general manager for Golf Ventures West in Southern California.
Steve Anderson was named equipment territory manager for the southern Phoenix market for Golf Ventures West.
Dow AgroSciences promoted Ryan Messner to sales representative for the turf and ornamental business. He will work in Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and parts of Arkansas and northern Alabama.
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Andy Cook was named account executive in Alabama for Jerry Pate Turf and Irrigation. JPTI is the Toro distributor in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, West Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and the Florida panhandle.
Phillip Jennings Turf LLC hired John Holmes as global sales manager.
John Ripp joined the sales team at Plant Food Co., a liquid fertilizer formulation and promotion company.
Dawn Dreggors joined Proderma, maker of sun and skin-care products for golf, as a sales representative for central Florida.