Turfgrass Producers International announces 2016-17 positions

Turfgrass Producers International has announced its 2016-17 officers and board of directors, effective July 1. The officers and new board members were elected during TPI’s annual business meeting Feb. 23 at the association’s 2016 International Education Conference & Field Day in Houston, Texas.

 

Linda Pittillo Bradley, co-owner of Turf Mountain Sod in Hendersonville, N.C., was elected president; Jimmy Fox, president of Evergreen Turf in Chandler, Ariz., was elected vice president; and Eric Heuver, president of Eagle Lake Professional Landscape Supply in Strathmore, Alberta, Canada was elected secretary-treasurer. 

 

Also elected to the TPI’s board were Tim Wollesen, president-owner of Sales Midwest, Inc. in Olathe, Kan., and Mark Tribbett of JB Instant Lawn, Inc. in Silverton, Ore.

 

Continuing their service on the TPI board are: John Coombs, Sr. of Coombs Sod Farms in Elmer, N.J.; Hugh Dampney of ECO Turf in Christchurch, England;  Steve Griffen of Saratoga Sod Farm in Stillwater, N.Y.; Randy Jasperson of Jasperson Sod Farm in Franksville, Wis.; Hank Kerfoot of Modern Turf in Rembert, S.C.; and Will Nugent, past president of Bethel Farms in Arcadia, Fla.

 

TPI has more than 800 members in 40 countries comprised of turfgrass sod and seed producers, equipment manufacturers and suppliers and various individuals involved in education and/or turf-related research.