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Ellison Chair in International Floriculture
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Advisory Committee

BYLAWS

PERMANENT SEATS (8 TOTAL – in alphabetical order)
Ball Horticultural Company (Monique Hakkert)
Altman Plants (Chris Scott)
Ellison’s Greenhouses, Inc. (PJ Ellison, Chair)
Ellison Family (P.J. Ellison, Chair; Ellen Ellison, Past Chair (deceased); Jim Ellison, Ex-Officio)
Klepac Greenhouses, Inc. (Jimmy Klepac)
Landmark Nurseries, Inc. (Kevin Norris, Secretary)
Stan Pohmer (Vice Chair)
Weatherford Farms, Inc. (Jack Weatherford)

ROTATING SEATS
Diane Blazek (All-America Selections/National Garden Bureau): second term expires Fall 2025
Ricardo Campos (Ball Seed Company): second term expires Fall 2024
Jim Daly (Smithers-Oasis/Floralife & Grower Operations): second term expires Fall 2024
Lloyd Traven (Peace Tree Farms): second term expires Fall 2024
Jan Patranella (retired, Ball Horticultural Company): second term expires Fall 2024
Liza Roeser (FiftyFlowers.com Founder): second term expires Fall 2025
Debbie Hamrick (Director, Specialty Crops with the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation – retired): first term expires Fall 2025

EX-OFFICIO ROTATING MEMBERS
Ken Altman (Center for Applied Horticultural Research)
Jan Couch (Syngenta)
Bill Foster (BioWorks)
Lela Kelly (Dosatron International, Inc.)
Justin Marotta (Possum Run Greenhouses)
Martha Trubey (Berger)
Wanda Weder (Highland Supply)
Mike Williams (Ball Horticultural Company)

EX-OFFICIO AGENCY MEMBERS
Dr. Amit Dhingra (Texas A&M University, Department of Horticultural Sciences)
Patrick Berry (Texas State Florists’ Association)
Amy Graham (Texas Nursery and Landscape Association representative)
Casey Corley (Texas Department of Agriculture representative)

MEMBERS EMERITUS
Dr. Dan Lineberger, TAMU
Richard De Los Santos, Texas Department of Agriculture
Dianna Nordman, Texas State Florists’ Association
Jim Prewitt, Landmark Nurseries (deceased)
Eddy Edmondson, TNLA
Dr. Tim Davis, TAMU
Dr. Sam Cotner, TAMU (deceased)
J. Guy, Carolina Nursery
Ernesto Velez, Asocolflores Colombian Flowers Growers (deceased)
Jack Davis, Horticultural Printers
Rob Ferguson, Hines Nursery
Tom Dickerson, Consultant
Tony Griffin, Sun Gro (deceased)
Kosuke Ogawa, Japan Floral Marketing Association
Dave Fujino, UC Davis Center for Urban Horticulture
Cliff Powell, Powell Plant Farm
Dr. Edward A. Hiler: Former (inaugural) Chairholder, 2004-07.

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