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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) – Paul Lowrey (representative)
  • Stan Pohmer (Vice Chair)
  • Weatherford Farms, Inc. (Jack Weatherford)
ROTATING SEATS
  • Diane Blazek (All-America Selections/National Garden Bureau): second term expires Fall 2025
  • 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
  • Ricardo Campos (Ball Seed Company): third term expires Fall 2027
  • Jim Daly (Smithers-Oasis/Floralife & Grower Operations): third term expires Fall 2027
  • Lloyd Traven (Peace Tree Farms): third term expires Fall 2027

EX-OFFICIO ROTATING MEMBERS

  • Jan Patranella (retired, Ball Horticultural Company)
  • Ken Altman (Center for Applied Horticultural Research)
  • Jan Couch (Syngenta)
  • Bill Foster (BioWorks) — Carlos Bogran representative
  • 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)
  • Michelle Carnes (Texas State Florists’ Association)
  • Amy Graham (Texas Nursery and Landscape Association representative)
  • Sarah Riggins (Texas Nursery and Landscape Association representative)
  • Karen Reichek (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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