VNLA Officers & Directors 2008

383 Coal Hollow Rd
Christiansburg, VA
24073-6721
540-382-0943 or
800-476-0055
Fax: 540-382-2716
Email: info@vnla.org

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VNLA Officers & Directors Regional Assocications and Green Industry Contacts
Executive Committee	Educational Advisors
President, Candy Lindenzweig The Great Big Greenhouse & Nursery ‘05 2051 Huguenot Rd Richmond, VA 23235-4305 804-320-1317 FAX: 804-323-6247 Candy@greatbiggreenhouse.com Vice President, Duane Shumaker – Certification RSG Landscaping & Lawn Care ‘06 PO Box 110 Concord, VA 24538-0110 434-993-2753 Fax: 434-993-3489 dshumaker@rsglandscaping.com Secretary/Treasurer, Ed Tankard - Legislative Tankard Nurseries ‘07 PO Box 649 Exmore VA 23350-0649 800-552-2088 x17 Fax: 757-442-5372 ed@tankardnurseries.com Past President '06, Butch Gaddy '05 Colesville Nursery PO Box 208 Ashland, VA 23005-0208 804-798-5472, fax: 804-752-6722 ButchGaddy@comcast.net ***************************************** Executive Director Jeffrey B. Miller, Exec. Dir. 383 Coal Hollow Road Christiansburg, VA 24073-6721 540-382-0943 FAX: 540-382-2716 1-800-476-0055 Email: info@vnla.org To Top	Educational Advisors – VA Tech Dr. Jerzy Nowak, Horticulture Dept Head Virginia Tech, Saunders Hall (0327) Blacksburg, VA 24061-001 540-231-5451 Fax: 540-231-3083 Email: jenowak@vt.edu Educational Advisor – VT/HRAREC Dr. Bonnie Appleton Hampton Roads Agricultural Research & Extension Center 1444 Diamond Springs Road VA Beach, VA 23455-3363 757-363-3906 - Fax: 757-363-3950 Email: bapple@vt.edu ******************************************** Beautiful Gardens™ Plant Introduction Program Dr. Rumen Conev, Ornamental Plant Breeder Virginia Tech Department of Horticulture 301 Saunders Hall (0327) Blacksburg, VA 24061-0001 434-713-0027 fax: (540) 231-3083 Conevr@vnla.org or conevr@vt.edu VNLA Representatives to ANLA Virginia ANLA Senator** Wayne Sawyer ’06-‘07 Bennett’s Creek Nursery 5635 Shoulders Hill Rd Suffolk, VA 23435-1807 757-483-1425 fax: 757-483-9058 Wayne@bcnursery.com Virginia ANLA Regional Director Charlie Parkerson Lancaster Farms ‘99 5800 Knotts Neck Rd Suffolk, VA 23435-1840 757-484-4421 Fax: 757-686-8637 Email: charlie@lancasterfarms.com
Directors - 1 Year	Directors - 2 Year
Matt Sawyer – Research Bennett’s Creek Nursery ‘07 5635 Shoulders Hill Rd Suffolk, VA 23435-1807 757-483-1425 Fax: 757-483-9058 Matt@bcnursery.com Mark Maslow – Public Relations Southern Landscape Group '07 PO Box 397 Evington VA 24550-0397 434-821-6004 Fax: 434-821-2133 mark@soscapes.com To Top	Lesley Sewell – Education Waynesboro Nurseries ‘06 PO Box 987 Waynesboro, VA 22980-0987 540-946-3823 Fax: 540-946-3814 lsewell@pvcc.edu Matt Shreckhise – Communications Shreckhise Nurseries ‘08 PO Box 428 Grottoes VA 24441-0428 540-249-5761 fax: 540-249-5762 Cell: 540-490-8305 Matthew@shreckhise.com Mary Williams, Environmental Affairs Dover Nurseries ‘08 111 Deer Keep Richmond VA 23238-6164 804-784-5715 Fax: 804-784-5000 okiemary@comcast.net Doug Hensel, Beautiful Gardens The Great Big Greenhouse & Nursery ‘07 2051 Huguenot Rd Richmond, VA 23235-4305 804-320-1317 FAX: 804-320-9580 doug@greatbiggreenhouse.com John Barbieri, Membership Riverbend Nursery ‘08 5408 Meadow Chase Rd Midlothian, VA 23112-6316 804-363-6758 Fax: 804-639-5905 john@riverbendnursery.com
Regional Associations	MANTS & VAC
Eastern Shore Nurserymen’s Association Mike Graham, ESNA Pres Graham & Allen Nursery 12192 Indian Trail Rd Melfa, VA 23410-0054 757-442-7681 fax: 757-442-7681 grahamallennursery@hotmail.com Northern Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association (NVNLA) Clay Emery, NVNLA Pres 2007 Colesville Nursery 4415 Scotts Rd Marshall VA 20115-3127 540-364-9094, fax: 540-364-6354 clayemery@verizon.net NVNA Office; P.O. Box 2155 Centreville, VA 22020-2155 Central Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association (CVNLA) Charlie Blair Ashwood Gardens & Nursery 11374 Ashcake Rd Ashland, VA 23005 804-798-2280 charlie@ashwoodgardens.com Terry Koci, Exec. Dir. CVNLA Office 11349 Saddlewood LN Rockville VA 23146-1560 804-305-1259 info@cvnla.org Shenandoah Valley Nursery & Greenhouse Association Gary Deoms, SVNGA Pres Frederick County Extension 107 North Kent St. Winchester, VA 22601-5000 540) 665-5699 fax: (540) 667-0370 mamad@shentel.net Southwest Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association (SWVNLA) Jim Snyder, Treasurer Riverbend Nursery 1295 Mt. Elbert Rd NW Riner, VA 24149-3611 540-763-3362 fax: 540-763-2022 jim@riverbendnursery.com Hampton Roads Nursery & Landscape Association (HRNLA) Tom Tracy, Pres. P.O. Box 5989 Virginia Beach, VA 23471-5989 757-464-1004 fax: 309-420-6064 cell: 757-681-6065 Piedmont Landscape Association (PLA) PO Box 1678 Charlottesville, VA 22902-1678 Heather Taylor, Pres. PLA Buck Creek Nursery 1556 Buck Creek Ln Faber VA 22938 (434) 263-4022 x109 Fax: 434-263-5562 heather@buckcreeknursery.com www.piedmont-landscape.org To Top	Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (M.A.N.T.S.) Vanessa Finney, Exec. VP PO Box 11739 Baltimore, MD 21206-0339 410-882-5300 FAX: 410-256-2208 1-800-431-0066 VNLA M.A.N.T.S. Reps. Doug Hensel `92 The Great Big Greenhouse & Nursery 2051 Huguenot Rd Richmond, VA 23235-4305 804-320-1317 FAX: 804-320-9580 doug@greatbiggreenhouse.com John Lancaster `02 c/o Bennett’s Creek Nursery 5635 Shoulders Hill Rd Suffolk, VA 2343-1807 757-483-1425 FAX: 757-483-9058 John@bcnursery.com Tom Saunders ‘96 Saunders Brothers Inc. 2508 Tye Brook Hwy Piney River, VA 22964-2301 434-277-5455 FAX: 434-277-8010 Tom@saundersbrothers.com Virginia Agribusiness Council Virginia Agribusiness Council Donna Pugh Johnson, President Katie Kyger Frazier, Assistant Vice President - Public Affairs PO Box 718 Richmond, VA 23206-0718 804-643-3555; Fax: 804-643-3556 Email: VA.agribusiness@.att.net website: www.va-agribusiness.org Danny Shreckhise, VNLA Representative Shreckhise Nurseries P.O. Box 428; Grottoes, VA 24441-0428 540-249-5761 FAX: 540-249-5762 danny@shreckhise.com Doug Phillips, VAC Past President '05 c/o Phillips & Turman Tree Farms PO Box 485 Floyd, VA 24091-0485 540-745-3700 Fax: 540-745-2200 Karen Kelly, VNLA Representative Shipp & Wilson Inc '07 5483 Turkey Hill Trl Mechanicsville, VA 23111-6935 804-781-0084 Fax: 804-781-0060 Karen@shippandWilson.com To Top
Other Green Industry Contacts
Virginia Society Of Landscape Designers Margaret Pavela, Pres. PLA MAP Landscapes, LLC 13211 Willow Point Dr Fredericksburg, VA 22408 540-891-4466 Fax: 540-898-7171 maplandscapes@gmail.com www.vsld.org Virginia Green Industry Council Mary Williams, VNLA Representative Dover Nurseries 111 Deer Keep Richmond, VA 23233-6124 804-784-0859 Fax: 804-784-5000 Email: okiemary@comcast.net VIRGINIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY Mary Williams, VNLA Representative Dover Nurseries 111 Deer Keep Richmond, VA 23233-6124 804-784-0859 Fax: 804-784-5000 Email: okiemary@comcast.net Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Assoc Dan Young, Pres '06/07/08 Bedford Evergreens 1893 Robertson Rd Bedford, VA 24253-5400 President@virginiachristmastrees.org VCTGA Office Jeanie Francis 2252 Windsor Ave Roanoke VA 24015-2206 JLFrancis@verizon.net 540-343-3513 secretary@virginiachristmastrees.org Dr. Chuan Hong Hampton Roads AREC 1444 Diamond Springs Rd Virginia Beach, VA 23455-3363 757-363-3908- FAX: 757-363-3500 chhong2@vt.edu To Top	Virginia Green Industry Council (formerly the Virginia Horticulture Council) Lin Diacont, Pres. c/o Ed's Landscaping 7388 Pole Green Rd Mechanicsville, VA 23116-2739 804-746-3737, fax: 804-746-3792 Cell: 804-837-6501 Email: Diacont4rd@earthlink.net State Fair Of Virginia Lorene Blackwood P.O. Box 26805 Richmond, VA 23261-6805 804-569-3244 FAX: 804-569-3252 lblackwood@statefairva.org Virginia Turfgrass Council Tom Tracy, Exec. Dir. P.O. Box 5989 Virginia Beach, VA 23471-5989 757-464-1004 fax: 309-420-6064 cell: 757-681-6065 vaturf@thevtc.org www.thevtc.org The Mid-Atlantic Horticulture Short Course (formerly The Professional Horticulture Conference of VA) Marla J Nock/Dawn Alleman PO Box 64446 Virginia Beach, VA 23467-4446 757-523-4734 Fax: 757-366-9604 MAHSC@cox.net S.N.A. Steve Newton, Exec. V.P. Southern Nursery Association Inc 1827 Powers Ferry Rd, NW Bldg 4 Ste 100 Atlanta, GA 30339-5621 770-953-3311 FAX: 770-953-4411 mail@mail.sna.org www.sna.org A.N.L.A. - Bob Dolibois, Exec. V.P. American Nursery & Landscape Association 1000 Vermont Ave NW Ste 300 Washington DC 20005-4914 202-789-2900 - FAX: 202-789-1893 rdolibois@anla.org www.anla.org Urban Forest Council (Trees Virginia) VNLA Representative Vacant position ASLA - VIRGINIA CHAPTER Brian Katen, Pres. 210 Architecture Annex (0113) Blacksburg VA 24061-0001 540-231-7507 bkaten@vt.edu