Meet the Team
What's the point of great plants without great people to develop, grow, and sell them? Our team is the heart of our business.
Leadership
Eric Martz
Operations Manager
616-846-4729 x1408
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Favorite Plant Variety: LET’S DANCE® BLUE JANGLES®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Sailing in the Caribbean
Jeremy Deppe
General Manager
616-223-3374
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Favorite Plant Variety: MIDNIGHT SUN®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Gladiator
Tim Wood
Product Development & Head of Marketing
616-223-3367
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Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Favorite Book: Dune
Sales
Aleck Frederick
Account Manager - TX, LA, MS
616-414-7382 x1113
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Favorite Plant Variety: LIMELIGHT PRIME®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Remember the Titans
Brad Strabbing
Account Manager - AL, FL, GA
616-218-4982
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Favorite Plant Variety: POCO LOCO™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Talladega Nights
David Arsenault
Account Manager - MI, WI
616-223-3379
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Favorite Plant Variety: LIMELIGHT PRIME®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Trip to the boundary waters in Minnesota
Lindsey Davison
Sales Support Specialist
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Favorite Plant Variety: QUICK FIRE FAB®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Favorite vacation - Anywhere and everywhere, I love traveling
Mikal MacDonald
Account Manager, BC, CA, ID, NV, OR, WA
616-223-3376
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Favorite Plant Variety: EL NIÑO®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
Niki Fanjoy
Account Manager - AB, CA, AK, AZ, KS, CO, UT, SK, WY, IA, MB, MN, MO, ND, SD, NM
616-414-7386
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Favorite Plant Variety: FUNYELLA™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Visiting Hawaii
Ryan Drake
Account Manager - DE, MD, NJ
616-223-3365
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Favorite Plant Variety: PAISLEY PUP™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Hiking in Sedona, Arizona
Sandy Harmon
Account Manager - AR, IL, KY, OK, WV
616-414-7378
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Favorite Plant Variety: TUFF STUFF AH-HA®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Visiting the Upper Penninsula
Terri Collins
Account Manager - NC, PA, VA
616-223-3377
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Favorite Plant Variety: TUFF STUFF™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vacationing in coastal North Carolina
Tony Thom
Sales Manager
616-223-3360
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Favorite Plant Variety: DOUBLE PLAY® CANDY CORN®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Amalfi Coast, Italy
Woody Gutierrez
Account Manager - CT, MA, ME, NH, NL, NY, ON, PEI, QC, RI, VT
616-223-3363
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Favorite Plant Variety: INCREDIBALL®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Any movie with a Christopher Walken cameo
Licensing
Andrew Meeuwsen
Data Analyst
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Favorite Plant Variety: ILLUMINATI TOWER®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Tremors
Ginny Squires
Grower Consultant
616-846-4729 x 1413
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Favorite Plant Variety: YARDLINE™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
Jane Beggs-Joles
Landscape Program Manager
616-223-3369
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Favorite Plant Variety: TEMPLE OF BLOOM®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Young Frankenstein
Josh Vokal
Licensee Account Manager
616-223-3362
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Favorite Plant Variety: KODIAK® Orange
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Slap Shot
Accounting
Alissa Olsen
AP/AR Specialist
616-846-4729 x1303
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Favorite Plant Variety: PARAPLU PINK INK®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vacation to Venice, Florida to scuba for shark's teeth
Deb Nederhoed
Accountant
616-223-3372
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Favorite Plant Variety: PINKY WINKY®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Safari in Serengeti
Kristin Moran
AP/AR Specialist
616-846-4729 ext.1309
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Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Katsura’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: 2016 family vacation to Yellowstone National Park
Sara Derdowski
Accounting Manager
616-846-4729 x1302
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Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Limelight’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Tonya TerMeer
Accounts Receivable Specialist
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Favorite Plant Variety: FIRE LIGHT TIDBIT®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Visiting Petoskey
Human Resources
Daniela Deppe
HR Manager
616-560-7050
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Favorite Plant Variety: BLOOMERANG® Dark Purple
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: My yearly visit to Croatia
Gabie Engel
Human Resources + Payroll Specialist
616-414-7381
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Favorite Plant Variety: BABY KIM®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Movie: Interstellar
Liorah Marianos
Human Resources Assistant
616-846-4729 x1315
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Favorite Plant Variety: LIMELIGHT PRIME®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult
Marketing
Adriana Paez-Robinson
Videographer & Photographer
616-846-4729 x1206
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Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Miss Molly’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Exploring Utah, Arizona, and Death Valley
Crimson Draeger
Marketing Specialist - Social Media
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Favorite Plant Variety: LEGEND OF THE FALL®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Coraline
Emilee Walsh
Digital Marketing Specialist
616-846-4729 x1214
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Favorite Plant Variety: PUGSTER® Amethyst
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Favorite Book: The Inheritance Games
Jason Tokarchick
Assistant Creative Marketing Specialist
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Favorite Plant Variety: STEADY AS SHE GOES®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Snowboarding in Colorado
Kristina Howley
Horticulture Content Specialist
616-846-4729 x1207
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Favorite Plant Variety: TEMPLE OF BLOOM®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vacation: Ireland
Natalie Carmolli
Advertising and Public Relations Specialist
616-223-3366
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Favorite Plant Variety: WINECRAFT BLACK®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: London & Salisbury in 2011
Olivia Marzolf
Marketing Specialist & Event Coordinator
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Favorite Plant Variety: PERFECTO MUNDO PINK CARPET®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Traveling around Italy
Samantha Huisman
Marketing Specialist – SEO & Content
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Favorite Plant Variety: MR. MUSTARD®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Hiking in Glacier National Park
Shannon Downey
Creative Marketing Specialist
616-223-3368
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Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Aphrodite’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Pacific Northwest
Stacey Hirvela
Marketing Manager
616-223-3375
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Favorite Plant Variety: EL NIÑO®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Art of Eating, M.F.K. Fisher
Tori VanTimmeren
Web Designer
616-846-4729 x1212
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Favorite Plant Variety: BEYOND PINK’D®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Eating as much sushi as possible in Nagoya and Kobe Japan
Growing
Brian Maher
Assistant Growing Manager
616-846-4729 x1412
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Favorite Plant Variety: FIRE LIGHT®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Winesburg, Ohio, Sherwood Anderson
Dave Joeright
Head Grower
616-846-4729 x1402
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Favorite Plant Variety: FIRE LIGHT®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Boating on the Great Lakes
Freedom Shelley
Assistant Growing Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: Blue CHIFFON®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Tobacco Caye, Belize
Jake Lutz
Assistant Growing Manager
800-633-8859 x1204
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Favorite Plant Variety: PERFECTO MUNDO PINK CARPET®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Iron Claw
Jessica Gulczynski
Assistant Growing Manager
616-846-4729 x1422
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Favorite Plant Variety: BLACK BEAUTY®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Zion National Park
Steve Trier
Assistant Growing Manager
800-633-8859 x1204
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Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Ruby Slippers’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Annual trip to Munich, Germany
Propagation
Brayden Johnson
Assistant Propagation Manager
616-846-4729 x1424
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Favorite Plant Variety: BLOOMERANG BALLET™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Cruise/Scuba Trip to Cozumel, Mexico
Hunter Brown
Assistant Propagation Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: PARAPLU VIOLET®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Visiting Hawaii
Jeff Flickinger
Assistant Propagation Manager
616-846-4729 x1424
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Favorite Plant Variety: BOBO®
Jeff Kurtz
Assistant Propagation Manager
616-846-4729 x1417
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Favorite Plant Variety: GINGER WINE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Arizona
Katie Gibson
Assistant Propagation Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: SHOW OFF® SUGAR BABY®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Camping in British Columbia
Summer Field
Propagation Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: INCREDIBALL®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Hiking Rocky Mountain National Park
Shipping
Bryan Van Kammen
Assistant Shipping Manager
616-846-4729 x1414
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Favorite Plant Variety: BLOOM-A-THON® White
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Captain America: Winter Soldier
John Papes
Shipping Manager
616-846-4729 x1407
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Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Limelight’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Shining
William Triten
Assistant Shipping Manager
517-282-2938 x1437
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Favorite Plant Variety: LET’S DANCE® BLUE JANGLES®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Avengers Infinity War and End Game
Stock Plants and R&D
Alex Pott
Assistant Stock Manager
616-846-4729 x1411
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Favorite Plant Variety: PUGSTER® Amethyst
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Movie: Django Unchained
Caleb Pritts
Plant Breeding/Growing Assistant Manager
616-846-4729 x1607
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Favorite Plant Variety: PUGSTER BLUE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Davis Harmon
Ornamental Plant Breeder
800-633-8859 x1607
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Favorite Plant Variety: AT LAST®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Backpacking the Southern Appalachians
Dr. Judson LeCompte
Product Development Assistant Manager
616-846-4729 x1421
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Favorite Plant Variety: REMINISCENT® Coral
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Visiting Portland, Oregon
Ginger Thurston
Stock and R&D Manager
616-846-4729 x1413
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Favorite Plant Variety: SPLENDID!™ Blue
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Backpacking Indian Peaks in Colorado
Julie Crone
Micropropagation Plant Breeding Technician
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Favorite Plant Variety: PUGSTER® Amethyst
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, and House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Leticia Pasqualino
New Plants Assistant Manager
616-414-7381
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Favorite Plant Variety: MY MONET®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The English countryside
Megan Mathey
Ornamental Plant Breeder
616-846-4729 x1403
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Favorite Plant Variety: TEMPLE OF BLOOM®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Backpacking Paria Canyon in Arizona
Tori Boos
New Plants Assistant Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: SUNNY BOULEVARD®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Salkantay Trek in Peru
Construction and Maintenance
Brandon Hasty
Assistant Manager - Maintenance
616-846-4729 x1425
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Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Movie: Shaun of the Dead - Book: Popular Mechanics Do-It-Yourself Encyclopedia
Dan Hasty
Electrical & Mechanical Project Manager
616-846-4729 x1405
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Favorite Plant Variety: CHICKLET® Orange
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Bound For Glory- Woody Guthrie, The Power of the Other- Dr. Henry Cloud
Kyle Morden
Assistant Construction Manager
616-846-4729 x1426
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Favorite Plant Variety: OSO EASY® URBAN LEGEND®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Legacy Journey by Dave Ramsey
