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
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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
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Favorite Plant Variety: DOUBLE PLAY BIG BANG®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Gladiator
Tim Wood
Product Development & Head of Marketing
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Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Favorite Book: Dune
Sales
Amy Howard
Account Manager - AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC, TN, TX
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Favorite Plant Variety: LITTLE LIME®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Disney World with my family
David Arsenault
Account Manager - DE, DC, MD, NJ
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Favorite Plant Variety: LIMELIGHT PRIME®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Trip to the boundary waters in Minnesota
Kaylee Hardy
Account Manager - BC, CA, ID, NV, OR, WA
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Favorite Plant Variety: WAXWING™ Lime
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Hiking Yellowstone with my siblings
Laura Swanson
Account Manager - IN, MI, OH, WI
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Favorite Plant Variety: AT LAST®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vacation to Cocoa Beach, Florida
Monica Esh-Nauta
Account Manager - AB, AK, AZ, CO, IA, KS, MB, MN, MT, NE, ND, NM, SD, SK
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Favorite Plant Variety: OSO EASY DOUBLE RED®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vacation: Traveling New Hampshire with my husband
Sandy Harmon
Account Manager - AR, IL, KY, MO, OK, WV
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Favorite Plant Variety: TUFF STUFF AH-HA®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Visiting the Upper Penninsula
T.J. Schumacher
Account Manager - IN, OH
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Favorite Plant Variety: INVINCIBELLE LIMETTA®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Visiting Costa Rica
Terri Collins
Account Manager - NC, PA, VA
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Favorite Plant Variety: TUFF STUFF™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vacationing in coastal North Carolina
Tony Thom
Sales Manager
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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
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
Jeff Pipp
Account Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: PUGSTER BLUE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vietnam and Cambodia
Jodi Griffin
Licensee Account Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: INCREDIBALL®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Any place with my family
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
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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
Charlene Silkworth
Accounting Assistant
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Favorite Plant Variety: Blue CHIFFON®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vacationing in Tennessee
Deb Nederhoed
Accountant
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Favorite Plant Variety: PINKY WINKY®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Safari in Serengeti
Human Resources
Daniela Deppe
HR Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: BLOOMERANG® Dark Purple
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: My yearly visit to Croatia
Marketing and New Product Development
Adriana Robinson
Video Specialist
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Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Miss Molly’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Exploring Utah, Arizona, and Death Valley
Diane Fullerton
Marketing Assistant
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Favorite Plant Variety: LITTLE DIPPER®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: River cruise through Germany and Austria
Joe Williams
SEO & PPC Specialist
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Favorite Plant Variety: LOW SCAPE MOUND®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Kristina Howley
Horticulture Content Specialist
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Favorite Plant Variety: ARCTIC SUN®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vacation: Ireland
Maddie Boggs
Horticulture Content Specialist
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Favorite Plant Variety: PEARL GLAM®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Miranda Niemic
Horticulture Content Specialist
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Favorite Plant Variety: Blue CHIFFON®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Backpacking volcanoes in Guatemala
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
Shannon Downey
Creative Marketing Specialist
616-223-3368
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Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Aphrodite’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
Stacey Hirvela
Marketing Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: GINGER WINE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Art of Eating, M.F.K. Fisher
Growing
Brian Maher
Assistant Growing Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: FIRE LIGHT®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Winesburg, Ohio, Sherwood Anderson
Dave Joeright
Head Grower
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Favorite Plant Variety: FIRE LIGHT®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Boating on the Great Lakes
Denise Sikkema
Assistant Growing Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: SPRINTER®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins
Freedom Shelley
Assistant Growing Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: Blue CHIFFON®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Tobacco Caye, Belize
Grace Fricano
Assistant Growing Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: AT LAST®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Honeymoon in Europe - especially Greece
Jennifer Cobb
Assistant Growing Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: OSO EASY ITALIAN ICE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Sand County Almanac
Jessica Gulczynski
Assistant Growing Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: BLACK BEAUTY®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Zion National Park
Propagation
Alex Van Soelen
Assistant Propagation Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: TATER TOT®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Honeymoon in Costa Rica
Gail Berner
Propagation Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Limelight’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Kayaking and camping in the Sea of Cortez in Baja, Mexico
Jeff Flickinger
Assistant Propagation Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: BOBO®
Jeff Kurtz
Assistant Propagation Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: GINGER WINE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Arizona
Summer Field
Assistant 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
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Favorite Plant Variety: BLOOM-A-THON® White
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Captain America: Winter Soldier
John Papes
Shipping Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Limelight’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Shining
William Tritten
Assistant Shipping & Receiving Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: LITTLE LIME®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Avengers - End Game
Stock Plants and R&D
Alex Pott
Assistant Stock Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: PUGSTER® Amethyst
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Movie: Django Unchained
Brigette Porter
Assistant Trial Grower
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Favorite Plant Variety: DOUBLE TAKE PEACH™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Dr. Judson LeCompte
Product Development Assistant Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: WINECRAFT BLACK®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Visiting Portland, Oregon
Ginger Carston
Plant Breeding Assistant Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: BOLLYWOOD®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Backpacking Isle Royale National Park
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
Kara Gregory
Micropropagation & Patent Assistant Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: LET’S DANCE® RAVE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls
Matt Carlton
Stock and Research & Development Manager
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Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Limelight’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: My annual ski trip out West with my family
Megan Mathey
Ornamental Plant Breeder
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Favorite Plant Variety: TEMPLE OF BLOOM®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Backpacking Paria Canyon in Arizona
