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
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Eric Martz
Operations Manager
616-846-4729 x1408
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: LET’S DANCE® BLUE JANGLES®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Sailing in the Caribbean
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Jeremy Deppe
General Manager
616-223-3374
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: MIDNIGHT SUN®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Gladiator
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Tim Wood
Product Development & Head of Marketing
616-223-3367
Email
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Favorite Book: Dune
Sales
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Aleck Frederick
Account Manager - TX, LA, MS
616-414-7382 x1113
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: LIMELIGHT PRIME®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Remember the Titans
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Brad Strabbing
Account Manager - AL, FL, GA
616-218-4982
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: POCO LOCO™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Talladega Nights
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David Arsenault
Account Manager - MI, WI
616-223-3379
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: LIMELIGHT PRIME®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Trip to the boundary waters in Minnesota
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Jeremy McAdow
Account Manager - IN, OH
616-414-7391 x1114
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: PUFFER FISH®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Tambor, Costa Rica
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Jonathan Marchel
Account Manager, SC, TN
248-302-4996
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: LITTLE LIME PUNCH®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Maui, Hawaii
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Lindsey Davison
Sales Support Specialist
800-633-8859
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: QUICK FIRE FAB®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Favorite vacation - Anywhere and everywhere, I love traveling
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Mikal MacDonald
Account Manager, BC, CA, ID, NV, OR, WA
616-223-3376
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: EL NIÑO®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
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Ryan Drake
Account Manager - DE, MD, NJ
616-223-3365
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: PAISLEY PUP™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Hiking in Sedona, Arizona
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Sandy Harmon
Account Manager - AR, IL, KY, MO, OK, WV
616-414-7378
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: TUFF STUFF AH-HA®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Visiting the Upper Penninsula
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Terri Tullis
Account Manager - NC, PA, VA
616-223-3377
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: TUFF STUFF™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vacationing in coastal North Carolina
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Tony Thom
Sales Manager
616-223-3360
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: DOUBLE PLAY® CANDY CORN®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Amalfi Coast, Italy
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Woody Gutierrez
Account Manager - CT, MA, ME, NH, NL, NY, ON, PEI, QC, RI, VT
616-223-3363
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: INCREDIBALL®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Any movie with a Christopher Walken cameo
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Zack Suchecki
Account Manager - AB, AK, AZ, KS, CO, IA, MB, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, SD, SK, UT, WY
616-846-4729 ext 1710
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: JUST CHILL™ Double Mauve
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Golf Trip to St Andrews in Scotland with my Dad
Licensing
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Andrew Meeuwsen
Data Analyst
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: ILLUMINATI TOWER®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Tremors
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Ginny Squires
Grower Consultant
616-846-4729 x 1413
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: YARDLINE™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
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Jane Beggs-Joles
Landscape Program Manager
616-223-3369
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: TEMPLE OF BLOOM®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Young Frankenstein
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Josh Vokal
Licensee Account Manager
616-223-3362
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: KODIAK® Orange
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Slap Shot
Accounting
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Alissa Olsen
AP/AR Specialist
616-846-4729 x1303
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: PARAPLU PINK INK®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vacation to Venice, Florida to scuba for shark's teeth
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Deb Nederhoed
Accountant
616-223-3372
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: PINKY WINKY®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Safari in Serengeti
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Kristin Moran
AP/AR Specialist
616-846-4729 ext.1309
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Katsura’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: 2016 family vacation to Yellowstone National Park
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Sara Derdowski
Accounting Manager
616-846-4729 x1302
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Limelight’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Human Resources
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Daniela Deppe
HR Manager
616-560-7050
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: BLOOMERANG® Dark Purple
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: My yearly visit to Croatia
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Gabie Engel
Human Resources + Payroll Specialist
616-414-7381
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: BABY KIM®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Movie: Interstellar
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Liorah Marianos
Human Resources Assistant
616-846-4729 x1315
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: LIMELIGHT PRIME®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult
Marketing
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Adriana Paez-Robinson
Videographer & Photographer
616-846-4729 x1206
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Miss Molly’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Exploring Utah, Arizona, and Death Valley
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Crimson Draeger
Marketing Specialist - Social Media
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: LEGEND OF THE FALL®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Coraline
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Emilee Walsh
Digital Marketing Specialist
616-846-4729 x1214
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: PUGSTER® Amethyst
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Favorite Book: The Inheritance Games
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Jason Tokarchick
Assistant Creative Marketing Specialist
616-846-4729
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: STEADY AS SHE GOES®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Snowboarding in Colorado
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Kristina Howley
Horticulture Content Specialist
616-846-4729 x1207
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: TEMPLE OF BLOOM®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vacation: Ireland
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Natalie Carmolli
Advertising and Public Relations Specialist
616-223-3366
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: WINECRAFT BLACK®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: London & Salisbury in 2011
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Olivia Marzolf
Marketing Specialist & Event Coordinator
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: PERFECTO MUNDO PINK CARPET®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Traveling around Italy
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Samantha Huisman
Marketing Specialist – SEO & Content
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: MR. MUSTARD®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Hiking in Glacier National Park
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Shannon Downey
Creative Marketing Specialist
616-223-3368
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Aphrodite’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Pacific Northwest
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Stacey Hirvela
Marketing Manager
616-223-3375
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: EL NIÑO®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Art of Eating, M.F.K. Fisher
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Tori VanTimmeren
Web Designer
616-846-4729 x1212
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: BEYOND PINK’D®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Eating as much sushi as possible in Nagoya and Kobe Japan
Growing
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Brian Maher
Assistant Growing Manager
616-846-4729 x1412
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: FIRE LIGHT®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Winesburg, Ohio, Sherwood Anderson
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Dave Joeright
Head Grower
616-846-4729 x1402
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: FIRE LIGHT®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Boating on the Great Lakes
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Freedom Shelley
Assistant Growing Manager
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: Blue CHIFFON®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Tobacco Caye, Belize
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Jake Lutz
Assistant Growing Manager
800-633-8859 x1204
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: PERFECTO MUNDO PINK CARPET®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Iron Claw
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Jessica Gulczynski
Assistant Growing Manager
616-846-4729 x1422
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: BLACK BEAUTY®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Zion National Park
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Steve Trier
Assistant Growing Manager
800-633-8859 x1204
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Ruby Slippers’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Annual trip to Munich, Germany
Propagation
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Brayden Johnson
Assistant Propagation Manager
616-846-4729 x1424
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: BLOOMERANG BALLET™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Cruise/Scuba Trip to Cozumel, Mexico
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Hunter Brown
Assistant Propagation Manager
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: PARAPLU VIOLET®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Visiting Hawaii
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Jeff Flickinger
Assistant Propagation Manager
616-846-4729 x1424
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: BOBO®
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Jeff Kurtz
Assistant Propagation Manager
616-846-4729 x1417
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: GINGER WINE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Arizona
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Katie Gibson
Assistant Propagation Manager
800-633-8859
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: SHOW OFF® SUGAR BABY®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Camping in British Columbia
Shipping
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Bryan Van Kammen
Assistant Shipping Manager
616-846-4729 x1414
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: BLOOM-A-THON® White
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Captain America: Winter Soldier
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John Papes
Shipping Manager
616-846-4729 x1407
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Limelight’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Shining
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William Triten
Assistant Shipping Manager
517-282-2938 x1437
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: LET’S DANCE® BLUE JANGLES®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Avengers Infinity War and End Game
Stock Plants and R&D
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Alex Pott
Assistant Stock Manager
616-846-4729 x1411
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: PUGSTER® Amethyst
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Movie: Django Unchained
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Caleb Pritts
Plant Breeding/Growing Assistant Manager
616-846-4729 x1607
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: PUGSTER BLUE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Davis Harmon
Ornamental Plant Breeder
800-633-8859 x1607
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: AT LAST®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Backpacking the Southern Appalachians
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Dr. Judson LeCompte
Product Development Assistant Manager
616-846-4729 x1421
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: REMINISCENT® Coral
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Visiting Portland, Oregon
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Ginger Thurston
Stock and R&D Manager
616-846-4729 x1413
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: SPLENDID!™ Blue
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Backpacking Indian Peaks in Colorado
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Julie Crone
Micropropagation Plant Breeding Technician
Email
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
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Leticia Pasqualino
New Plants Assistant Manager
616-414-7381
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: MY MONET®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The English countryside
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Megan Mathey
Ornamental Plant Breeder
616-846-4729 x1403
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: TEMPLE OF BLOOM®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Backpacking Paria Canyon in Arizona
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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
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Brandon Hasty
Assistant Manager - Maintenance
616-846-4729 x1425
Email
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Movie: Shaun of the Dead - Book: Popular Mechanics Do-It-Yourself Encyclopedia
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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
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Kyle Morden
Assistant Construction Manager
616-846-4729 x1426
Email
Favorite Plant Variety: OSO EASY® URBAN LEGEND®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Legacy Journey by Dave Ramsey