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
Jeremy Deppe
General Manager
616-223-3374
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Favorite Plant Variety: DOUBLE PLAY® BIG BANG™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Gladiator
Sales
Amy Howard
Account Manager
616-223-3365
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Favorite Plant Variety: LITTLE LIME®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Disney World with my family
Ashley Joy
Account Manager
616-414-7382
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Favorite Plant Variety: GATSBY MOON®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Counting Backwards, Henry Jay Przybylo, MD
Brad Preston
Account Manager
616-223-3376
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Favorite Plant Variety: FINE LINE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Munich, Germany for Oktoberfest
Jeff Pipp
Account Manager
616-223-3361
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Favorite Plant Variety: PUGSTER BLUE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vietnam and Cambodia
Kimberly Noffke
Account Manager
616-223-3378
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Favorite Plant Variety: CRÈME FRAICHE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Castiglione Falletto, Italy
Morgan Temple
Account Manager
616-223-3379
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Favorite Plant Variety: SCENTARA® Double Blue
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Ready Player One, Ernest Cline
Paul Koutz
Account Manager
616-414-7378
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Favorite Plant Variety: INVINCIBELLE WEE WHITE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Major League
Terri Tullis
Account Manager
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: Caddyshack
Licensing
Chad Vanden Bosch
Finished Grower Support Manager
616-846-4729 x1410
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Favorite Plant Variety: BERRY HEAVY® Gold
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Roadtrip up the coast of Southern California
Gary Nienhuis
Licensee Account Manager
616-223-3363
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Favorite Plant Variety: PUGSTER BLUE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Going to Brazil with my family
Jane Beggs-Joles
Landscape Program Manager
616-223-3369
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Favorite Plant Variety: TUFF STUFF™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Young Frankenstein
Jodi Griffin
Licensee Account Manager
616-223-3364
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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
Brandon Cross
AR/AP Specialist
616-223-3373
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Favorite Plant Variety: LACED UP®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Sound of Music
Charlene Silkworth
Accounting Assistant
616-846-4729
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Favorite Plant Variety: Blue CHIFFON®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Vacationing in Tennessee
Christi Jones
HR Generalist
616-414-7381
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Favorite Plant Variety: PUGSTER PERIWINKLE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Japan in 2016
Deb Nederhoed
Accounting & HR Assistant
616-223-3372
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Favorite Plant Variety: PINKY WINKY®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Safari in Serengeti
Marketing and New Product Development
Adriana Robinson
Video Specialist
616-846-4729
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Favorite Plant Variety: ‘Miss Molly’
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Exploring Utah, Arizona, and Death Valley
Diane Fullerton
Marketing Assistant
616-414-7380
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Favorite Plant Variety: LITTLE DIPPER®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: River cruise through Germany and Austria
Natalie Carmolli
PR & Marketing 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: Creature from the Black Lagoon
Stacey Hirvela
Horticulture Marketing Specialist
616-223-3375
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Favorite Plant Variety: LIME RICKEY®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Art of Eating, M.F.K. Fisher
Tim Wood
Product Development & Marketing Manager
616-223-3367
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Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Adaptation
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
Denise Sikkema
Assistant Growing Manager
616-846-4729 x1412
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Favorite Plant Variety: SPRINTER®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins
Grace Fricano
Assistant Growing Manager
616-846-4729 x1403
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Favorite Plant Variety: AT LAST®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Honeymoon in Europe - especially Greece
Jennifer Cobb
Assistant Growing Manager
616-846-4729 x1411
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Favorite Plant Variety: OSO EASY® ITALIAN ICE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold
Jessica Gulczynski
Assistant Growing Manager
616-846-4729 x1403
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Favorite Plant Variety: BLACK BEAUTY®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Zion National Park
Kevin Gerbracht
Assistant Growing Manager
616-846-4729 x1411
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Favorite Plant Variety: BLOOMERANG® Dark Purple
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Stormlight Archive
Propagation
Alex Van Soelen
Assistant Propagation Manager
616-846-4729 x1405
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Favorite Plant Variety: LET’S DANCE® RAVE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Honeymoon in Costa Rica
Gail Berner
Propagation Manager
616-846-4729 x1404
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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
616-846-4729 x1405
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Favorite Plant Variety: BOBO®
Jeff Kurtz
Assistant Propagation Manager
616-846-4729 x1405
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Favorite Plant Variety: GINGER WINE®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Arizona
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
Richard Francis
Assistant Shipping Manager
616-846-4729 x1414
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Favorite Plant Variety: LET’S DANCE® Starlight
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: The Empire Strikes Back
Stock Plants and R&D
Ginger Thurston
Plant Breeding Assistant Manager
616-846-4729 x1401
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Favorite Plant Variety: BOLLYWOOD®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Backpacking Isle Royale National Park
Kara Gregory
Micropropagation & Patent Assistant Manager
616-846-4729 x1401
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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
616-846-4729 x1401
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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
616-846-4729 x1401
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Favorite Plant Variety: TEMPLE OF BLOOM™
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: Backpacking Paria Canyon in Arizona
Sean Conway
Stock Assistant Manager
616-846-4729 x1410
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Favorite Plant Variety: Blue CHIFFON®
Favorite Book, Movie, or Vacation: No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
