Jul 20, 2012

FNGLA Celebrates Industry Award Winners

Syngenta Flowers has hired Amy Briggs-Macha as a new technical services representative for U.S. based customers. Briggs-Macha will focus exclusively on seed-propagated crops as part of the Syngenta Flowers Technical Services team. She has more than 16 years experience in horticulture. She previously worked for Tagawa Greenhouses as a production manager in Brighton, Colo., for 12 years. Prior to that position, she held the title of specialty cut flower grower for Kitiyama Brothers Greenhouses, also in Brighton, Colo. Briggs-Macha received her Bachelor of Science degree in horticulture from Colorado State University, where she worked as a greenhouse assistant for the Plant Environmental Research Center. “She has practical, hands-on experience growing almost every product class we offer and knows how to effectively share that knowledge,” said Brian Corr, head of technical services for Syngenta Flowers. For more information, visit www.syngentaflowersinc.com.