AAS Elects New Officers
All-American Selections elected new officers for a two-year term during the Flower and Vegetable Seed Conference in Tampa, Florida.
All-American Selections (AAS) elected new officers for a two-year term during the Flower and Vegetable Seed Conference in Tampa, Florida. The American Seed Trade Association hosted the event.
The following were elected:
- Angus Mellish from Veseys Seeds, York, Prince Edward Island as president
- Connie Dam-Byl from William Dam Seeds, Dundas, Ontario as vice president
- Ron Cramer, Xiant Technologies, Windsor, Colorado as past-president
Patty Buskirk, Seeds by Design, Maxwell, California continues a three-year term as treasurer.
To support the message of Tested Nationally & Proven Locally, the AAS Board of Directors added the following new judges during 2014:
- Mark Amiya from Sakata Seed, new judge, Edibles Trial
- Eugene Blythe from South MS Branch Exp. Station, established judge, added Ornamental Vegetative Trial
- James Bourgeois from Norseco, new judge, Ornamental Vegetative Trial
- Natalie Bumgarner from University of Tennessee, new judge, Edibles Trial
- Jessica Cloninger from Boerner Botanical Garden, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
- Venelin Dimitrov from W. Atlee Burpee, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
- Victoria Goddard-Fischer from Callaway Gardens, new judge, Edibles Trial
- Travis Higginbotham, Battlefield Farms, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
- Doug Holden from Ernst Benary of America, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
- Sim McMurry from Metrolina Greenhouses, established judge, added Edibles Trial
- Scott Mozingo from Ball Horticultural Co., new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
- James Newburn from University of Tennessee, new judge, Ornamental Vegetative Trial
- Penelope Merritt-Price from Youngs Plant Farm, new judge, Ornamental Seed and Ornamental Vegetative Trial
- Robin Dremsa Ruether from Kansas State University, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
- Janelle Schweinfurth from Callaway Gardens, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
- Laura Smith from Sakata Seed, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
- Jerry Trageser from Natures Best Nursery, new judge, Ornamental Seed and Ornamental Vegetative Trial
- Bill Watson from Grimes Horticulture, established judge, added Ornamental Vegetative Trial
- Aaron Whaley from AP Whaley Seed, new judge, Edibles Trial
For more information, and to view a complete list of current trial site and judges, visit www.all-americaselections.org.
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