Jun 15, 2016

Northeast Greenhouse Expo Names Keynote Speaker

Dümmen Orange COO Kate Santos will deliver the keynote presentation at the 2016 Northeast Greenhouse Conference and Expo. Santos will share what the global firm Dümmen Orange is doing to understand industry customers, how those customers’ impact company activities, and what the company is doing to help connect people with flowers.

Santos earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Plant Biology from the University of New Hampshire. Following undergraduate school she worked as a grower for Cavicchio’s greenhouse operation in Sudbury, Massachusetts, where she was responsible for growing a variety of container grown annuals and perennials.

She returned to graduate school and worked with Paul Fisher at the University of Florida, where she focused on quantification of nutrient uptake during propagation of unrooted cuttings. After earning her PhD she joined Costa Farms in Miami, Florida, as the director of research and development where she oversaw the trial garden and research teams at each of their facilities.

Santos currently works for Dümmen Orange as the operations director, where she has the opportunity to devise strategies to develop and bring new products to market.

The Northeast Greenhouse Expo is sponsored by the Extension programs of the six New England State Universities and New York State, and the New England Floriculture, Inc.

For more information on the conference and expo, visit the Northeast Greenhouse Conference and Expo website.