SAF’s Schmale Honored by International Trade Organization
Lin Schmale, senior director of government relations at the Society of American Florists (SAF) was honored with the Executive Director’s Award from the North American Plant Protection Organization. The award acknowledges the successful roles Schmale has played within NAPPO along with relationships between industry and government officials. Schmale has served on several NAPPO panels, which represent horticultural industry views, with issues ranged from greenhouse and nursery certification to import of plants for planting, and has represented SAF at the organizations annual meetings for nearly 20 years. For more information, www.aboutflowers.com, www.safnow.org.