2014/2015 PLANET AEF board of directors in place

The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) named members of the 2014/2015 PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF) board of directors.

They are as follows.

Officers:

• President—Tom Fochtman, Ceibass Venture Partners, Arvada, Colo.;
• VP—Miles Kuperus Jr., Farmside Landscape & Design, Sussex, N.J.;
• Immediate past president—Jim McCutcheon, HighGrove Partners, Austell, Ga.; and
• Secretary/treasurer—Mark Meister, John Deere, Cary, N.C.

Directors at large:

• Ed Castro, Ed Castro Landscape, Roswell, Ga.;
• Rick Doesburg, Thornton Landscape, Maineville, Ohio;
• Norman Goldenberg, Namron Business Associates, Miami;
• Jerry Grossi, ArborLawn, Lansing, Mich.;
• Sabeena Hickman, PLANET, Herndon, Va.;
• Martha Hill, Hinds Community College, Raymond, Miss.;
• Glenn Jacobsen, Jacobsen Landscape Design & Construction, Midland Park, N.J.;
• Frank Mariani, Sr., Mariani Landscape, Lake Bluff, Ill.;
• David Minor, The Landscape Partners, Fort Worth, Texas;
• Roger Phelps, Stihl, Virginia Beach, Va.;
• Kevin Thompson, Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association; Westerville, Ohio; and
• Bruce Wilson, Wilson-Oyler Group, Scottsdale, Ariz.