Location: El Segundo, Calif. Company: LandCare, Culver City Originally a strawberry patch, Pacific Corporate Towers (PCT) is a Class A commercial office space, located between the Los Angeles International Airport and the Pacific Ocean. The LEED Gold property is home to more than 90 tenants. LandCare has maintained the site since November 2009. It secured the deal after PCT’s chief... read more
Kubota Tractor Corp. appointed Haruyuki (Harry) Yoshida as the new president and CEO of Kubota Tractor Corp. (KTC) and Kubota North America, based in Grapevine, Texas, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Yoshida is a 37-year Kubota veteran who most recently held the position of managing executive officer GM of farm and industrial machinery domain, strategy and operations headquarters in Osaka, Japan,... read more
Haviland Enterprises appointed Meg Post as the company’s vice president of finance. Post assumes the role previously held by Terry Schoen, who announced plans to retire earlier this year. Post reports to CEO and President Mike Karasiewicz and will oversee the company’s financial operations, including accounting and reporting, financial planning and business analysis, IT and risk management. She will be... read more
Chris Darnell is joining The Harvest Group as a head harvester. Darnell—who helped a St. Louis area landscape and snow management company average a 19 percent increase in new sales each year—is invested in helping landscape professionals grow their businesses using modern sales strategies and leaving a long-lasting impression on the landscape and snow removal industries. Darnell continues to work at Bluegrass... read more
Andrew Bray will join the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) as vice president of government relations beginning on July 9. Bray is a seasoned association advocate, having worked in a government relations capacity for the North American Meat Institute, the Grocer Manufacturers Association and most recently as the vice president of public policy at the National Pest Management Association. Early... read more
Dan Herms, vice president of research and development for The Davey Tree Expert Co., has been named associate editor of Arboriculture and Urban Forestry, a publication of The International Society of Arboriculture Arboriculture and Urban Forestry, formerly the Journal of Arboriculture, is a bimonthly journal devoted to the dissemination of knowledge in the science and art of planting and caring... read more
