All-America Selections Elects New Officers, Names New Judges
While meeting during the Flower and Vegetable Seed Conference in Tampa, Fla., hosted by the American Seed Trade Association, All-America Selections (AAS) elected the following new officers for a two year term:
- President: Angus Mellish from Veseys Seeds, York, Prince Edward Island
- Vice president: Connie Dam-Byl from William Dam Seeds, Dundas, Ontario
- Past-president: Ron Cramer, Xiant Technologies, Windsor, Colo.
- Continuing a three-year term as treasurer: Patty Buskirk, Seeds By Design, Maxwell, Calif.
To support its 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 Young’s 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 Nature’s 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
A complete list of all current trial sites and respective judges can be found on the AAS website.
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All-America Selections Elects New Officers, Names New Judges