MNLA Committees
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PRODUCTS:
Chair: Mark Ahronian, MCH Ahronian Landscaping & Design, Inc. (508) 429-3844Christopher Kennedy, MCH Kennedy’s Country Gardens, Inc.
Joe Avellino, Medway Garden Center and Nursery
Doug Dondero, Valley Green, Inc.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS:
Chair: Chris O’Brien, Howard Garden Design (617) 244-7269 Vice Chair: Walter Swift, Swift’s Creative Landscape, Inc. (508) 478-3768Patricia Bigelow, MCH, Bigelow Nurseries, Inc.
Fred Dabney, MCH, Quansett Nurseries, Inc.
Bonnie Tucker L’Etoile, Four Star Farms, Inc.
Mark Sawyer, MCH, Weston Nurseries
Robin Pydynkowski, Cape Ann Tree Service, Inc.
Tom Bradley, MCH, Emanouil, Inc. Mark Ahronian, MCH, Ahronian Landscaping & Design, Inc.
MASS. CERTIFIED HORTICULTURIST (MCH) BOARD:
Chair: Cheryl Salatino, MCH, Dancing Shadows Garden Designs (978) 443-9144Vice Chair: Hope Sterling, MCH, Sylvan Nursery, Inc. (508) 636-4573
Carl Quist, MCH, Town of Longmeadow
Barbara Stafinski, MCH, Bemis Farms Nursery
David Ellis, MCH, Roseland Nursery
Kerry Preston, MCH, Wisteria & Rose, LLC
HISTORY:
Chair: Philip Boucher, MCH Tranquil Lake Nursery (508) 252-4002Vice Chair: Skott Rebello, MCH, Harborside P.S. (508) 994-9208 Dick Bemis, MCH, Bemis Farms Nursery
MAGAZINE:
Mary Hallene, MCH, Sylvan NurseryMark Sawyer, MCH, Weston Nurseries
Francis Jesch, Cornucopia Gardeners
Randy Prostak, UMass Extension
Dan Gillman, UMass Extension
MEMBERSHIP:
Chair: Rene Fontaine, MCH, New England Botanicals (508) 962-1064Vice Chair: David Ahronian, MCH, Ahronian Landscape and Design, Inc. (508) 429-8006 Tim Lomasney, Imperial Nurseries
Karen Howard, Howard Garden Designs
Greg Trussell, MCH, Plowman Landscaping
EDUCATION & RESEARCH:
Chair: Michelle Harvey, MCH, Lakeview Nursery (978) 342-3770 Timothy Hay, MCH Bigelow Nurseries, Inc.Randy Prostak, UMass Cooperative Extension
John Kinchla, Amherst Nurseries
Katherine Bergmann, Weston Nurseries (New England Grows Rep)
Jim Stucchi, MCH, Ahronian Landscape and Design, Inc. (New England Grows Rep)
FINANCIAL COMMITTEE – MNLA FINCOM:
Chair: Steve Corrigan, MCH, Mountain View Landscapes and Lawncare, Inc. (413) 536-7555Chuck Baker, MCH, Strictly Pruning
John Rakouskas, MCH, Five Star Garden and Landscapes
John McAndrew, Edward Jones
Peter Ziomek, Ziomek & Ziomek
NEW ENGLAND GROWS:
Director: Mary Hallene, MCH Sylvan Nursery (508) 636-4573Past President: Michelle Harvey, MCH Lakeview Nurseries
