MNLA Committees
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MARKETING & PRODUCTS:
Chair: Mark Ahronian, MCH Ahronian Landscaping & Design, Inc. (508) 429-3844 Christopher Kennedy, MCH Kennedy’s Country Gardens, Inc. Jim Connolly, MCH, Northeast Nurseries, Inc.Richard Bursch, MCH, Lakeview Nursery
LEGISLATIVE:
Chair: Mary Jesch, Cornucopia Gardeners (508) 879-1822Co-Chair: Chris O’Brien, Howard Garden Design (617) 244-7269
Patricia 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 Brothers, Inc. Mark Ahronian, MCH, Ahronian Landscaping & Design, Inc.
Walter Swift, Swift’s Creative Landscape, Inc.
MASS. CERTIFIED HORTICULTURIST (MCH) BOARD:
Chair: Cheryl Salatino, MCH, Dancing Shadows Garden Designs (978) 443-9144Co-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
HISTORY:
Chair: Philip Boucher, MCH Tranquil Lake Nursery (508) 252-4002Dick Bemis, MCH, Bemis Farms Nursery
Skott Rebello, MCH, Harborside P.S.
Nina King Lavin, Nina King Lavin Landscaping Design
MAGAZINE:
Mary Hallene, MCH, Sylvan NurseryMark Sawyer, MCH, Weston Nurseries
Francis Jesch, Cornucopia Gardeners
Randy Prostak, UMass Extension
Dan Gillman, UMass Extension
MEMBERSHIP:
Chair: Tim Lomasney, Imperial Nurseries (978) 470-1956Karen Howard, Howard Garden Designs
Greg Trussell, MCH, Plowman Landscaping
Francis Jesch, Cornucopia Gardeners
EDUCATION & RESEARCH:
Chair: Timothy Hay, MCH Bigelow Nurseries, Inc. (508) 845-2143Randy Prostak, UMass Cooperative Extension
Michelle Harvey, MCH, Lakeview Nursery
John Kinchla, Amherst Nurseries
Chris Kennedy, MCH, Kennedy’s Country Gardens
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
