NEWS FROM VNLA
2020 VNLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Below: front row left to right
Below: back row left to right
Marshall Saunders: Saunders Brothers Nursery, Orchard and Farm Market, NLA Membership Engagement Chair
Nicholas Dzurenda: Virginia Tech student
Shellie Archer: VNLA Executive Director Seana Ankers: Meadows Farms Nurseries and Landscape, VNLA Board Vice President, Legislative Committee Chair
CONGRATS TO OUR AWARD WINNERS!
Brent Hunsinger: Brent’s Native Plantings, VNLA Immediate Past Board President, Research Foundation Committee Co-Chair Jeff Riggleman: Kohler Equipment
Chris Dowdy: Bennett’s Creek Nursery, Research Foundation Committee
Warner Winthrop: Colesville Nursery
Cecilia Palmer: West Winds Nursery and Shade Tree Farm, VNLA Continuing Education Committee Chair
Neal Beasley: Timmons Group, VNLA Certification Committee Chair Not in photo
Christopher Brown, Jr.: Lancaster Farms, VNLA Board President, Research Foundation Committee Chair
Jeff Howe: Windridge Landscaping, VNLA Board Secretary/Treasurer, Certification Committee
Matt Deivert: South Riding Nurseries, MANTS Board Representative, VNLA Continuing Education Committee
David Seward: Horticulture Department Head Reynolds Community College, VNLA Certification Committee
2019 Environmental Steward Award recipient John Magee
Robin McCall: Williams Brothers Tree & Lawn Service, VNLA Continuing Education Committee
Dr. Laurie Fox: Hampton Roads Agriculture Research Extension Center, VNLA Certification Committee
2020 Professional of the Year Award Wes Bray and his wife (left) and with Christopher Brown Jr. (right).
Welcome New Entomologist, DR. ALEJANDRO DEL POZO VALDIVIA
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NLA would like to welcome Dr. Alejandro Del Pozo Valdivia into the Virginia turfgrass community. Dr. Valdivia is originally from Lima, Peru. There he earned his B.S. in Agronomy at La Molina Agrarian University. He studied at Washington State University and obtained his M.S. in Entomology before earning his doctorate at North Carolina State University. He will begin work on August 10th. He will be responsible for the entire state and will be based at the Hampton Roads AREC. • 10 • VNLA News • Summer 2020
