Letter from VNLA Leadership

A new year brings new challenges and new opportunities. As we enter the spring season, the very work we do reminds us of renewal and brighter days ahead. VNLA approaches these days optimistically as we celebrate overcoming the unprecedented challenges of 2020 with positive energy and outlook for 2021.

We understand the important work all VNLA members do and we remain steadfast in collaboration with others to continue to enhance, promote and advocate for Virginia’s nursery and landscape professionals. Working with local, state and national colleagues to ensure our green industry businesses remained essential last year was successful. This year, it is our sincere hope to build on that momentum and continue to thrive.

The VNLA Board of Directors and its Executive Committee serves to represent all VNLA members. If you have a question or idea, please reach out to any of us. As always, we work to identify and share information about opportunities for continuing education that can be applied to a Virginia Certified Horticulturist (VCH) credential. If you know of an upcoming educational opportunity, please share it with us so we can help promote it.

We are proud to continue serving you,

2021 VNLA Leadership

2021 Slate of Officers & Directors

Year indicates start of volunteer service to VNLA Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT — Seana Ankers 2017 — Meadows Farms Nurseries & Landscaping

VICE PRESIDENT — Jeff Howe 2016 — Windridge Landscaping

SECRETARY / TREASURER — Chris Dowdy 2020 — Bennett’s Creek Nursery

PAST PRESIDENT / BOARD RECRUITMENT — Christopher Brown, Jr. 2013 — Lancaster Farms

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR — Shellie Archer

DIRECTORS

Matt Deivert 2017 — MANTS Board Representative — South Riding Nurseries

Neal Beasley 2019 — Certification/VCH* Chair — Timmons Group

Warner Winthrop 2020 — Website Development Chair — Colesville Nursery

Robin McCall 2020 — Williams Brothers Tree & Lawn Service

Jeff Riggleman 2020 — Kohler Equipment

Jason Stern 2021 — Bailey Nurseries

EX-OFFICIO, virtue of office: Non-voting — Laurie Fox, Ph.D. — VA Tech Hampton Roads AREC

EX-OFFICIO, virtue of office: Non-voting — David Seward — Reynolds Community College