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The National Association of Landscape Professionals Foundation is a $4.4 million foundation dedicated to advancing professional careers in the landscape industry. The Foundation carries out its mission through public education to promote landscape industry careers by supporting efforts to recruit professionals into the industry and by granting scholarships to help students get the education they need to excel. The Foundation has awarded close to $1 million in academic scholarships to almost 1000 horticulture and landscape students. MISSION
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will be recognized as vital and
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PROGRAM MASTER OF CEREMONY Roger Phelps, Landscape Industry Certified STIHL, Inc. WELCOME Mark Meister, President National Association of Landscape Professionals Foundation AMBASSADOR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS PLATINUM AMBASSADOR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP FFA SCHOLARSHIP MARTY GRUNDER GROW SCHOLARSHIPS STATE ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Mark Meister Retired, JOHN DEERE President-Elect Jerry Grossi Landscape Industry Certified ArborLawn, Inc. . Treasurer Frank Mariani Sr. Mariani Landscape Immediate Past President Miles Kuperus Jr. Landscape Industry Certified Farmside Landscape & Design Phil Allen, Ph.D Landscape Industry Certified Brigham Young University Bruce Birdsong Landscape Industry Certified Precision Landscape Management Edward Castro Landscape Industry Certified Ed Castro Landscape, Inc. Jon Cundiff Landscape Industry Certified Weed Man - Kansas City Tom Fochtman Landscape Industry Certified Ceibass Venture Partners
Sabeena Hickman, CAE, CMP CEO National Association of Landscape Professionals Martha Hill Landscape Architect Hinds Community College Michael Hommel Designs By Sundown Glenn H. Jacobsen, Landscape Industry Certified Jacobsen Landscape Design & Jim McCutcheon Landscape Industry Certified HighGrove Partners Roger Phelps Landscape Industry Certified STIHL Inc. Lynda Wightman Hunter Industries Bruce Wilson Bruce Wilson & Company
The Foundation carries out its mission through public education to promote landscape industry careers, by supporting efforts to recruit professionals into the industry, and by granting scholarships to help students get the education they need to excel.
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS FOUNDATION
2017 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AMBASSADOR SCHOLARSHIPS ABM Landscape & Turf Services Scholarship Laura Mitchell Almance Community College Akerman Family Scholarship Tony Trent Ozark Technical Community College Bellantoni Landscape - The Art & Science Scholarship Hannah Kelly SUNY Delhi Bill and Mary Murdy Scholarship Torie Jones North Dakota State University Chapel Valley Landscape Co. - The Reeve Family Scholarship Mitchell Dickinson University of Maryland Davey Commercial Landscape Services Scholarship Sophia McCusker North Carolina State University
David & Pam Snodgrass - Dennis’ Seven Dees Landscaping Scholarship Yvonne Shay Brigham Young University-Idaho David J. Frank Landscape Contracting Career Builder Scholarship Lee Rainey Michigan State University Debra Holder and Family Scholarship Josh Nieuwsma Michigan State University Designs By Sundown Scholarship Zack Kitterman Brigham Young University Eastern Landscape Management/ The Moore Family Scholarship Elizabeth Trott Almance Community College Ed Castro Landscape Scholarship Danielle Griffin Mississippi State University
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AMBASSADOR SCHOLARSHIPS (CONTINUED) Ed Castro Landscape Scholarship Hannah Wootten Auburn University
Jacobsen Landscape Design and Construction Scholarship Chayil Johnbaptiste SUNY Cobleskill
Ed Sinnott Scholarship Marco Crosland Brigham Young University
James River Grounds Management Scholarship Laura Yuhase Virginia Tech
Five Seasons Landscape Management Scholarship Greg Gilbertsen Columbus State Community College
Moore Landscape Scholarship Mary Lewis University of Georgia
Gachina Landscape Management/ The Gachina Family Scholarship Allana Childs Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
PLANET 2008/2009 Board of Directors Scholarship Andrew Scheldorf North Dakota State University
Gravely Landscape Maintenance Scholarship Connor Hagemeyer North Dakota State University
R.P. Marzilli and Company Scholarship William Shelburne Virginia Tech
Grover Family Scholarship Jackson Chandler Brigham Young University
Ron and Sally Kujawa Scholarship Kellie Kohlmann Milwaukee Area Technical College
Hunt Family Scholarship Corinne Tucker Michigan State University
Shirley B. Mangum Scholarship Logan Castagno Brigham Young University-Idaho
ILT Vignocchi Scholarship Shirlee Berman College of DuPage
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Sousa Landscape Management & the Sousa Family Scholarship Genevieve Shepard University of Massachusetts
The Parley Glover Memorial Scholarship Brooke Mackay Brigham Young University
Swingle Lawn, Tree and Landscape Care - Tolkacz Family Scholarship Amanda Wilson Ozark Technical Community College
The Ruppert Landscape Company Scholarship Justice Schlemmer Virginia Tech
Terracare Associates Scholarship Alfredo Mujica Palo Alto College The Bruce Company Scholarship Kristina Gehrer Kansas State University
The Theodore W. Brickman, Jr. Scholarship Karen Schneck Kansas State University The Thomas Fochtman Family Scholarship Adrian Bailey Colorado State University
The Glowacki Family Scholarship Andrea Burkhardt Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture
Tom and Carol Lied Scholarship Emily Schoenrock North Dakota State University
The Ivy Munion Langendorff Irrigation Scholarship Gilbert Young Utah State University
TruGreen Companies Scholarship Andrea Johnson Kansas State University
The James Martin Associates & the Martin Family Scholarship Katrina VanRingelestein Iowa State University
Vito Mariani, Sr. Scholarship Bruce Moore Kansas State University
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PLATINUM AMBASSADOR SCHOLARSHIPS Clevenger Safety Scholarship Marissa Nechuta University of Wisconsin - River Falls
Greenleaf Services Scholarship John Hawkins Almance Community College
Cocal Landscape Scholarship Michael Schleining Colorado State University
Greenleaf Services Scholarship MaKayla White Wilkes Community College
Damgaard Family Landscape Contracting Scholarship Alyssa Brown Brigham Young University
HighGrove Partners and the McCutcheon Family Scholarship Sarah Houtsma University of Georgia
Go iLawn and the Rorie Family Scholarship Christian Moore The Ohio State University
Hunter Water Conservation/ Irrigation Efficiency Scholarship Preston Zoellner Michigan State University
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Husqvarna Professional Products Scholarship Celia Le Maistre-Matthys The Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture JOHN DEERE Landscape Industry Scholarship David Hokanson Brigham Young University-Idaho Scott Byron & Co. Scholarship Regan Fuqua-Sar Colorado State University
STIHL Inc. Landscape Industry Scholarship Kristen Cotter Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Take Stock in a Student Braden Spence Brigham Young University The Scott Allen Memorial Scholarship Benjamin Proulx Brigham Young University Toro/Exmark Scholarship Abby Makowski Michigan State University
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PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP Michelle Thurgood Brigham Young University
FFA SCHOLARSHIP Bailey Pedersen Clemson University
MARTY GRUNDER GROW SCHOLARSHIPS Jillian Brockmeyer Cincinnati State Technical & Community College Brett Carmean Auburn University
Zac Gordon Upper Valley Career Center Camille Werner Brigham Young University - Idaho
STATE ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado Alicia Andrus Front Range Community College
Angelo Farino Front Range Community College
Cindy Burge Front Range Community College
Sergio Rojas-Robles Front Range Community College
Kelsie Cady Colorado State University
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STATE ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS (CONTINUED) Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association Megan Bender University of Cincinnati
Traci Parks Columbus State Community College
Joshua Bloch Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
Jamie Penkava The Ohio State/ATI
Coralie Farinas The Ohio State University Greg Gilbertsen Columbus State Community College Nancy Mackey Kent State University Brian Malin Clark State Community College Nall Moonilall The Ohio State University
Ciara Robinson Cuyahoga Community College Steven Shavel The Ohio State University Sam Steinbrunner Clark State Community College Trent Weber Auburn Career Center Christopher Myers Washington County Career Center
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