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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 1,000 horticulture and landscape students. MISSION
VISION
To attract, inspire, and support
Landscape industry professionals
the education and advancement
will be recognized as vital and
of landscape professionals who
valued contributors to our
create and manage healthy green
communities.
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PROGRAM MASTER OF CEREMONIES Roger Phelps, Landscape Industry Certified STIHL, Inc. WELCOME Jerry Grossi, President National Association of Landscape Professionals Foundation AMBASSADOR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS PLATINUM AMBASSADOR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP FFA SCHOLARSHIP MARTY GRUNDER! INC. GROW! SCHOLARSHIPS STATE ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS
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Landscape Industry Certified is the international distinction awarded by the National Association of Landscape Professionals that represents individuals in the landscape industry who are QUALIFIED · CONFIDENT · RECOGNIZED ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP RECEPTION 2018 | 3
FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Jerry Grossi Landscape Industry Certified ArborLawn, Inc.
Sabeena Hickman, CAE, CMP CEO National Association of Landscape Professionals
President-Elect Frank Mariani Sr. Mariani Landscape
Martha Hill Landscape Architect Retired, Hinds Community College
Treasurer Lynda Wightman Hunter Industries
Michael Hommel Designs By Sundown
Immediate Past President Mark Meister Retired, JOHN DEERE 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. Jeff Buhler Massey Services, Inc. Tom Fochtman Landscape Industry Certified Ceibass Venture Partners Marty Grunder Grunder Landscaping Co.
Glenn H. Jacobsen Landscape Industry Certified Jacobsen Landscape Design & Construction Jim McCutcheon Landscape Industry Certified HighGrove Partners Roger Phelps Landscape Industry Certified STIHL Inc. Mike Rorie Ground Systems Ken Taylor Landscape Industry Certified JOHN DEERE 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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2018 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AMBASSADOR SCHOLARSHIPS ABM Landscape & Turf Services Scholarship John Nix North Carolina State University Akerman Family Scholarship Torie Jones North Dakota State University Bellantoni Landscape - The Art & Science Scholarship Mario Malagisi SUNY Delhi Bill and Mary Murdy Scholarship Jorgie Joy Teaster Ozarks Technical Community College Bruce and Gail Wilson Family Scholarship Jacob Mattlin Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Charles Vander Kooi Memorial Scholarship Montana Barrow Colorado State University Davey Commercial Landscape Services Scholarship Karen Schneck Kansas State University
David & Pam Snodgrass, Dennis’ Seven Dees Landscaping, Inc. Scholarship Camille Werner Brigham Young University - Idaho David J. Frank Landscape Contracting Career Builder Scholarship Anthony Soster Michigan State University Debra Holder and Family Scholarship Ethan Joseph Taylor Kansas State University Designs By Sundown Nicholas Fortuna Michigan State University Doesburg Family Scholarship Christian Moore The Ohio State University Eastern Landscape Management/ The Moore Family Scholarship Ashley Beazer Brigham Young University Ed Castro Landscape Inc. Scholarship Carver Lee Nichols University of Georgia ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP RECEPTION 2018 | 5
AMBASSADOR SCHOLARSHIPS (CONTINUED) Ed Sinnott Scholarship Megan Lynn Duff Brigham Young University - Idaho Farmside Landscape & Design Scholarship Jack Pohutsky Penn State Five Seasons Landscape Management Scholarship Sean McKay Columbus State Community College Frank and Beverly Ross Scholarship Aleesha Jane Breshears Ozarks Technical Community College
Gravely Landscape Maintenance Scholarship Ariana Rhiannon Newton West Virginia University Grover Family Scholarship Andy Dennis Shasta College Hunt Family Scholarship Tyler Gilson Michigan State University ILT Vignocchi Scholarship Justin Wigdahl Iowa State University
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Include Software Scholarship William R. Shelburne Virginia Tech Jacobsen Landscape Design and Construction Scholarship Richard Lawson SUNY Cobleskill James River Grounds Management Joseph Mills Virginia Tech Jeffrey Scott and Corine Koornhof Scholarship Tellese Megan George Brigham Young University - Idaho Martha G. Hill Scholarship Bryan Harrell Mississippi State University Moore Landscape Scholarship Sarah Kickert North Dakota State University PLANET 2008/2009 Board of Directors Scholarship Caitlin Carlson Kansas State University Precision Landscape Management Scholarship Megan Tighe Texas A&M University
R.P. Marzilli and Company Scholarship Michael Tilton University of Massachusetts - Amherst RM Landscape & Lemcke Family Scholarship Ciara Robinson Cuyahoga Community College Shirley B. Mangum Scholarship Karin Janai Cardenas Brigham Young University- Idaho Sousa Landscape Management & the Sousa Family Scholarship Lilly Oaks Auburn University Stay Green Inc. Scholarship Jennifer Apland Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Swingle Lawn, Tree and Landscape Care -Tolkacz Family Scholarship Austin R. Jennings Virginia Tech Terracare Associates Scholarship Stephanie Boudreaux Brigham Young University The Bruce Company Scholarship Taylor Hill Penn State
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AMBASSADOR SCHOLARSHIPS (CONTINUED) The Glowacki Family Scholarship Kaylee Ann Pierce North Dakota State University The Ivy Munion Langendorff Memorial Irrigation Scholarship McKynzie Mann Kansas State University The James Martin Associates & the Martin Family Scholarship Kira L. Magnusson Brigham Young University The Parley Glover Memorial Scholarship Matthew Heaton Brigham Young University
The Theodore W. Brickman, Jr. Scholarship Alexandra Trofimov Cuyamaca College The Thomas Fochtman Family Scholarship Chris Tragakes Colorado State University Tom and Carol Lied Scholarship ShayeAlta Naaf Kansas State University Vito Mariani, Sr. Scholarship Hannah Wootten Auburn University
The Ruppert Landscape Company Scholarship Keith McCormick Auburn University
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PLATINUM AMBASSADOR SCHOLARSHIPS Clevenger Safety Scholarship Jackson Chandler Brigham Young University CoCal Landscape Scholarship Kelsie Cady Colorado State University Damgaard Family Landscape Contracting Scholarship McKayla Michelle Sundberg Brigham Young University Go iLawn and The Rorie Family Scholarship Alexandra Holub Owens Community College Greenleaf Services Scholarship Genevieve Reddick Alamance Community College Greenleaf Services Scholarship Phyllis Daugherty Alamance Community College HighGrove Partners and The McCutcheon Family Scholarship Sarah Houtsma University of Georgia Hunter Water Conservation/ Irrigation Efficiency Scholarship Kari Trembath North Dakota State University
Husqvarna Professional Products Scholarship Connor Hagemeyer North Dakota State University JOHN DEERE Landscape Industry Scholarship Laura M. Mitchell Alamance Community College Scott Byron & Co. Scholarship Alyssa Brown Brigham Young University STIHL Inc. Landscape Industry Scholarship Amayrani Vergara Texas A&M University Take Stock in A Student Fund Franziska Ilona Collier Cuyamaca College The Scott Allen Memorial Scholarship Nathan Lambeth Mississippi State University The TruGreen Environmental Stewardship Scholarship Eric J. Coffman Hennepin Technical College Toro/Exmark Scholarship Marco Stefano Crosland Brigham Young University
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PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP Michelle Thurgood Brigham Young University
FFA SCHOLARSHIP Kendall Shaw Texas A&M University
MARTY GRUNDER GROW! SCHOLARSHIPS Karin Janai Cardenas Brigham Young University- Idaho
Kaylie Kristine Wittekind The Washington County Career Center
Bruce Robert Moore Kansas State University
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STATE ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado Cindy Burge Front Range Community College
Lisa Ann Warren University of Colorado Denver
Kelsie Cady Colorado State University
Justin Salisbury Front Range Community College
Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association Megan Bender University of Cincinnati
Nall Moonilall The Ohio State University
Amy Day University of Cincinnati
Ryan Vogel The Ohio State University
Lynn Lorio Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
Cassie Rine The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
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