11/30/2016
Southern Nursery Association Elects New Officers
Allison Westbrook
Officers of the Southern Nursery Association (SNA) who will serve for the 2016-2017 term were elected during the 118th annual meeting held at The Classic Center in Athens, Georgia. Founded in 1899, the SNA is a non-profit trade association representing the horticultural industry in the southeastern U.S. SNA provides member services to wholesale growers, brokers, retailers, landscape contractors, landscape architects, grounds maintenance contractors, interiorscapers and allied suppliers. The election, open to all active SNA members, determines representation from the four geographic regions of the association. These regions are:
Chapter 1—Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia
Chapter 2—Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
Chapter 3—Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee
Chapter 4—Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas
The complete slate of 2016-2017 officers and directors are:
* Dusty Knight, President, Plantation Tree Company, Selma, Alabama
* Norman Cole, III, Vice President/Treasurer/Director Chapter 1, Cole Nurseries, Pipestem, West Virginia
• Joseph Napoli, Director Chapter 2, Athens Wholesale Nursery, Athens, Georgia
• Rickey Minton, Director Chapter 3, Triangle Nursery, McMinnville, Tennessee
• Todd Ellefson, Director Chapter 4, Windmill Nursery, Franklinton, Louisiana
• Michael Hobbs, Immediate Past President, Warren County Nursery, McMinnville, Tennessee GT