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GGIA Board of Directors - 2008

   

executive board

 

Chairman

  Vice-Chairman

Wally Pressey
Classic Groundcovers, Inc.
405 Belmont Road
Athens, GA  30605
800/248-8424
Fax: 706/369-9844
wally@classic-groundcovers.com

  Paul Chappell
Diversified Trees, Inc
PO Box 1171
Pine Mountain, GA 31822
706/663-0300
Fax: 706/663-0301
paul@diversifiedtrees.com
     

Executive Treasurer

  PAST Chairman

Jenny Law
Monrovia Growers
PO Box 390
Cairo, GA 39828
800/342-6012
FAX: 229/377-9394
jlaw@monrovia.com

  Andy Rogers
McCorkle Nurseries, Inc.
3535 Roswell Rd, Suite 27
Marietta, GA  30068
770/578-9583; 800/572-2874
Fax: 770/578-9519
arogers@mccorklenurseries.com
     

Executive Director

   

Sherry Loudermilk
P.O. 369
Epworth, GA 30541
706/632-0100
Fax: 706/632-0300
info@ggia.org

   
     

Divisional Officers

 
     

Landscape Officers

   

President

 

LANDSCAPE OFFICER

David McIlvaine
Cumming, GA 
770/655-7292
dmcilvaine@bellsouth.net

 

 

Bobby Flowers
Valdosta State University
Physical Plant, 2903 N. Ashley St.
Valdosta, GA  31698
229/259-2528
Fax: 229/259-2546
 
bflowers@valdosta.edu

     

Board Member

 

Board Member

Michael Turner
Rainbow Landscape Design Inc
4638 Jade Trail
Canton, GA  30115
404/597-9750
Fax: 770/493-4608
mturner@rainbowlandscapes.com

 

Mark Deal
Okefenokee Technical College
1701 Carswell Ave.
Waycross, GA  31501
912/338-5284
FAX:  912/287-4865

     

Board Member

 

Past President

Rodney Cook
Nature Scapes
1270 A Turner Road
Lilburn, GA  30047
770/923-7023
Fax: 770/923-3874
rcook@nscapes.com

 

Tony White
T. Lake Environmental Design
408 Central Drive
East Dublin, GA  31027
478/272-3878
Fax: 478/272-4181
tony@tlake.com

     

     

Retail

   

President

  Vice President

Stacy Upson-Fordham
Four Seasons Garden Center
107 Sugar Mill Circle
Savannah, GA  31419
912/925-8258
Fax: 912/927-9495
sfordham24@comcast.net

  Stuart Cofer
Cofer's Home & Garden Showplace
1145 Mitchell Bridge Road
Athens, GA  30606
706/353-1518
Fax: 706/548-9891
stuart@cofers.com
     

Board Member

  Board Member

Rex Bishop
North Metro Technical College
5198 Ross Road
Acworth, GA  30102
770/975-4077
Fax: 770/975-4156
rexbishop@nmti.org

  Eric Hill
Autumn Hill Nursery
4256 Earney Road
Woodstock, GA  30188
770/442-3901
Fax: 770/410-0115

 
     

Board Member

  Past President

Chris Butts
1131 Holcomb Ct.
Bogart, GA  30622
706/540-2813
chrisbutts1@gmail.com

  Wayne Juers
Pike Family Nurseries
4020 Steve Reynolds Blvd.
Norcross, GA  30093
770/921-1022
Fax: 770/638-6941
wjuers@pikenursery.com
     

     

Sales & Marketing

   

President

  Vice President

Gene Brogden
Nursery Supplies
2620 Round Ridge Road
Loganville, GA 30052
770/815-4090
Fax: 770/466-9955
gbrogden@nurserysupplies.com

  Jay Dietz
ERTH Products, LLC
402 Line Creek Dr.
Peachtree City, GA 
770/486-8150; 800/849-3784
Fax: 770/487-3992
     

Board Member

  Board Member

Carol Seadale
Angel Creek Nursery
1130 Adams Road
Bishop, GA 30621
706/310-9898
Fax: 706/310-9820
cseadale@mindspring.com

  John Strickland
Advanced Nurseries Inc.
755 Union Hill Rd.
Alpharetta, GA  30004
678/990-7792
Fax: 678/990-7797
     

Past President

   

Jenny Law
Monrovia Growers
PO Box 390
Cairo, GA  39828
800/342-6012
fax: 229/377-9394
jlaw@monrovia.com

   
     

     

Wholesale

   

President

  Vice President

Ken James
James Greenhouses
1699 Crawford Smithonia Road
Colbert, GA  30628
706/742-7802
Fax: 706/742-7804
kenjames@alltel.net

  Bill Ross
Evergreen Nursery
1501 Dials Mill Road
Statham, GA  30666
678/753-1818
Fax: 678/753-7766
bill@evergreennurseryinc.net

 

   

Board Member

  Board Member

Jeff Beasley
Transplant Nursery
1586 Parkertown Road
Lavonia, GA  30553
706/356-8947
Fax: 706/356-8842
transplants@alltel.net

  Lee Gainous
Gainous Shade Tree
PO Box 419
Cairo, GA  39828
229/377-2202
Fax: 229/378-9011
lee@fbconnect.net

 

   

Board Member

  Past President

Joe Napoli
Athens Wholesale
495 Belmont Road
Athens, GA  30605
706/546-6638
Fax: 706-546-0263

  Paul Chappell
Diversified Trees, Inc
PO Box 1171
Pine Mountain, GA 31822
706/663-0300
Fax: 706/663-0300
paul@diversifiedtrees.com
     

     

Floriculture

   

President

  Vice President

Paul Long
Redbud Lane Nursery
PO Box 637
Holly Springs, GA  30142
770/345-5581
Fax: 770/345-7946
redbudlanenursery@msn.com

  Becki van der Walt
Horticultural Specialty Services
503 Carriage Drive
Bethlehem, GA  30620
678/425-3138
Fax:  770/868-0470
hortbeck@hotmail.com
     

Board Member

  Board Member

Bill Miller
4561 River Bottom Drive
Norcross, GA  30092
770/416-0192
Fax: 770/329-7956
wmdmiller@mindspring.com

  Dennis Mobley
Mobley Plant Farm
1255 Ewing Chapel Road
Dacula, GA  30019
770/513-3105
mobleyplantfarm@hotmail.com
     

Board Member

  Past President

Nathan King
Ball Seed Company
PO Box 6462
Athens, GA  30604
706/548-0699
Fax: 706/540-1613
nking@ballseed.com

  Tim Miller
Post Oak Farms
5924 Lexington Road
Rayle, GA  30660
706/274-3458
Fax: 706/274-3463
postoak@nu-z.net
     

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