Officers of the Southern Nursery Association ( SNA ) who will suffice for the 2019 term were elected during the hundred-and-twentieth Annual SNA Business Meeting held at the Baltimore Convention Center , Baltimore , Md. , during The SNA Conference . The election , unfastened to all active SNA member , determine representation from the four geographical region of the association :
Joseph Napoli , Athens Wholesale Nursery , Athens , GA , was elect president come after Norman Cole , III , Cole Nursery , Pipestem , WV .
The double-dyed slate of 2019 officers and manager is as follows :
2019 SNA Board . Seated ( left to right field ) prompt Past President – Norman Cole , President – Joseph Napoli , Vice President / Treasurer / Director Chapter 3 – Rickey Minton . Standing ( leave alone to right wing ) Director Chapter 2 – Marcus Cook , Director Chapter 1 – Matthew Shreckhise , Director Chapter 4 T – curious Ellefson , Executive Vice President – Karen Summers .
In his acceptance speech , Napoli stated he feels he has a big equipoise plane with SNA because the association has exposed him to so many business opportunities that have had a positive impact on his business enterprise . Through a minimal investment in rank dues and a booth at the SNA swap show , he has seen maximum net profit . He said when he was enquire to serve on the SNA Board in 2014 , he did not hesitate for one moment . He was asked if he needed some time to think about it and he said , “ No , I have thought about it for 20 age . ” ( Joseph Napoli ’s full language is available atwww.sna.org/page-975977/7162788 . )
fall in the SNA Board this twelvemonth is Marcus Cook , Owner , Marcus Cook Farms , Gray Court , SC . The line was founded in 1983 and dwell of a wholesale B&B nursery , and a landscape and lawn upkeep company .
Marty is a grad of Anderson College . After college he managed Eastern Plant Food , a impost blend fertilizer works and subsequently was employed as a salesman for Seedsmen , Inc. in Charlotte , NC . Through his experiences with these two companies he return home and diversified the family farm to include nursery plant and tree .
Marty suffice on the South Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association board and was President in 2016 when the connection merged with the South Carolina Landscape and Turfgrass Association to become South Carolina Green Industry Association . He has served on the Laurens Electric Cooperative Board , Laurens County Chamber of Commerce Board , Laurens County Water Resources Board , and the Laurens County Water & Sewer Commission . Marty was awarded the Small Business Person of the Year in 2005 by the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce .
“ This 2019 board represents a radical of various industry leaders , all with splendid concern skills that can be leveraged to the vantage of the SNA , ” enjoin Karen Summers , SNA Executive Vice President . “ Joe Napoli is a very unequalled somebody and I am excited to see where this music director will lead the SNA . We have a very gumptious and gifted board and I am very confident in their ability to chair this 120 - twelvemonth - old association forward , ” she added .
For more information : Southern Nursery AssociationPO Box 801454 , Acworth , GA 30101678.809.9992[email protected]www.sna.org
