J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. has named Art Anderson to serve as general manager and chief operating officer of the shade, flowering and specialty ornamental tree nursery headquartered in Boring, Ore.
Greg Hunter has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Hunter Industries. Gene Smith, Hunter's current Director of Marketing for Commercial and Residential Irrigation, has been selected to replace Greg as the company's new Vice President of Marketing.
Dan Ariens, president and CEO of Ariens Company, was inducted into the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) Hall of Fame at an awards ceremony on Oct. 16.
Project EverGreen has hired a new program manager to oversee its breadth of programs benefitting the green industry. Dan Jacobs was hired to fill the role for the national nonprofit organization that recently moved to its new Cleveland-area headquarters.
Ewing strengthened its national sales and product management strategy for turf and erosion control products with the addition of Andrew Keeton as national turf products manager.
The Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) announced that Kelly Blair of Pittsboro, N.C. has become the 137th grounds management professional to successfully complete its Certified Grounds Manager (CGM) program.
Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, announced the appointment of Jeff Michel as herbicide marketing product manager, and Sheryl Wells, Ph.D., as technical field development representative for the Southeastern U.S.