People & Events

New Positions
Cortney Simon to customer service manager, Co-Ex Corp., Wallingford, Conn.
 
Richard Rasmussen Jr. to pacific northwest territory manager, BioSafe Systems, East Hartford, Conn.
 
Karel Blockmans to director of global research and development; Peter Maes to director of marketing and sales Europe, Koppert Biological Systems, The Netherlands.

Honors
Alan Shapiro, Grandiflora, Gainesville, Fla., was awarded the 2010 Robert McGee Balentine Horticulture award by the Southeastern Horticultural Society.
 

Associations
Scott Johnson, Johnson’s Nursery, Menomonee Falls, Wis., to president; Dan Krueger Jr., Northwoods Nursery, Rhinelander, Wis., to vice president; Jason Jacobs, Northern Christmas Trees, Merrillan, Wis., to secretary/treasurer; Brent Gustason, Midwest Groundcovers, St, Charles, Ill., and Ross Swartz, Paul Swartz Nursery & Garden Shop, Wilmot, Wis., to board of directors, Wisconsin Nursery Association, Greenfield, Wis.
 
Jim Mason, Country Landscapes, Ames, Iowa, to president, Western Nursery and Landscape Association, St. Joseph, Mo.