Feb 10, 2015
AAS Chooses New Officers and Trial Judges

While meeting during the Flower and Vegetable Seed Conference in Tampa, Florida, hosted by the American Seed Trade Association, All-America Selections elected the following new officers for a two-year term.

While meeting during the Flower and Vegetable Seed Conference in Tampa, Florida, hosted by the American Seed Trade Association, All-America Selections (AAS) elected the following new officers for a two-year term:

President: Angus Mellish from Veseys Seeds, York, Prince Edward Island,
Vice President: Connie Dam-Byl from William Dam Seeds, Dundas, Ontario
Past-President: Ron Cramer, Xiant Technologies, Windsor, Colorado
Treasurer: Patty Buskirk, Seeds By Design, Maxwell, California continues a three-year term.

To support the message of “Tested Nationally & Proven Locally” the AAS Board of Directors added the following new judges during 2014:

Mark Amiya from Sakata Seed, new judge, Edibles Trial
Eugene Blythe from South MS Branch Exp. Station, established judge, added Ornamental Vegetative Trial
James Bourgeois from Norseco, new judge, Ornamental Vegetative Trial
Natalie Bumgarner from University of Tennessee, new judge, Edibles Trial
Jessica Cloninger from Boerner Botanical Garden, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
Venelin Dimitrov from W. Atlee Burpee, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
Victoria Goddard-Fischer from Callaway Gardens, new judge, Edibles Trial
Travis Higginbotham, Battlefield Farms, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
Doug Holden from Ernst Benary of America, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
Sim McMurry from Metrolina Greenhouses, established judge, added Edibles Trial
Scott Mozingo from Ball Horticultural Co., new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
James Newburn from University of Tennessee, new judge, Ornamental Vegetative Trial
Penelope Merritt-Price from Young’s Plant Farm, new judge, Ornamental Seed and Ornamental Vegetative Trial
Robin Dremsa Ruether from Kansas State University, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
Janelle Schweinfurth from Callaway Gardens, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
Laura Smith from Sakata Seed, new judge, Ornamental Seed Trial
Jerry Trageser from Nature’s Best Nursery, new judge, Ornamental Seed and Ornamental Vegetative Trial
Bill Watson from Grimes Horticulture, established judge, added Ornamental Vegetative Trial
Aaron Whaley from AP Whaley Seed, new judge, Edibles Trial