40 Under 40, Class of 2016

Meghan Owens

Company

Syngenta Flowers, Portland, Maine/Gilroy, California

Job Title

Key Account Manager-Retail

Accomplishments

  • Identify trends, opportunities and challenges in the marketplace and develop strategic plans for customers and the company.
  • Works with customers and helps support key distributors and reps in the Northeast to increase sales and market presence.

Extracurricular

She’s a Competitor: She enjoys running and has participated in marathons and half- marathons and loves to golf. “I pretty much like anything competitive, whether it is competing against myself or someone else.”

Fun Facts

Not Many People Know: Meghan is ambidextrous. “When I was in first grade I would write across half the page with my left hand and then switch to my right. They made me pick one, so I chose left … I attribute my terrible sense of direction and shaky ability to describe things being on the left or right to this.”