Mar 27, 2008

AFE Appoints New TrusteesSource: The American Floral Endowment

The American Floral Endowment (AFE) has elected three new trustees to serve three-year terms on the Board of Trustees. Dwight Larimer, Design Master Color Tool Inc., Boulder, Colo.; Robert Maddux, Krueger-Maddux Greenhouses, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Eric Nissen, Sunshine State Carnation, Inc., Hobe Sound, Fla., will be bringing new energy and extensive expertise to the board, according to an American Floral Endowment press release.

Larimer, president of Design Master Color Tool, Inc. brings a wealth of over 30 years of floral industry experience to the board. Maddux opened his first garden center more than 47 years ago and is now president and owner of Krueger-Maddux Greenhouses, with corporate headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. Nissen has been working in the floral industry for 23 years, including being a past Society of American Florists (SAF) board member.

For more information, visit http://www.endowment.org.