40 Under 40, Class of 2020

Elizabeth Dunham

Company

Knight Hollow Nursery

Job Title

Vice President

Accomplishments

• Responsible for leading the business her mother started in 1981 (wholesale propagator of woody plant tissue culture) into its fifth decade. “We are one of the only mother-to-daughter legacies in the industry.”

• Serves on the board of directors of the International Plant Propagators Society Eastern Region.

Extracurricular

When it comes to menu choices, Liz’s favorite foods are pizza, ice cream and cheese … “cuz I’m from WISCONSIN!!”

Fun Facts

Liz’s father invented WPM (Woody Plant Medium), a medium to grow woody plants in tissue culture, when he was professor at UW Madison, then her mother took that technology and built a business around it!