AAS Elects New Officers

All-American Selections (AAS) elected new officers for a two-year term during the Flower and Vegetable Seed Conference in Tampa, Florida. The American Seed Trade Association hosted the event.

The following were elected:

• Angus Mellish from Veseys Seeds, York, Prince Edward Island as president
• Connie Dam-Byl from William Dam Seeds, Dundas, Ontario as vice president
• Ron Cramer, Xiant Technologies, Windsor, Colorado as past-president

Patty Buskirk, Seeds by Design, Maxwell, California continues a three-year term as treasurer.

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

For more information, and to view a complete list of current trial site and judges, visit www.all-americaselections.org.