Dümmen Orange continues to expand teams
Promoting from within
Tim Clark is now the U.S. national sales manager for Dümmen Orange.
Based in the Cincinnati, Ohio area, Clark will now oversee Dümmen Orange’s extensive network of customers, broker companies and sales representatives throughout the U.S.
Prior to joining Dümmen Orange in spring 2022, Clark worked 25 years for Benken Florist Home and Garden Center as general manager at the storied southwestern Ohio company. He gained practical business experience before that as a zone operations manager for five years with Frito-Lay North America. Clark holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana.
Clark’s professional credentials are many and feature the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association where he has served on the organization’s board of directors including a term as board president. He was national tour chair from Ohio for the American Nursery and Landscape Association in 2008. Clark also served in numerous leadership roles for the Midwest Landscape Network including secretary from 2007 to 2009, treasurer from 2009 to 2011 and president from 2011 to 2013.
Hires two experienced horticulturists
Sarah Thompson is a new western regional sales manager and Michelle McElhannon, Ph.D., is a new technical specialist.
Prior to joining Dümmen Orange, Thompson spent the past 20 years serving in multiple roles at Olson’s Greenhouse Gardens, a well-known annual and perennial bedding plant supplier. She gained additional industry experience with a brief stint at Franz Witte Nursery and being an instructor at the College of Western Idaho.
Based in Boise, Idaho, Thompson earned her bachelor’s degree in horticulture from Boise State University and she has also earned additional professional certifications over the past 20 years.
McElhannon is a scientist with over 20 years of experience in horticulture, agriculture and academia. With an extensive background in laboratory, greenhouse and growth chamber research, she has worked with plant propagation, crop protection products and plant nutrition.
For more information about Dümmen Orange, please visit na.dummenorange.com.
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