PP&L Announces Management Changes

Pacific Plug & Liner, Watsonville, California, has announced that Richard Gigot, director of sales and marketing, will retire on June 30, 2019. He will be moving into an advisory position beginning March 1.

Gigot joined PP&L in December 2013 and has been the driver of the company’s strategic turn-around toward perennials over the last few years.

Also effective March 1, Steve Lendvay will be promoted to sales director. Lendvay joined PP&L one year ago as business development manager based in Cleveland, Ohio, focusing on sales in the Midwest and East.  Prior to joining the company, Lendvay was with Skagit Horticulture where he was regional sales manager for 13 years, covering multiple regions of the United States and Canada.

The company also announced that on Jan 1, April Herring-Murray was promoted to marketing director. Herring-Murray joined PP&L seven years ago as new product development and marketing manager.  She has been instrumental in developing PP&L’s reputation as a perennial young plants supplier.  In her new role, she will be responsible for the overall marketing of young plants and new product discovery and development.

For more information, please visit www.ppandl.net.