L. Dean Alberty -- 2024 MoGIA PRESIDENT
Director of Strategic Planning at The Institute of Soil Genomics for Healthy Community Forestry and the Senior Chair of the Missouri Community Forestry Council.  Dean is involved in growing better trees and helping people grow better trees as a soil microbiome expert. His profound knowledge of soil microbes empowers us to uncover the secrets of genomics for healthier communities.

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Erik Lowes --2024 MoGIA VICE PRESIDENT
Lowes Landscaping:  Professional team of lawn and landscape experts building creative and sustainable outdoor living spaces. Our services include landscaping, retaining walls, patios, water features, lawn maintenance, snow removal, irrigation, landscape lighting, fertilization, seeding and more.

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Bryan Stringer -- D.I.G. Tradeshow Chairman
Sales Representative, BWI Companies, Inc: BWI distributes lawn and garden products, horticultural products, and turf products. Our industry leading inventories includes small pack chemicals and fertilizers, vegetable, lawn and pasture seed, grower supplies, water gardening, landscaping supplies, soils, livestock supplies, among many others.

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Christina James .... Professional Horticulturist

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Suzanne Alberter
Director of Administration, Growing Green:  Custom Interior & Exterior Plantscapes ... Whatever the size of your business or organization — our award-winning experienced plantscaping designers will enhance your corporate brand.

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Lauren Jared
Frisella Nursery:  A local plant nursery like no other. Our garden center has everything you’ll need to get—and keep—your garden growing thanks to our extensive selection of Missouri native plants and locally grown plants cultivated in our own plant and tree nurseries right here in Missouri.

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Kimberley Lovelace-Hainsfurther
President, Forrest Keeling Nursery:  Established in 1948, Forrest Keeling’s reputation for innovative environmental projects circles the globe. The Nursery’s mission is to restore the earth’s ecosystem’s one tree at a time.

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Cody Azotea
Focal Pointe:   We love Plants -- ALL THINGS HORTICULTURE We create landscape brands for people who are as dedicated to their craft as we are to ours. Our talented team of horticulturalists, arborists, and irrigation specialists have a passion to reflect the ideals of those we serve.

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Dr. Chad Follis
Director, Civic Leaders Internship Program, University of Missouri-Columbia:   Direct the service learning internships that focus on government and non-profit experiences. Expand partnerships with service agencies, governmental, non-profit and for profit.

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