Northeast Greenhouse Conference and Expo will sport a Town Hall Panel : What ’s New in Floriculture Breeding and Genetics on Wednesday , November 8 , 2023.Meet the panelists :
Jim Devereux , GreenFuse Botanicals , Chief Executive OfficerJim Devereux has over 20 years ' of experience in the horticultural market . With a history in commercial-grade growing , sales event , and breeding . presently , he is the Chief Executive Officer of Green Fuse ® Botanicals , a California - based genteelness company specializing in the innovation of vegetational yearly and perennials . Jim is a past prexy of All - American Selections and a alumnus of the University of Wyoming with degrees in botany and ground science . He currently resides in Fort Collins , Colorado , where he enjoy camping and , of class , garden .
Megan Bowman , Ph.D. , Director of Research Operations , Ball HelixMegan Bowman is the Director of Research Operations at Ball Horticultural Company in West Chicago , Illinois . Founded in 1905 , Ball Horticultural is a world leader in the enquiry , breeding , production , and marketing of ornamental crop . Ball Helix , Ball ’s central R&D squad , provide innovative product development and product financial backing for Ball ’s various business organization unit of measurement through a global web of research laboratories specializing in plant life pathology and nosology , molecular marker development , cell biology , tissue culture production , and bioengineering . As a member of the Ball Helix team , Megan leads research portfolio management , major substructure projects , science laboratory safety , and worldwide biotech regulatory and compliance . She has a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and worked for several age in computational biology and bioinformatics in both the agrarian and biomedical inquiry sector . She joined Ball in 2018 to lead bioinformatics and genomics prior to travel to operations in 2020 . She is a legal guardian of the American Floral Endowment and serves as a commission member and mentor for ASHS .
Gary Sainsbury , Syngenta Flowers , Account ManagerGary Sainsbury has work in horticulture all over the globe for over 30 old age , get his training in Commercial Horticulture Production before move into Sales and Sales Management roles . His current character with Syngenta Flowers , one of the expectant breeder of floral crop in the Earth , started over 8 years ago . He mainly works with growers and factor party to help them best understand Syngenta ’s portfolio and guidance .
Stephanie Whitehouse , Dummen North America Product ManagerStephanie Whitehouse is the Regional Product Manager for Decorative Annuals with Dümmen Orange , North America . antecedently she was General Manager for Dickman Farms Greenhouse , an independent garden center in Central New York State . During her 5 - year in garden retail , she increase profit margins and aid the company successfully sail challenges during COVID-19 . Prior to Dickman Farms , Stephanie wreak for Peace Tree Farm , a Certified Organic sweeping greenhouse in Bucks County , PA , as the Sales & Marketing Director . During her 8 - yr term of office , Stephanie worked to increase company lucrativeness , redefine product lines and offerings , improved broker and customer relations , and was instrumental in the global commercial-grade launch of Lavender Phenomenal ® . During her time at Peace Tree Farm , she was recognized as a member of GPN Magazine ’s 40 Under 40 inaugural course in 2012 . Stephanie is a grad of Cornell University ( Plant Sciences , BS 2006 and Weed Ecology , MS 2010 ) . She has written numerous articles for swop magazines and give demonstration to state horticulture associations , AmericanHort , GrowerTalks Magazine , and The Seeley Conference . She antecedently served as a member and then president of the GenNext Committee of AmericanHort for 5 long time and currently serves on the Retail Committee . Stephanie is passionate about horticulture and consumer trends and shoot for to improve and embellish lifestyles with plant life .
The conference docket is on-line athttps://www.negreenhouse.org/schedule.html
Registration is now open!https://www.negreenhouse.org / registration.html
The biennial Northeast Greenhouse Conference & Expo is co - patronize by New England Floriculture , Inc. - a group of grower representative from the Northeast , augment by University and Cooperative Extension faculty in each state who specialize in greenhouse crops and management .
