Long time no see: DiFranco and NALP CEO Britt Wood both attended their first NCLC at NC State in 2022. Two years later — now a pair of grizzled young green industry veterans — the two caught up, with a view of the Wasatch mountain range behind them. (Photo: LM Staff)
Check out a few of the places where the LM team made its rounds recently.
Family reunion: During his visit to Davey Tree’s Kent, Ohio, headquarters, LM Senior Digital Specialist Joey Ciccolini (right) stopped to say hi to his cousin, Joseph Rubino, who works for Davey in the company’s customer service department. (Photo: LM Staff)
Welcome wagon: Members of Davey Tree’s Corporate Communications team helped guide guests through the company’s headquarters during its celebration of 45 years of being employee-owned. From left to right: Josh Reuck, Jill Golden, Whitney Randolph, Steph Donovan, Jillian Schrift, Helen Thompson, Jen Lennox and Megan Bowers. (Photo: LM Staff)
One-man band: Chuck Stangel, landscape and horticulture instructor at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wis., (center) took home $1,500 for his students for winning the cheer competition at the National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC). (Photo: LM Staff)
From CLE to SLC: LM Associate Editor Rob DiFranco (left) snaps a picture with a fellow Clevelander, Jim Funai, Ph.D., assistant professor of plant and landscape technology at Cuyahoga County Community College (Tri-C). Tri-C fell just short of repeating as NCLC champions. (Photo: LM Staff)
Ben and Ken: LM columnists and Envisor Principals Ben Gandy and Ken Thomas were all smiles at the NCLC career fair. (Photo: LM Staff)
The Grovers take on Provo:
Bob Grover (left), president ot Pacific Landscape Management in Hillsboro, Ore., and his son, David, branch manager at Pacific Landscape Management and NCLC chairperson, pose for a picture on the main stage after the NCLC opening ceremony. (Photo: LM Staff)
