Mountain meetup: LM got an exclusive invite to join our friends at the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) for their annual meeting in Park City, Utah, where LM’s Bill Roddy caught up with Kristina Cerniglia, Briggs and Stratton CEO. (Photo: LM staff)
Equipped for success: With Equip Exposition 2025 on the horizon, LM’s Scott Hollister (second from left) and Roddy connected with Cleo Battle (left), Louisville Tourism CEO; Karen Williams (center), OPEI’s director, partnership and development; and Kris Kiser (right), OPEI president and CEO. (Photo: LM staff(
Photo op: Allie Filley (center) is an official Friend of LM who has served as the longtime photographer for OPEI and Equip Expo, so Hollister and Roddy had to take the opportunity to turn the camera on him for a change. (Photo: LM staff)
Fore!: During the OPEI Louisville Golf
Classic at the annual meeting, Hollister (left) and Roddy teamed up with Chuck Bowen (second from left), OPEI’s vice president
of communications, and
Evan Cox (second from right), OPEI’s director, marketing.
A good time was had by all, but let’s just say Scottie Scheffler has nothing to worry about. (Photo: LM staff)
King of the hill: Mike
Newland (right), the director of agriculture business development for the Propane Education and Research Council, talked about propane’s role in landscaping with LM’s Roddy at the OPEI Annual Meeting. (Photo: LM staff)
What a way to go: Just days before his official retirement, Roddy and Hollister shared a celebratory conversation with David Thorne (center), OPEI’s board chairman and, at that time, vice president, turf and compact utility business unit for Deere and Co. (Photo: LM staff)
