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Chair: Phil Allen, Ph.D.
Committee Staff Manager: Anna Demoret
The mission of the Accreditation Committee is to advance the professional and personal growth of PLANET members by establishing outcome-focused educational standards for institutions of higher learning that will bring value to the industry. The implementation of these standards will aid students as they become knowledgeable about the science, art, practice and business of the landscape industry. Member involvement in the committee is encouraged to recruit more schools into the program and to support the faculty of accredited schools in any way needed.

 

Chair: Bruce Allentuck
Co-chair: Bill Horn, CLP, CLT
Committee Staff Manager: Rachael James
The Awards Committee manages seven member awards programs: Environmental Improvement Awards, Green Industry Contribution Award, Community Service Recognition Program, Association Partner and Association of the Year Awards, PLANET Promise Awards and the Lifetime Leadership Award. The committee supports the various awards programs by continuously working to improve each program, assists with the judging process, and encourages other members to submit entries.

 

Chair: Jim McCutcheon, CLP
Co-chairs: Steve Pattie, CCLP , Kurt Kluznik, CCLP
Committee Staff Manager: Sherry MacDonald
Each year, the Crystal Ball Committee meets to discuss a topic of importance to the green industry and develop the annual Crystal Ball Report.

 

Chair: Jack McClary
Committee Staff Manager: Joan Haller
PLANET’s Education Committee coordinates its educational events and other educational offerings, such as the distance-learning program. In addition, the committee develops “SuccesScapes” and “InfoScapes” educational articles, which are available on PLANET's website.

 

Chair: Glenn Jacobsen, CLP
Committee Staff Manager: Joan Haller
The Executive Forum Committee spearheads the development of the educational program for PLANET’s Executive Forum event held each February.

 

Chair: Norman Goldenberg
Committee Staff Manager: Sabeena Hickman, CAE
(By appointment only.)

 

Chair: Jennifer Lemcke
Committee Staff Manager: Tanya Tolpegin
(By appointment only.)

 

Chair: Paul McDonough
Committee Staff Manager: Tom Delaney
The Government Affairs Committee addresses activity at the federal, state, and local levels of government to ensure the laws and regulations by which landscape and lawn care professionals must abide are reasonable and responsible and do not unduly burden PLANET member companies. Primary issues that the committee addresses include pesticides, fertilizers, water, and immigration.

 

Chair: Bob Grover, CLP, CLT
Co-chair: Jack McClary
Committee Staff Manager: Joan Haller
This committee plans all aspects of the educational program for PLANET’s annual Green Industry Conference held each October.

 

Chair: Brett Lemcke
Committee Staff Manager: Anna Demoret
This committee’s mission is to provide members with new ideas for recruiting and to change the current perception about careers in the green industry.  The committee strives to send a positive message about the many viable career paths within the industry to students of all ages. The committee works with FFA in an effort to target high school and college students who are already interested in the agriculture umbrella, under which falls the green industry. The committee also manages the organization’s student communications.

 

Chair: Joel Hafner, CLP, CLT
Committee Staff Manager:  James H. Johnson
The vision statement for PLANET’s certification programs is, “Driven by market demand, every professional landscape firm aspires to have PLNAET-certified employees on staff.” The International Certification Council (ICC) is the group that seeks to make its vision a reality by establishing certification programs, administering exams, and enforcing ethical compliance of all certification programs on behalf of PLANET.  There are eight members who serve three-year terms. 

 

Chair: John Buechner
Committee Staff Manager: Tom Delaney
Legislative Day on the Hill takes place in Washington, D.C., each July and provides green industry professionals with an opportunity to unite and take a stand on Capitol Hill by discussing vital industry issues with legislators. The Legislative Day on the Hill Committee oversees the planning of this event.

 

Chair: Maurice Dowell, CLP
Co-chair: TBD
Committee Staff Manager: James Johnson
PLANET’s Membership Committee assesses member needs and opinions, develops member services and benefits, critiques new programs and services, and develops ways to recruit new members and retain existing members.

 

Chair: J.  Landon Reeve IV, CCLP
Committee Staff Manager:  Sabeena Hickman, CAE
The PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF) strives to fulfill its vision to be recognized as the leading educational foundation in the green industry. Since its inception, the PLANET AEF, formerly the ALCA Educational Foundation, has funded educational excellence by awarding scholarships to students of the green industry. Committed to the advancement of green industry services, the Foundation raised more than $1 million during the initial launch year through the generous support of individual landscape contractors, industry suppliers, and from the students themselves.

 

Chair:  Richard Heller, CLP, CLT
Committee Staff Manager:  Sherry MacDonald
The public relations committee’s goal is to advance marketplace recognition for PLANET through brand identity, creative messaging strategy, and media relations. The committee supports all aspects of the organization on their communications efforts, helping to create heightened awareness of its product and service offerings.

 

Chair: Tom Shotzbarger, CLP, CLT, COLP, CTP-CSL
Committee Staff Manager: Sherry MacDonald
The day before the Legislative Day on the Hill visits to Capitol Hill, attendees volunteer their skills and/or equipment for the “Renewal & Remembrance” project, a national community service effort to beautify Arlington National Cemetery and Historic Congressional Cemetery. The Renewal & Remembrance Committee is involved in organizing this event.

 

Chair: Laurie Erdman
Committee Staff Manager: Sabeena Hickman, CAE
PLANET’s Safety and Risk Management committee is dedicated to preventing injury, reducing incidents, minimizing time loss, minimizing risk, reducing claims cost, creating a safe work environment, taking safety excellence to the next level, and achieving loss ratio of 55 percent. These goals are being achieved by fostering a new way of thinking about safety, increasing “everyday” safety awareness, creating new and revising existing safety publications, sharing best safety practices, providing proven safety incentive models, looking outside the green industry for new ideas, hiring a safety specialist, recognizing safety achievement through PLANET’s Safety Recognition Awards Program, and working closely with all PLANET committees.

 

Chair:  Diane Andrews
Committee Staff Manager:  Tanya Tolpegin
The State Association Executive committee was established to address industry-wide issues by working with state and regional associations to gather and share information. 

 

Chair: Jennifer Buck
Committee Staff Manager: Anna Demoret
PLANET’s Student Career Days Committee manages this annual event. The committee works closely with the host college faculty representatives in overseeing the success of the program.

 

Chair:  John Marchionda
Committee Staff Manager:  Dina Wiley
The Supplier Committee develops closer working relationships among PLANET contractor members and supplier members to the general benefit of the association and the industry.  The group forms valuable business relationships and promotes the comprehensive opportunities for industry partners to contribute and/or sponsor PLANET initiatives.